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**From the author of the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction winning Fire Weather** 'An unbelievable tale, expertly told' Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain 'A superb book ' Daily Mail · 'Masterful . . . mesmerising, rangy and r...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Pulitzer Prize Finalist A National Book Award Finalist A Writers' Trust Award Finalist Shortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Prize A Guardian Book of the Year A New York Tim...

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*WINNER of the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* ***AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*** * A Pulitzer Prize Finalist * A National Book Award Finalist * A Writers' Trust Award Finalist * 'No book feels timelier than John Vaillant's Fire Weather . . ...

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THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF FIRE WEATHER, WINNER OF THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION WINNER OF A WINDHAM-CAMPBELL PRIZE 2014 'Absolutely spellbinding' New York Times 'Will change how many people thin...

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In December 1997, a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren't random: the tiger is apparently engaged i...

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It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot th...

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As vividly as Jon Krakauer put readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest, where trees grow to eighteen feet in diameter, sunlight never touches the ground, and the chainsaws are always at work. ...

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When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. Five months earlier, logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin had plunged naked into a r...

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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION - A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-w...

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An unforgettable, page-turning survival story recounted by Hector, a man trapped--perhaps fatally--inside a tanker truck during an illegal border crossing. Both an outstanding suspense novel and an arresting window into the relationship between tw...

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A stunning account of this century's most intense urban fire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind In May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of Canada's oil industry, was overrun by wildfir...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Pulitzer Prize FinalistA National Book Award FinalistA Writers' Trust Award FinalistShortlisted for the Wainwright Conservation PrizeA Guardian Book of the YearA New York Times Bo...

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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FIRE WEATHER The Jaguar's Children will be read for a long time to come. It is a major social novel' PHILIPP MEYER, author of The Son 'A large, ambitious novel' VANCOUVER SUN 'Unforgettable . . . a bo...

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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FIRE WEATHERThe Jaguar's Children will be read for a long time to come. It is a major social novel'PHILIPP MEYER, author of The Son'A large, ambitious novel'VANCOUVER SUN'Unforgettable . . . a bold, h...

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THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF FIRE WEATHER, WINNER OF THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONWINNER OF A WINDHAM-CAMPBELL PRIZE 2014'Absolutely spellbinding' New York Times'Will change how many people think a...

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"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increa...

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**From the author of the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction winning Fire Weather**'An unbelievable tale, expertly told' Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain'A superb book ' Daily Mail 'Masterful . . . mesmerising, rangy and relen...

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Sachbuch-Bestenliste ZDF/DLF Kultur/Die Zeit - New York Times Best Books 2023 - National Book Award Finalist 2023 - Baillie Gifford Prize 2023 - »Fesselnd, faszinierend, verblüffend auf jeder Seite.« David Wallace-Wells Die Menschheitsgeschichte h...

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