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Paperback – Illustrated, July 5, 2016
by Jason A. Ramos (Author), Julian Smith (Author)
A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller
“A fascinating look” (Esquire) inside the world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.
Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of residential housing into the wilderness have combined to create a powder keg that threatens millions of acres and thousands of lives every year. One select group of men and women are part of America’s front-line defense: smokejumpers. The smokejumper program operates through both the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Though they are tremendously skilled and only highly experienced and able wildland firefighters are accepted into the training program, being a smokejumper remains an art that can only be learned on the job. Forest fires often behave in unpredictable ways: spreading almost instantaneously, shooting downhill behind a stiff tailwind, or even flowing like a liquid. In this extraordinarily rare memoir by an active-duty jumper, Jason Ramos takes readers into his exhilarating and dangerous world, explores smokejumping’s remarkable history, and explains why their services are more essential than ever before.
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Hardcover – January 1, 1968
Middle English Edition by Kenneth D. Swan (Author)
Paperback – March 1, 2000
by Florence B. Smith (Author)
Uncontained Fire Eighteen year old April O'Brian works for twenty-seven year old Jake Osborn, who is a fire fighter and forest ranger. April is a fire spotter on the mountain Jake owns. She is hopelessly in love with Jake but to her, he seems unaware of her as a woman, but he is in love with her, and believes she is in love with Stanley Akins, the ranger she has dated for a year. After a one night affair with April, Jake is devastated for taking advantage of the vulnerable girl and leaves town to give her time to grow up and to know her mind. April is crushed but tries to keep her life together. After waiting eight months for Jake to return, she gives up and accepts the love offered her by Stanley Akins and agrees to marry him. The day after her marriage, she files for an annulment because of Stanley's lewd behavior and out an out abuse. When she's back working on the mountain, a serious fire breaks out. April is trapped. Stanley recuses her and threatens her if she doesn't come back to him. Jake arrives and saves her from his intimidation, and they return to fighting the fire. Before the fire is contained, Jake and Stanley are among five missing men. When April is certain they are dead, she goes to the charred mountain and contemplates life without Jake. She takes a gun with her, but before she pulls the trigger, she prays....
Hardcover – January 1, 1986
by Richard Martin Stern (Author)
Limns a portrait of a catastrophic forest fire in New Mexico's Samrio National Forest, where a prolonged drought, the homes that fringe the forest, campers, and two escaped convicts are the ingredients for disaster
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by David Weber (Author), Jane Lindskold (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Second entry in a new young adult series by New York Times best seller David Weber, and the prequel to the hugely popular Honor Harrington adult science fiction saga. Fire in the forest—and a cry for help from a trapped and desperate alien mother! Unfortunately, this is one cry no human can hear. Stephanie Harrington, precocious fourteen-year-old Provisional Forest Ranger on the planet Sphinx, knows something is wrong from the uneasy emotion that is flooding into her from her treecat friend, Climbs Quickly. But though Stephanie's alien comrade shares a tight bond with his two legs, he cannot communicate directly to her the anguished call from one of his people. Still, their strong and direct bond of feeling may be enough. Stephanie and fellow ranger Karl Zivonik respond to Climbs Quickly's rising waves of distress. Fire season on the pioneer world of Sphinx has begun. But there are those who want to use the natural cycle of the planet for personal gain—and to get rid of the one obstacle that stands in the way of acquiring even greater land and power on Sphinx: the native treecats. Now it's up to Stephanie and Climbs Quickly, along with their friends, family, and allies to prevent disaster and injustice from befalling a treecat clan. But in the process Stephanie must be certain to preserve the greatest secret of all. It is the knowledge that the treecats of Sphinx are not merely pets or servants, but are highly intelligent in their own right—that they are a species fully deserving of rights, respect, and freedom. And keeping the secret that will allow the treecats time to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with humankind. It all begins with the friendship of a girl and her treecat. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Lexile Score: 1000 A lifetime military history buff, David Weber has carried his interest in history into his fiction. In the New York Times best selling Honor Harrington series, the spirit of both C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and history's Admiral Nelson are evident. With over five million copies of his books in print, David Weber is the fastest rising star in the Science Fiction universe. His Honor Harrington series boasts over 3 million copies in print, and Weber has had over thirteen of his titles on The New York Times Best Seller List. War of Honor, book 10 in the series appeared on over twelve Best Seller lists, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA TODAY. While he is best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, he has also developed a fantasy series, of which two books have been published: Oath of Swords and The War God's Own. David's solo work also includes three novels of the "Dahak" series, and the stand alone novels: Path of the Fury and The Excalibur Alternative. Weber's first published novels grew out of his work as a war game designer for the Task Force game Starfire. With collaborator Steve White, Weber has written four novels set in that universe: Insurrection, Crusade, In Death Ground, and The Shiva Option. Recent bestsellers in planetary adventures also include the teamwork of John Ringo in the best selling Empire of Man series where the titles March Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars and We Few have made appearances on The New York Times List. Weber's proliferation continues with author Eric Flint, where they joined forces in the Best Selling "Ring of Fire" alternate history series, for 1634: The Baltic War, coming in May. A popular guest at science fiction conventions, Weber makes his home in South Carolina with his wife Sharon, three children and a passel of dogs.
by Catherine Whistler
(2-Mar-1999) Paperback Paperback – January 1, 1600
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