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  | | Into the Wild(Reprint) by Jon Krakauer, Christopher About Paperback, 207 Pages, Published 1997 by Anchor Books Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38717-2, ISBN: 0-307-38717-8 ""God, he was a smart kid..." So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn'tcannotanswer the question with certainty, Into the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. Not only about McCandless's "A ..." |
 | | Eiger Dreams(Reprint) Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by Lyons Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-59921-610-2, ISBN: 1-59921-610-8 " Dieser Titel ist in englischer Sprache. Egal wie die gegenwärtige Temperatur auch sein mag, nach einigen Seiten von Auf den Gipfeln der Welt werden Sie zu frieren beginnen. Wenn Sie die Mitte des Buches erreicht haben, werden Sie ein völlig neues Verständnis für Ihre Finger, Ihre Zehen und die Tatsache bekommen haben, daß Sie noch eine Nase besitzen. Und am Ende dieser Sammlung werden Sie einigen häufig gebrauchten Redewendungen eine v ..." |
 | | Under the Banner of Heaven(13th Edition) A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2004 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3280-8, ISBN: 1-4000-3280-6 "In 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty murdered the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother Allen. The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but for the brothers' claim that they were acting on direct orders from God. In Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer tells the story of the killers and their crime but also explores the shadowy world of Mormon fundamentalism from which the two emerged. The Mormon Church was fou ..." |
 | | Into the Wild(1st Edition) (Picador Classic) by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 by Pan Macmillan Kindle Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-330-35169-0, ISBN: 0-330-35169-9 "If contradiction lies at the heart of the human condition, then Chris McCandless bore it more profoundly than most. A gifted student, musical and charismatic, in April 1992 he hitchhiked to Alaska, renamed himself "Alexander Supertramp", and walked into the wilderness, intent on exploring the darker side of his soul, to which he had increasingly turned. Four months later his decomposing, emaciated corpse was discovered by a hunter. ..." |
 | | Into Thin Air(1st Edition) A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Hardcover, 372 Pages, Published 2003 by Doubleday Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-385-50951-0, ISBN: 0-385-50951-0 "Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them t ..." |
 | | Into Thin Air(Reprint) A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer, Randy Rackliff, Daniel Rembert, Caroline Cunningham, Anita Karl Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 1999 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-385-49478-6, ISBN: 0-385-49478-5 "National Bestseller A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May ..." |
 | | Three Cups of Deceit(1st Edition) How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2011 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-307-94876-2, ISBN: 0-307-94876-5 " Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea, is a man who has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But, as Jon Krakauer demonstrates in this extensively researched and penetrating book, he is not all that he appears to be. Based on wide-ranging interviews with former employees, board members, and others who have intimate knowled ..." |
 | | Into Thin Air(1st Edition) A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-307-47525-1, ISBN: 0-307-47525-5 ""Intrinsically irrational" is how Jon Krakauer characterizes the compulsion to climb Mount Everest in his audiobook Into Thin Air. The highly publicized fates of the May 1996 Everest expeditions, including the tragic loss of 12 lives, seem to bear out Krakauer's statement. Listening to Krakauer read his own account of the events in this unabridged version adds a uniquely intimate and thought-provoking dimension to the tragedy. Although ..." |
 | | Into the Wild(Tie-In Edition) by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 205 Pages, Published 2008 by Pan Books (Uk) Import ISBN-13: 978-0-330-45367-7, ISBN: 0-330-45367-X "If contradiction lies at the heart of the human condition, then Chris McCandless bore it more profoundly than most. A gifted student, musical and charismatic, in April 1992 he hitchhiked to Alaska, renamed himself "Alexander Supertramp", and walked into the wilderness, intent on exploring the darker side of his soul, to which he had increasingly turned. Four months later his decomposing, emaciated corpse was discovered by a hunter. ..." |
 | | Where Men Win Glory(Updated) The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer, Michael Vause Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2010 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38604-5, ISBN: 0-307-38604-X "Book DescriptionThe bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey. Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He ..." |
 | | Where Men Win Glory(1st Edition) The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2009 by Doubleday Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-385-52226-7, ISBN: 0-385-52226-6 "The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey. Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He was deeply trou ..." |
 | | Under The Banner Of Heaven - A Story Of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer, Chris Pramas, Todd Miller, Lester Smith, Julie Hoverson, Brian E. Kirby, Neal Darcy Paperback, 372 Pages, Published 2003 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-9657784-0-4, ISBN: 0-9657784-0-1 "In 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty murdered the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother Allen. The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but for the brothers' claim that they were acting on direct orders from God. In Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer tells the story of the killers and their crime but also explores the shadowy world of Mormon fundamentalism from which the two emerged. The Mormon Church was fou ..." |
 | | Eiger Dreams(Reprint) Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer John Paperback, 186 Pages, Published 1997 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-385-48818-1, ISBN: 0-385-48818-1 " Dieser Titel ist in englischer Sprache. Egal wie die gegenwärtige Temperatur auch sein mag, nach einigen Seiten von Auf den Gipfeln der Welt werden Sie zu frieren beginnen. Wenn Sie die Mitte des Buches erreicht haben, werden Sie ein völlig neues Verständnis für Ihre Finger, Ihre Zehen und die Tatsache bekommen haben, daß Sie noch eine Nase besitzen. Und am Ende dieser Sammlung werden Sie einigen häufig gebrauchten Redewendungen eine v ..." |
 | | Into the Wild(1st Edition) by Jon Krakauer, Magdalena Jakóbczyk-Rakowska Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1996 by Villard Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-679-42850-3, ISBN: 0-679-42850-X "What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jac ..." |
 | | Into the Wild (Picador Classic) by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 282 Pages, Published 2018 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-5098-7701-0, ISBN: 1-5098-7701-0 "With an introduction by novelist David Vann Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later. Internationally bestselling author and mountaineer Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to discoverthe outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enli ..." |
 | | Missoula(Reprint) Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer, Jon Krauer Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2016 by Anchor ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-7056-7, ISBN: 0-8041-7056-8 " An Amazon Best Book of April 2015: Toward the end of this powerful, absorbing book, best-selling author Jon Krakauer quotes a jury member as she sums up popular assumptions about sexual assault: “(1) A stranger jumps out from the bushes; (2) There is no (assault) unless the woman puts up a fight, to the death if necessary.” The truth is much different—assaults by acquaintances are by far the most common form of the crime. In Missoula, ..." |
 | | Touching My Father's Soul A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest by Jamling Tenzing Norgay, Broughton Coburn, Jon Krakauer Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2002 by Harperone Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-251688-6, ISBN: 0-06-251688-4 "The Great Untold Story of EverestSherpas are part of our everyday parlance, yet we know so little of their world beyond their depiction as climbing wonders. In Touching My Father's Soul, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider's view of the Sherpa world as he tells a story of Everest unlike any told before. His tale is one of profound adventure that entwines the lives of a family, a mountain, and a people.As Climbing Leader of the fa ..." |
 | | Starlight and Storm(Updated) The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps (Modern Library Exploration) by Gaston Rebuffat, David Roberts, Jon Krakauer, John Hunt, Wilfrid Noyce, John Hurt, Wilfried Noyce Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1999 by Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-375-75506-4, ISBN: 0-375-75506-3 "From the 1920s to the 1950s, the race was on in Europe to score first ascents of the most formidable routes in the Alps and Dolomites. Buoyed by the advent of artificial climbing techniques (primarily the use of pitons), teams from France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and Poland scaled the north faces of the Eiger, the Drus, the Matterhorn, the Grandes Jorasses, and other hallowed peaks, often pooling resources to obtain previo ..." |
 | | Into Thin Air(Reprint) Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Paperback, 293 Pages, Published 1998 by Pan Books ISBN-13: 978-0-330-35397-7, ISBN: 0-330-35397-7 "Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the fact ..." |
 | | Into Thin Air(1st Edition) A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition) by Jon Krakauer Hardcover, 407 Pages, Published 1998 by Villard Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-375-50280-4, ISBN: 0-375-50280-7 "When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-k ..." |
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