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Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara by Colleen Morton Busch Publisher Comments In June 2008 more than two thousand wildfires, all started by a single lightning storm, blazed across the state of California. Tassajara, the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States, was at particular risk. Set deep in the Ventana wilderness... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Publisher Comments On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Crucible of Fire: Nineteenth-Century Urban Fires and the Making of the Modern Fire Service by Bruce Hensler Publisher Comments Urban conflagrations, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Great Boston Fire the following year, terrorized the citizens of nineteenth-century American cities. However, urban rebirth in the aftermath of great fires offered a chance to shape the... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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On the Fireline (07 Edition) by Matthew Desmond Publisher Comments 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 Arizona as a young man, Desmond relates his experiences with intimate knowledge and native ease,... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Man Down: A New York City Fire Chief and the Collapse of the World Trade Center by Richard Picciotto Publisher Comments On September 11, 2001, FDNY Battalion Chief Richard "Pitch" Picciotto answered the call heard around the world. In minutes he was at Ground Zero of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center began to burn... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors Publisher Comments For a decade Philip Connors has spent nearly half of each year in a 7' x 7' fire lookout tower, 10,000 feet above sea level, keeping watch over one of the most fire-prone forests in America. Fire Season is his remarkable reflection on work, untamed fire,... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Firehouse by David Halberstam Publisher Comments “If you have tears, prepare to shed them.” --Frank McCourt "In the firehouse, the men not only live and eat with each other, they play sports together, go off to drink together, help repair one another's houses, and, most important... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center by Dennis Smith Review "The first-person narratives in this account of the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center constitute a tremendously powerful chronicle of September 11th. The language of the firefighters and police officers is blunt and vivid, the details are sharply... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fire: A Brief History by Stephen J. Pyne Publisher Comments Here, in one concise book, is the essential story of fire. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long-range, informed perspective. It also surveys the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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New London Firefighting (Images of America) by Tara Samul Publisher Comments The New London Fire Department was born in 1767 when Nathaniel Shaw Jr. presented the city with its first fire engine. Since then, New London has had a successful history of emergency medical service, heroic assistance during natural disasters, and... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rescue Men (07 Edition) by Kenney Publisher Comments The men in Charles Kenney's family have been drawn to firefighting since his grandfather Charles "Pops" Kenney joined the Boston Fire Department in 1932. In his working class, Irish-Catholic neighborhood, there were other jobs that offered a decent wage,... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Birth of the Bravest: A History of the New York Fire Department from 1609 to 1887 by A. E. Costello Publisher Comments An abridged edition of the classic history of the New York City Fire Department, first published in 1887, this fascinating tribute to the New York Fire Department traces the history of this extraordinary organization across more than two centuries... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Report from Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith Publisher Comments From his bawdy and brave fellow firefighters to the hopeful, hateful, beautiful and beleaguered residents of the poverty-stricken district where he works, Dennis Smith tells the story of a brutalising yet rewarding profession.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It by Sean Flynn Publisher Comments On December 3, 1999, the call crackled in to the men of the Worcester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless colossus of brick and mortar. Firefighters love the excitement of a "triple." But this was a... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors Staff Pick Connors' reflections on the New Mexico wilderness he watched over atop a fire lookout tower for nearly a decade are passionate and deeply poetic, making Fire Season a noteworthy addition to modern environmental writing and destined to become a classic.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hellroaring: The Life and Times of a Fire Bum by Peter M Leschak Synopsis Reviewed in the New York Times, award-winning author Peter Leschak chronicles his adventures as a U.S. Forest Service firefighter. From fighting fires in the swamps of northern Minnesota to the huge mountain fires of Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming, Peter... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wildfire, P by Alianor True Publisher Comments During the summer of 2000, Americans from coast to coast witnessed the worst fire season in recorded history. Daily news reports brought dramatic images of vast swaths of land going up in smoke, from the mountains of Montana and Wyoming, to the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk about Their Lives by Steve Delsohn Publisher Comments In the tradition of Mark Baker's Cops, more than 100 top firefighters describe the highs and lows of the world's most dangerous profession. Fascinating and packed with emotion,THE FIRE INSIDE is a unique look at the unseen world of firefighters who risk... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market
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Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Publisher Comments On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters by Matthew Desmond Publisher Comments Journeys inside the dangerous world of wildland firefighters to explore the reasons why men and women across the country risk their lives for low pay to fight forest fires, detailing the hazards and hardships of their career, the everyday facets of their... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $16.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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