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»Fesselnd, faszinierend, verblüffend auf jeder Seite.« David Wallace-Wells Die Bestie - so nannten Einsatzkräfte den Waldbrand, der als eine der größten Naturkatastrophen in die Geschichte Kanadas einging, monatelang unkontrollierbar wütete und eine ganze Stadt dem Erdboden gleichmachte. Das Feuer schien sich just an einem Ort für die Zerstörung der Natur zu rächen, wo Ölkonzerne mit dem Abbau von Rohstoffen immense Vernichtungen des Ökosys...

A stunning account of this century's most intense urban fire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankindIn May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of Canada's oil industry, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster turned entire neighbourhoods into firebombs and drove 88, 000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration, Joh...

A stunning account of this century's most intense urban fire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind

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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 two great cultures, The Jaguar's Children shows how deeply interconnected all of us, always, are.

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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 river in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands, towing a chainsaw. When his night's work was done, a unique Sitka spruce, 165 feet tall and covered with luminous golden needles, teetered on its st...

A gripping story of man pitted against nature's most fearsome and efficient predator. Outside a remote village in Russia's Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn't just killing people, it's murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt down the tiger before it strikes again. They know the creature is cunning, injured, and starving, making it even more dangerous. As John Vaillant re...

Subtitled, "A True Story Of Myth, Madness & Greed". Perfect for fans of Junger and Krakauer.

It's December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote Russian village. The tiger isn't just killing people, it's annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren't random: the tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. Injured, starving, and extremely danger...