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Celebrated by the New York Times Book Review for its "genuine grace and beauty," Terese Svoboda's work has been called "desperate, chilling, seductive" (Vogue) and "haunting and profound" (A.M. Homes), while Vanity Fair warned that it "detonates on contact." In Tin God, her writ…
Tin God takes us on a hilarious trip through the weird heart of the Midwest, a journey that passes across centuries and burrows into the unexplainable mysteries of what it means to be alive on this very strange planet.
Imagine a force in nature more powerful than multiple atomic bombs--that was the Great Hinckley Fire of September 1, 1894. In only four hours, the fire incinerated over 400 square miles of forest, killed at least 418 settlers and an unknown number of forest-dwelling Native Ameri…
This book positions the day of the fire (16 October 1834) in the political and social context of the early 19th century, including the slums of Wesminster and the expansion of the West-End, the plight of the London Irish, child labor, corruption in high places, the Great Reform …
"A new edition of the leading introduction to the science of fire phenomena, complete with the latest research, data and additional problemsThis book is unique in that it identifies fire science and fire dynamics and provides the scientific background necessary to the developmen…
"A new edition of the leading introduction to the science of fire phenomena, complete with the latest research, data and additional problemsThis book is unique in that it identifies fire science and fire dynamics and provides the scientific background necessary to the developmen…