The Behavior of Glass and Other Materials Exposed to Fire (Applied Fire Science in Transition)
1st Edition
by Paul R. DeCicco (Author)
"The Behavior of Glass and Other Materials Exposed to Fire - Volume I" has been prepared in response to the general dearth of knowledge concerning the occurrence and effects of "flashover" and back draft phenomena which often results from intentional or unintentional venting of building fires following failure of glass materials due to thermal stress or firefighter operations. The behavior of a number of other materials such as char, plastic insulation, plywood and high-strength concrete are presented, as there is a need to learn more about materials that are already common, or rapidly coming on line in the building industry.
1st Edition
by Paul R. DeCicco (Author)
"The Behavior of Glass and Other Materials Exposed to Fire - Volume I" has been prepared in response to the general dearth of knowledge concerning the occurrence and effects of "flashover" and back draft phenomena which often results from intentional or unintentional venting of building fires following failure of glass materials due to thermal stress or firefighter operations. The behavior of a number of other materials such as char, plastic insulation, plywood and high-strength concrete are presented, as there is a need to learn more about materials that are already common, or rapidly coming on line in the building industry.
The Big Bad Bush Fire
Paperback – April 16, 2021
by Jean Louis Du Preez (Author)
A massive fire in the African bush threatens the animals and their homes. They join together to try to stop the big bad fire. Get immersed in an exciting story about courage, friendship, forgiveness, and ultimately a valuable lesson about the dangers of fire. Beautifully detailed and colorful illustrations will captivate young minds. Our little hero Mosi the monkey and his African animal friends are sure to entertain in this original children's story. Suitable for ages 4 to 10 years.
Paperback – April 16, 2021
by Jean Louis Du Preez (Author)
A massive fire in the African bush threatens the animals and their homes. They join together to try to stop the big bad fire. Get immersed in an exciting story about courage, friendship, forgiveness, and ultimately a valuable lesson about the dangers of fire. Beautifully detailed and colorful illustrations will captivate young minds. Our little hero Mosi the monkey and his African animal friends are sure to entertain in this original children's story. Suitable for ages 4 to 10 years.
The Big Blowup. The Northwest's Great Fire
Hardcover – January 1, 1956
by Betty Goodwin Spencer (Author)
Hardcover – January 1, 1956
by Betty Goodwin Spencer (Author)
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
Paperback – September 7, 2010
by Timothy Egan (Author)
Paperback – September 7, 2010
by Timothy Egan (Author)
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
Paperback – September 7, 2010
by Timothy Egan (Author)
In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in an eyeblink. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men -- college boys, day-workers, immigrants from mining camps -- to fight the fires. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force, through the eyes of the people who lived it. Equally dramatic, though, is the larger story he tells of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure, owned by every citizen. The robber barons fought him and the rangers charged with protecting the reserves, but even as TR's national forests were smoldering they were saved: The heroism shown by those same rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.Paperback – September 7, 2010
by Timothy Egan (Author)
In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in an eyeblink. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men -- college boys, day-workers, immigrants from mining camps -- to fight the fires. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force, through the eyes of the people who lived it. Equally dramatic, though, is the larger story he tells of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure, owned by every citizen. The robber barons fought him and the rangers charged with protecting the reserves, but even as TR's national forests were smoldering they were saved: The heroism shown by those same rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
Paperback – April 1, 2013
by Bill Gammage (Author)
Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park, with extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands, and abundant wildlife. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than most people have ever realized. For more than a decade, he has examined written and visual records of the Australian landscape. He has uncovered an extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire, the life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plentiful wildlife and plant foods throughout the year. Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Europeans in securing food and shelter, and this book reveals how. Once Aboriginal people were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires Australians now experience. With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, this book rewrites the history of the continent, with huge implications for today.
Paperback – April 1, 2013
by Bill Gammage (Author)
Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park, with extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands, and abundant wildlife. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than most people have ever realized. For more than a decade, he has examined written and visual records of the Australian landscape. He has uncovered an extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire, the life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plentiful wildlife and plant foods throughout the year. Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Europeans in securing food and shelter, and this book reveals how. Once Aboriginal people were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires Australians now experience. With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, this book rewrites the history of the continent, with huge implications for today.
The Book Of Fire
The Boy Scouts As Forest Fire Fighters
Hardcover – May 24, 2016
by Robert Shaler (Author)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.Hardcover – May 24, 2016
by Robert Shaler (Author)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Boy Scouts In The Northwest Or Fighting Forest Fires
Hardcover – September 10, 2010
Hardcover – September 10, 2010
The Boy With The U.s. Naturalists
Hardcover – September 8, 2015
Hardcover – September 8, 2015
The Burning Continent: Forest Ecosystems And Fire Management In Australia (current Issues / Institute Of Public Affairs)
Unknown Binding – January 1, 1994
Unknown Binding – January 1, 1994
The Burning of California by the United States Forest Service
Paperback – January 1, 2009
by Don Marriott(Author)
In the wild land fires of 2008, the United States Forest Service has usurped 120 years of on the ground fire control experience in our western forests. New management fire plans are now geared to reintroduce lightning and many man caused fires that have been easily extinguished in the past, by an irresponsible reintroduction of forest fires. These containable fires are now grouped into COMPLEXES. The outcome has and will be disastrous. Last year residual smoke covered major cities in the west in hazardous residual atmosphere for months at a time. Breathing stations were set up at intersections for pedestrians in western cities. Asthma and respiratory problems soared. Back Burns, a new term to firemen, were set far away from natural control lines, even miles away. The destruction of reproduction, young stands of timber, mature renewable stands of thousands of acres of timber, structures, homes, ranches, water lines, power lines, wildlife and fish kill, water sheds destroyed, roads closed. All make u p the list of wasted natural resources; not including the many lives of mountain firemen killed that is uncalculated. Look closely at the photos of back burning results in California alone.
Paperback – January 1, 2009
by Don Marriott(Author)
In the wild land fires of 2008, the United States Forest Service has usurped 120 years of on the ground fire control experience in our western forests. New management fire plans are now geared to reintroduce lightning and many man caused fires that have been easily extinguished in the past, by an irresponsible reintroduction of forest fires. These containable fires are now grouped into COMPLEXES. The outcome has and will be disastrous. Last year residual smoke covered major cities in the west in hazardous residual atmosphere for months at a time. Breathing stations were set up at intersections for pedestrians in western cities. Asthma and respiratory problems soared. Back Burns, a new term to firemen, were set far away from natural control lines, even miles away. The destruction of reproduction, young stands of timber, mature renewable stands of thousands of acres of timber, structures, homes, ranches, water lines, power lines, wildlife and fish kill, water sheds destroyed, roads closed. All make u p the list of wasted natural resources; not including the many lives of mountain firemen killed that is uncalculated. Look closely at the photos of back burning results in California alone.
The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest
Reprint Edition
by Andrew Revkin (Author)
In the rain forests of the western Amazon, writes author Andrew Revkin, the threat of violent death hangs in the air like mist after a tropical rain. It is simply a part of the ecosystem, just like the scorpions and snakes living in the leafy canopy that floats over the forest floor like a seamless green circus tent. Violent death came to Chico Mendes in the Amazon rain forest on December 22, 1988. A labor and environmental activist, Mendes was targetted by powerful ranchers for organizing resistance to the wholesale burning of the forest. He was a target because he had convinced the government to take back land ranchers had stolen at gunpoint or through graft and then to transform it into extractive reserves, set aside for the sustainable production of rubber, nuts, and other goods harvested from the living forest. This was not just a local land battle on a remote frontier. Mendes had invented a kind of reverse globalization, creating alliances between his grassroots campaign and the global environmental movement. Some 500 similar killings had gone unprosecuted, but this case would be different. Under international pressure, for the first time Brazilian officials were forced
Reprint Edition
by Andrew Revkin (Author)
In the rain forests of the western Amazon, writes author Andrew Revkin, the threat of violent death hangs in the air like mist after a tropical rain. It is simply a part of the ecosystem, just like the scorpions and snakes living in the leafy canopy that floats over the forest floor like a seamless green circus tent. Violent death came to Chico Mendes in the Amazon rain forest on December 22, 1988. A labor and environmental activist, Mendes was targetted by powerful ranchers for organizing resistance to the wholesale burning of the forest. He was a target because he had convinced the government to take back land ranchers had stolen at gunpoint or through graft and then to transform it into extractive reserves, set aside for the sustainable production of rubber, nuts, and other goods harvested from the living forest. This was not just a local land battle on a remote frontier. Mendes had invented a kind of reverse globalization, creating alliances between his grassroots campaign and the global environmental movement. Some 500 similar killings had gone unprosecuted, but this case would be different. Under international pressure, for the first time Brazilian officials were forced
The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna
0 th Edition
by Paulo S. Oliveira (Editor), Robert J. Marquis (Editor)
While the imperiled Brazilian rainforest has been the focus of considerable international media attention and conservation efforts, the massive grasslands of Brazil―known as the cerrados―which cover roughly a quarter of its land surface and are among the most threatened regions in South America, have received little notice. This book brings together leading researchers on the area to produce the first detailed account in English of the natural history and ecology of the cerrado/savanna ecosystem. Given their extent and threatened status, the richness of their flora and fauna, and the lack of familiarity with their unique ecology at the international level, the cerrados are badly in need of this important and timely work.
0 th Edition
by Paulo S. Oliveira (Editor), Robert J. Marquis (Editor)
While the imperiled Brazilian rainforest has been the focus of considerable international media attention and conservation efforts, the massive grasslands of Brazil―known as the cerrados―which cover roughly a quarter of its land surface and are among the most threatened regions in South America, have received little notice. This book brings together leading researchers on the area to produce the first detailed account in English of the natural history and ecology of the cerrado/savanna ecosystem. Given their extent and threatened status, the richness of their flora and fauna, and the lack of familiarity with their unique ecology at the international level, the cerrados are badly in need of this important and timely work.
The chemistry of fire and hazardous materials
The Chinchaga Firestorm: When the Moon and Sun Turned Blue (The University of Alberta Press)
Paperback – Illustrated, June 18, 2015
by Cordy Tymstra (Author), Mike Flannigan (Foreword)
In 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North America―one fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in northern Alberta and British Columbia―created the world's largest smoke layer in the atmosphere. The smoke travelled half way around the northern hemisphere and made the moon and sun appear blue. The Chinchaga Firestorm is an historical study of the effects of fire on the ecological process. Using technical explanations and archival discoveries, the author shows the beneficial yet destructive effects of many forest fires, including the 2011 devastation of Slave Lake, Alberta. Cordy Tymstra tells the stories of communities and individuals as their lives intersected with the path of the Chinchaga River Fire―stories that demonstrate people's spirit, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and their persistence in the struggle against nature's immense power. The 1950 event changed the way these fires are fought in Alberta and elsewhere. The Chinchaga Firestorm will appeal to wildland fire scientists, foresters, forest ecologists and policy makers, as well as those who are interested in western Canadian history and ecology.
Paperback – Illustrated, June 18, 2015
by Cordy Tymstra (Author), Mike Flannigan (Foreword)
In 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North America―one fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in northern Alberta and British Columbia―created the world's largest smoke layer in the atmosphere. The smoke travelled half way around the northern hemisphere and made the moon and sun appear blue. The Chinchaga Firestorm is an historical study of the effects of fire on the ecological process. Using technical explanations and archival discoveries, the author shows the beneficial yet destructive effects of many forest fires, including the 2011 devastation of Slave Lake, Alberta. Cordy Tymstra tells the stories of communities and individuals as their lives intersected with the path of the Chinchaga River Fire―stories that demonstrate people's spirit, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and their persistence in the struggle against nature's immense power. The 1950 event changed the way these fires are fought in Alberta and elsewhere. The Chinchaga Firestorm will appeal to wildland fire scientists, foresters, forest ecologists and policy makers, as well as those who are interested in western Canadian history and ecology.
The Chinese Beverly Hills (Jack Liffey Mysteries)
Paperback – July 2, 2014
by John Shannon (Author)
Jack Liffey's former mistress reappears to plead for the P.I.'s help finding her missing niece. The hunt leads Liffey to Monterey Park, where he dives into an undercurrent of racial tension that puts the peace of the small suburb in jeopardy. Meanwhile, a fire burns in the hills above Los Angeles, offering a sinister reminder that few events in life are coincidental. But Liffey's sudden troubles with racist gangs, teenage revolutionaries, and South African nutjobs are dwarfed by the threat his old mistress poses to his relationships with his new girlfriend and his recently reconciled lesbian daughter. What's a hard-boiled dick to do? Exploding with wry wit, The Chinese Beverly Hills is tense and thought-provoking, with the quirkiness that Shannon's fans have come to expect.
Paperback – July 2, 2014
by John Shannon (Author)
Jack Liffey's former mistress reappears to plead for the P.I.'s help finding her missing niece. The hunt leads Liffey to Monterey Park, where he dives into an undercurrent of racial tension that puts the peace of the small suburb in jeopardy. Meanwhile, a fire burns in the hills above Los Angeles, offering a sinister reminder that few events in life are coincidental. But Liffey's sudden troubles with racist gangs, teenage revolutionaries, and South African nutjobs are dwarfed by the threat his old mistress poses to his relationships with his new girlfriend and his recently reconciled lesbian daughter. What's a hard-boiled dick to do? Exploding with wry wit, The Chinese Beverly Hills is tense and thought-provoking, with the quirkiness that Shannon's fans have come to expect.
The Death of a Wombat
Hardcover – January 1, 1973
by Ivan Smith (Author), Clifton Pugh (Illustrator), H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh (Foreword)
Hardcover – January 1, 1973
by Ivan Smith (Author), Clifton Pugh (Illustrator), H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh (Foreword)
The Desert Grassland
The Devouring Rages of Fire: The Two Most Terrifying Forest Fires in North American History
Paperback – September 27, 2005
by Clark C. Peterson (Author)
Reactions to The Devouring Rages of Fire, detailing North America's most terrifying forest fires: Never heard of a more harrowing disaster! and Never seen a better candidate for a movie script!
Paperback – September 27, 2005
by Clark C. Peterson (Author)
Reactions to The Devouring Rages of Fire, detailing North America's most terrifying forest fires: Never heard of a more harrowing disaster! and Never seen a better candidate for a movie script!
The Distribution and Abundance of Tsetse Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1963
The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon
Illustrated Edition
Illustrated Edition
The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States
Paperback – May 1, 2009
by Chris Helzer (Author)
Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and all those with a strong interest in grasslands, ecologist Chris Helzer’s readable and practical manual educates prairie owners and managers about grassland ecology and gives them guidelines for keeping prairies diverse, vigorous, and viable. Chapters in the first section, "Prairie Ecology," describe prairie plants and the communities they live in, the ways in which disturbance modifies plant communities, the animal and plant inhabitants that are key to prairie survival, and the importance of diversity within plant and animal communities. Chapters in the second section, "Prairie Management," explore the adaptive management process as well as guiding principles for designing management strategies, examples of successful management systems such as fire and grazing, guidance for dealing with birds and other species that have particular habitat requirements and with the invasive species that have become the most serious threat that prairie managers have to deal with, and general techniques for prairie restoration. Following the conclusion and a forward-thinking note on climate change, eight appendixes provide more information on grazing, prescribed fire, and invasive species as well as bibliographic notes, references, and national and state organizations with expertise in prairie management. Grasslands can be found throughout much of North America, and the ideas and strategies in this book apply to most of them, particularly tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Missouri, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and southwestern Minnesota. By presenting all the factors that promote biological diversity and thus enhance prairie communities, then incorporating these factors into a set of clear-sighted management practices, The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States presents the tools necessary to ensure that grasslands are managed in the purposeful ways essential to the continued health and survival of prairie communities.
Paperback – May 1, 2009
by Chris Helzer (Author)
Most prairies exist today as fragmented landscapes, making thoughtful and vigilant management ever more important. Intended for landowners and managers dedicated to understanding and nurturing their prairies as well as farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and all those with a strong interest in grasslands, ecologist Chris Helzer’s readable and practical manual educates prairie owners and managers about grassland ecology and gives them guidelines for keeping prairies diverse, vigorous, and viable. Chapters in the first section, "Prairie Ecology," describe prairie plants and the communities they live in, the ways in which disturbance modifies plant communities, the animal and plant inhabitants that are key to prairie survival, and the importance of diversity within plant and animal communities. Chapters in the second section, "Prairie Management," explore the adaptive management process as well as guiding principles for designing management strategies, examples of successful management systems such as fire and grazing, guidance for dealing with birds and other species that have particular habitat requirements and with the invasive species that have become the most serious threat that prairie managers have to deal with, and general techniques for prairie restoration. Following the conclusion and a forward-thinking note on climate change, eight appendixes provide more information on grazing, prescribed fire, and invasive species as well as bibliographic notes, references, and national and state organizations with expertise in prairie management. Grasslands can be found throughout much of North America, and the ideas and strategies in this book apply to most of them, particularly tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in eastern North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Missouri, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and southwestern Minnesota. By presenting all the factors that promote biological diversity and thus enhance prairie communities, then incorporating these factors into a set of clear-sighted management practices, The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States presents the tools necessary to ensure that grasslands are managed in the purposeful ways essential to the continued health and survival of prairie communities.
The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks
3rd Edition
by Paul S. Johnson (Author), Stephen R. Shifley (Author), Robert Rogers (Author), Daniel C. Dey (Author), John M. Kabrick (Author)
Contemporary philosophies on how oak forests and associated resources should be managed range from narrowly preservationist or narrowly utilitarian to more inclusive and integrative multiple-value philosophies. One of the objectives of this book therefore is to present ecological and silvicultural concepts that can be used to address an array of problems defined by various perceptions of how oak forests should be treated. This book is designed as a source of ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems. Armed with that understanding, managers and conservators of oak forests will be better positioned to adapt to changing social values and to simultaneously build and act on co-evolving ecological and silvicultural information.3rd Edition
by Paul S. Johnson (Author), Stephen R. Shifley (Author), Robert Rogers (Author), Daniel C. Dey (Author), John M. Kabrick (Author)
Contemporary philosophies on how oak forests and associated resources should be managed range from narrowly preservationist or narrowly utilitarian to more inclusive and integrative multiple-value philosophies. One of the objectives of this book therefore is to present ecological and silvicultural concepts that can be used to address an array of problems defined by various perceptions of how oak forests should be treated. This book is designed as a source of ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems. Armed with that understanding, managers and conservators of oak forests will be better positioned to adapt to changing social values and to simultaneously build and act on co-evolving ecological and silvicultural information.
The Economics of Forest Disturbances: Wildfires, Storms, and Invasive Species (Forestry Sciences, 79)
2008th Edition
2008th Edition
The Emerald Planet: How plants changed Earth's history (Oxford Landmark Science)
Paperback – April 23, 2017
by David Beerling (Author)
In The Emerald Planet, David Beerling puts plants centre stage, revealing the crucial role they have played in driving global changes in the environment, in recording hidden facets of Earth's history, and in helping us to predict its future. His account draws together evidence from fossil plants, from experiments with their living counterparts, and from computer models of the 'Earth System', to illuminate the history of our planet and its biodiversity. This new approach reveals how plummeting carbon dioxide levels removed a barrier to the evolution of the leaf; how plants played a starring role in pushing oxygen levels upwards, allowing spectacular giant insects to thrive in the Carboniferous; and it strengthens fascinating and contentious fossil evidence for an ancient hole in the ozone layer. Along the way, Beerling introduces a lively cast of pioneering scientists from Victorian times onwards whose discoveries provided the crucial background to these and the other puzzles. This understanding of our planet's past sheds a sobering light on our own climate-changing activities, and offers clues to what our climatic and ecological futures might look like. There could be no more important time to take a close look at plants, and to understand the history of the world through the stories they tell. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
Paperback – April 23, 2017
by David Beerling (Author)
In The Emerald Planet, David Beerling puts plants centre stage, revealing the crucial role they have played in driving global changes in the environment, in recording hidden facets of Earth's history, and in helping us to predict its future. His account draws together evidence from fossil plants, from experiments with their living counterparts, and from computer models of the 'Earth System', to illuminate the history of our planet and its biodiversity. This new approach reveals how plummeting carbon dioxide levels removed a barrier to the evolution of the leaf; how plants played a starring role in pushing oxygen levels upwards, allowing spectacular giant insects to thrive in the Carboniferous; and it strengthens fascinating and contentious fossil evidence for an ancient hole in the ozone layer. Along the way, Beerling introduces a lively cast of pioneering scientists from Victorian times onwards whose discoveries provided the crucial background to these and the other puzzles. This understanding of our planet's past sheds a sobering light on our own climate-changing activities, and offers clues to what our climatic and ecological futures might look like. There could be no more important time to take a close look at plants, and to understand the history of the world through the stories they tell. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57
Paperback – January 7, 2014
Paperback – January 7, 2014
The Event Horizon: Homo Prometheus and the Climate Catastrophe
The Ferocious Forest Fire Mystery
Paperback – March 1, 2008
by Carole Marsh (Author)
It's a hot time in the old town tonight when Artemis, the sort-of-crazy scientist dad, and his whiz kids Nick and Curie get wind of a big forest fire in the famous Yellowstone National Park! Dad gets hot under the collar over some missing horses, but Nick and Curie keep their cool as they learn about arson, wildfires, firefighting, and more while trying to find out who started the fire! Uh, if you come along for this ride, it might be wise to bring a raincoat ‘cause you’re gonna get WET! Watch ouuuuut! Join this brother and sister team as they accompany their scientist dad on hair-raising adventures. Children ages 7-14 will be thrilled as the characters try to save the day. The kids also learn a lot about science. What child can resist learning about the power of mother-nature and the tools to stay safe as these interested kids confront nature head-on! Like all of Carole Marsh’s Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Paperback – March 1, 2008
by Carole Marsh (Author)
It's a hot time in the old town tonight when Artemis, the sort-of-crazy scientist dad, and his whiz kids Nick and Curie get wind of a big forest fire in the famous Yellowstone National Park! Dad gets hot under the collar over some missing horses, but Nick and Curie keep their cool as they learn about arson, wildfires, firefighting, and more while trying to find out who started the fire! Uh, if you come along for this ride, it might be wise to bring a raincoat ‘cause you’re gonna get WET! Watch ouuuuut! Join this brother and sister team as they accompany their scientist dad on hair-raising adventures. Children ages 7-14 will be thrilled as the characters try to save the day. The kids also learn a lot about science. What child can resist learning about the power of mother-nature and the tools to stay safe as these interested kids confront nature head-on! Like all of Carole Marsh’s Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.
The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots
Paperback – June 6, 2017
by Fernanda Santos (Author)
“In Fernanda Santos’ expert hands, the story of 19 men and a raging wildfire unfolds as a riveting, pulse-pounding account of an American tragedy; and also as a meditation on manhood, brotherhood and family love. The Fire Line is a great and deeply moving book about courageous men and women.” - Héctor Tobar, author of Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle that Set Them Free. When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June of 2013, setting off a blaze that would grow into one of the deadliest fires in American history, the twenty men who made up the Granite Mountain Hotshots sprang into action. An elite crew trained to combat the most challenging wildfires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a ragtag family, crisscrossing the American West and wherever else the fires took them. The Hotshots were loyal to one another and dedicated to the tough job they had. There's Eric Marsh, their devoted and demanding superintendent who turned his own personal demons into lessons he used to mold, train and guide his crew; Jesse Steed, their captain, a former Marine, a beast on the fire line and a family man who wasn’t afraid to say “I love you” to the firemen he led; Andrew Ashcraft, a team leader still in his 20s who struggled to balance his love for his beautiful wife and four children and his passion for fighting wildfires. We see this band of brothers at work, at play and at home, until a fire that burned in their own backyards leads to a national tragedy. Impeccably researched, drawing upon more than a hundred hours of interviews with the firefighters’ families, colleagues, state and federal officials, and fire historians and researchers, New York Times Phoenix Bureau Chief Fernanda Santos has written a riveting, pulse-pounding narrative of an unthinkable disaster, a remarkable group of men and the raging wildfires that threaten our country’s treasured wild lands. The Fire Line is the winner of the 2017 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book, and Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction.
Paperback – June 6, 2017
by Fernanda Santos (Author)
“In Fernanda Santos’ expert hands, the story of 19 men and a raging wildfire unfolds as a riveting, pulse-pounding account of an American tragedy; and also as a meditation on manhood, brotherhood and family love. The Fire Line is a great and deeply moving book about courageous men and women.” - Héctor Tobar, author of Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle that Set Them Free. When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June of 2013, setting off a blaze that would grow into one of the deadliest fires in American history, the twenty men who made up the Granite Mountain Hotshots sprang into action. An elite crew trained to combat the most challenging wildfires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a ragtag family, crisscrossing the American West and wherever else the fires took them. The Hotshots were loyal to one another and dedicated to the tough job they had. There's Eric Marsh, their devoted and demanding superintendent who turned his own personal demons into lessons he used to mold, train and guide his crew; Jesse Steed, their captain, a former Marine, a beast on the fire line and a family man who wasn’t afraid to say “I love you” to the firemen he led; Andrew Ashcraft, a team leader still in his 20s who struggled to balance his love for his beautiful wife and four children and his passion for fighting wildfires. We see this band of brothers at work, at play and at home, until a fire that burned in their own backyards leads to a national tragedy. Impeccably researched, drawing upon more than a hundred hours of interviews with the firefighters’ families, colleagues, state and federal officials, and fire historians and researchers, New York Times Phoenix Bureau Chief Fernanda Santos has written a riveting, pulse-pounding narrative of an unthinkable disaster, a remarkable group of men and the raging wildfires that threaten our country’s treasured wild lands. The Fire Line is the winner of the 2017 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book, and Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction.
The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells The True Story Of California's Epic Cedar Fire
Kindle Edition
by Sandra Millers Younger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire is both a poignant memoir and a veteran journalist's narrative nonfiction account of the largest known wildfire in California history, a catastrophic event that crippled postcard-perfect San Diego and dominated international headlines in October 2003.
Kindle Edition
by Sandra Millers Younger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire is both a poignant memoir and a veteran journalist's narrative nonfiction account of the largest known wildfire in California history, a catastrophic event that crippled postcard-perfect San Diego and dominated international headlines in October 2003.
The Fire that Saved the Forest
Hardcover – November 5, 2002
by Mike Donahue (Author), Diane O'Keefe (Illustrator)
When Bernie the bear and his other animal cohorts make a practice of extinguishing every fire that starts in the forest, they realize that the trees are choking out open meadows and not allowing berry bushes and other foods they depend on to grow. One day, an uncontrollable fire devastates the forest, and the animals mistakenly believe their world has ended. Soon, however, new growth provides them with a bounty of food, and they realize how important fire is to the health of the forest.
Hardcover – November 5, 2002
by Mike Donahue (Author), Diane O'Keefe (Illustrator)
When Bernie the bear and his other animal cohorts make a practice of extinguishing every fire that starts in the forest, they realize that the trees are choking out open meadows and not allowing berry bushes and other foods they depend on to grow. One day, an uncontrollable fire devastates the forest, and the animals mistakenly believe their world has ended. Soon, however, new growth provides them with a bounty of food, and they realize how important fire is to the health of the forest.
The fire trail
Hardcover – January 1, 1974
by Bryce Walton (Author)
Accustomed to being a winner, Dan learns some hard lessons during his training to be a forest fire fighter.
Hardcover – January 1, 1974
by Bryce Walton (Author)
Accustomed to being a winner, Dan learns some hard lessons during his training to be a forest fire fighter.
The Fires of '88: Yellowstone Park and Montana in Flames
Paperback – April 1, 1989
by Ross W. Simpson (Author)
An account with map and photographs showing the impact of fires on the environment and on the people fighting the flames
Paperback – April 1, 1989
by Ross W. Simpson (Author)
An account with map and photographs showing the impact of fires on the environment and on the people fighting the flames
The Flamethrower (Weapon)
Paperback – August 18, 2015
by Chris McNab(Author), Steve Noon(Illustrator)
Fire is one of humanity's most rudimentary tools, but also one of its oldest killers. This focus of this book is a weapon that has literally placed the power of fire in human hands - the man-portable flamethrower. From its very first use in World War I to its deployment in Vietnam, the weapon has proven to be devastatingly effective, not least because of its huge psychological impact on enemy troops - few other weapons in history have caused such terror. Yet despite this, the man-portable flamethrower has always been vulnerable, suffering from a very particular set of limitations, all of which are explored here, as are some lesser-known capabilities such as the ability to 'bounce' a stream of flammable liquid off the interior surfaces of fortified structures. Featuring expert analysis, first-hand accounts, and a startling array of illustrations and photographs, this book is the definitive guide to an extraordinary chapter in the history of military technology.
Paperback – August 18, 2015
by Chris McNab(Author), Steve Noon(Illustrator)
Fire is one of humanity's most rudimentary tools, but also one of its oldest killers. This focus of this book is a weapon that has literally placed the power of fire in human hands - the man-portable flamethrower. From its very first use in World War I to its deployment in Vietnam, the weapon has proven to be devastatingly effective, not least because of its huge psychological impact on enemy troops - few other weapons in history have caused such terror. Yet despite this, the man-portable flamethrower has always been vulnerable, suffering from a very particular set of limitations, all of which are explored here, as are some lesser-known capabilities such as the ability to 'bounce' a stream of flammable liquid off the interior surfaces of fortified structures. Featuring expert analysis, first-hand accounts, and a startling array of illustrations and photographs, this book is the definitive guide to an extraordinary chapter in the history of military technology.
The Flaming Forest
Paperback – June 11, 2021
by James Oliver Curwood (Author)
An hour ago, under the marvelous canopy of the blue northern sky, David Carrigan, Sergeant in His Most Excellent Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, had hummed softly to himself, and had thanked God that he was alive. He had blessed McVane, superintendent of "N" Division at Athabasca Landing, for detailing him to the mission on which he was bent. He was glad that he was traveling alone, and in the deep forest, and that for many weeks his adventure would carry him deeper and deeper into his beloved north. Making his noonday tea over a fire at the edge of the river, with the green forest crowding like an inundation on three sides of him, he had come to the conclusion—for the hundredth time, perhaps—that it was a nice thing to be alone in the world, for he was on what his comrades at the Landing called a "bad assignment." "If anything happens to me," Carrigan had said to McVane, "there isn't anybody in particular to notify. I lost out in the matter of family a long time ago." He was not a man who talked much about himself, even to the superintendent of "N" Division, yet there were a thousand who loved Dave Carrigan, and many who placed their confidences in him. Superintendent Me Vane had one story which he might have told, but he kept it to himself, instinctively sensing the sacredness of it. Even Carrigan did not know that the one thing which never passed his lips was known to McVane. Of that, too, he had been thinking an hour ago. It was the thing which, first of all, had driven him into the north. And though it had twisted and disrupted the earth under his feet for a time, it had brought its compensation. For he had come to love the north with a passionate devotion. It was, in a way, his God. It seemed to him that the time had never been when he had lived any other life than this under the open skies. He was thirty-seven now. A bit of a philosopher, as philosophy comes to one in a sun-cleaned and unpolluted air, A good-humored brother of humanity, even when he put manacles on other men's wrists; graying a little over the temples—and a lover of life. Above all else he was that. A lover of life. A worshiper at the shrine of God's Country.
Paperback – June 11, 2021
by James Oliver Curwood (Author)
An hour ago, under the marvelous canopy of the blue northern sky, David Carrigan, Sergeant in His Most Excellent Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, had hummed softly to himself, and had thanked God that he was alive. He had blessed McVane, superintendent of "N" Division at Athabasca Landing, for detailing him to the mission on which he was bent. He was glad that he was traveling alone, and in the deep forest, and that for many weeks his adventure would carry him deeper and deeper into his beloved north. Making his noonday tea over a fire at the edge of the river, with the green forest crowding like an inundation on three sides of him, he had come to the conclusion—for the hundredth time, perhaps—that it was a nice thing to be alone in the world, for he was on what his comrades at the Landing called a "bad assignment." "If anything happens to me," Carrigan had said to McVane, "there isn't anybody in particular to notify. I lost out in the matter of family a long time ago." He was not a man who talked much about himself, even to the superintendent of "N" Division, yet there were a thousand who loved Dave Carrigan, and many who placed their confidences in him. Superintendent Me Vane had one story which he might have told, but he kept it to himself, instinctively sensing the sacredness of it. Even Carrigan did not know that the one thing which never passed his lips was known to McVane. Of that, too, he had been thinking an hour ago. It was the thing which, first of all, had driven him into the north. And though it had twisted and disrupted the earth under his feet for a time, it had brought its compensation. For he had come to love the north with a passionate devotion. It was, in a way, his God. It seemed to him that the time had never been when he had lived any other life than this under the open skies. He was thirty-seven now. A bit of a philosopher, as philosophy comes to one in a sun-cleaned and unpolluted air, A good-humored brother of humanity, even when he put manacles on other men's wrists; graying a little over the temples—and a lover of life. Above all else he was that. A lover of life. A worshiper at the shrine of God's Country.
The Flight of Thunderbolts
Hardcover – January 1, 1964
Hardcover – January 1, 1964
The Forest and the Fire
Paperback – April 1, 2005
by Alison Carlisi (Author), Teralene S. Foxx (Author)
A story told of three generations watching the forest changing after a fire. Alison accompanied her mother, Teralene Foxx, fire ecologist and artist, in the field studying the aftermath of fire. The book can be used in the classroom from second to sixth grade.
Paperback – April 1, 2005
by Alison Carlisi (Author), Teralene S. Foxx (Author)
A story told of three generations watching the forest changing after a fire. Alison accompanied her mother, Teralene Foxx, fire ecologist and artist, in the field studying the aftermath of fire. The book can be used in the classroom from second to sixth grade.
The Forest Fire by Patty Wolcott (1974-12-01)
Hardcover – January 1, 1656
by Patty Wolcott (Author)
Hardcover – January 1, 1656
by Patty Wolcott (Author)
The Forest Fire by Piero di Cosimo
by Catherine Whistler
(2-Mar-1999) Paperback Paperback – January 1, 1600
by Catherine Whistler
(2-Mar-1999) Paperback Paperback – January 1, 1600