Open this photo in gallery: Author John Vaillant in an undated handout photo.Ian Hinkle/The Canadian Press Books about the perilous state of our world, our food and our relationship with technology are in the running for Britain’s leading non-fiction book award, the Baillie Gifford Prize. The 13-book long list announced Wednesday includes Vancouver-based John Vaillant’s look at the reality of climate change, “Fire Weather”; Chris van Tulleken’s dietary warning “Ultra Processed People”; and “Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity” by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. Best-selling American author David Grann is nominated for the stirring seafaring...