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In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter. Having joined a firecrew in Northern Ari
Young Men and Fire
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Pages: 370
Authors: Norman MacLean
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: “The terrifying story of the worst disaster in the history of the US Forest Service’s elite Smokejumpers.” —K
Fire Monks
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Pages: 365
Authors: Colleen Morton Busch
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The "vivid" and "electrifying" true story of how five monks saved the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States from wildfire (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Global Pigeon
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Authors: Colin Jerolmack
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The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common
The Racial Order
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Authors: Mustafa Emirbayer
Categories: Social Science
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Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, Mustafa Emirbayer and Matthew Desmond se