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| fixed length control field |
02674aam a2200397 i 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1345286381 |
| CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
OCoLC |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20230524023155.0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
220921s2023 oncab b 001 0 eng |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780735273160 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0735273162 |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) a477914 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
NLC |
| Modifying agency |
NLC |
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OCLCF |
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NLC |
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BDX |
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NLC |
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CaBVa |
| AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
lac |
| GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-cn-ab |
| LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
VP@A |
| CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
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| Classification number |
SD421.34.C3 |
| Item number |
V35 2023 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
363.37/9 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Vaillant, John, |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Fire weather : |
| Remainder of title |
the making of a beast / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John Vaillant. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
415 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A stunning, panoramic exploration of the symbiotic relationship between humans and combustion and why we are entering a new century of fire. In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta--the seat of the Canadian oil industry, from which the U.S. derives almost half its oil imports--burned to the ground. The unprecedented disaster forced 88,000 people from their homes and showed us what the fires of the future look like: increasingly destructive, already here. While the chemistry and physics of wildfires remain unchanged over the last century and a half, climate change has created conditions that give fire exponentially more opportunity to burn. And yet there is no other natural force or element over which we have such a compelling illusion of control. Fire yearns, above all, for freedom, and takes at any opportunity and at any cost. In our unchecked consumption of fossil fuels, it has enabled the same impulses in us. In masterly prose and cinematic style, John Vaillant weaves together an enthralling, multifaceted story of how Fort McMurray revealed a new normal of fires burning longer and with greater intensity than at any other time this planet has ever known. From the large-scale histories of North American resource extraction and climate science, to the intimate tales of lives scarred by the Fort McMurray disaster, Valliant's urgent work is a book for--and from--our new century of fire. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Wildfires |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Natural disasters |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fire weather. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fossil fuels |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Climatic changes. |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| a |
363.37 VAI 410 |
