Originally published in 1990 by the American publishers, Lyons and Burford, a collection of writings on mountaineering and the culture of climbing...more details Format:Paperback
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780385488181
No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting...more details Format:Paperback Pages:208
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9781599216102
No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as "Outside" and "Smithsonian...more details Format:Paperback Pages:188
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780330453677
By examining 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...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780780785748
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25...more details
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780307387172
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25...more details Format:Paperback Pages:224
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780385486804
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25...more details Format:Paperback Pages:224
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780333735428
Using the true story of a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later...more details Format:Hardback
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25...more details Format:Paperback
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780553455892
"Into Thin Air" is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Mount Everest--told by acclaimed journalist, and bestselling author of "Into the Wild" and "Eiger Dreams...more details Format:CD
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780780780989
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest...more details
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780385494786
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780330353977
This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds...more details Format:Paperback
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780330375368
On May 9th, 1996, five expeditions - 40 climbers ranging in skill - launched their assault on the summit of Mount Everest. Twenty-four hours later one climber had died and 23 other men and women were fighting for their lives as they battled a ferocious storm that threatened to tear them off the mountain peak....more details Format:Paperback
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780679457527
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...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:320
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780739343791
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest...more details Format:CD
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780307475251
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:404
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780375432217
Traces the events that surrounded the 1984 murder of a woman and her child by fundamentalist Mormons Ron and Dan Lafferty, exploring the belief systems and traditions...more details Format:Hardback
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780739306574
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...more details Format:Audio
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780330419123
Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Krakauer's investigation is a meticulously researched narrative of polygamy...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:400
This text provides an account of Taliban-like theocracies in the American heartland controlled by renegade Mormon prophets. At the core of the book is a double murder committed by a pair of brothers...more details Format:Hardback Pages:356
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders...more details Format:CD
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780385509510
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...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:372
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780385522267
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...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:383
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780739327630
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:558
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780739357842
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...more details Format:CD
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Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780307386045
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:480
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David Breashears;Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780613255080
David Breashears, celebrated filmmaker and member of the climbing elite, has spent his entire life preparing for the challenge of reaching Mount Everest's summit. Like myriad legendary mountaineers before him...more details Pages:319
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David Breashears;Jon Krakauer
ISBN:9780684865454
For generations of resolute adventurers, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's other greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But the question remains: Why climb? In "High Exposure...more details Format:Paperback Pages:320
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Jon Krakauer;Philip Franklin
ISBN:9780739358047
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25...more details Format:CD
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Valerian Albanov;David Krakauer JonRoberts
ISBN:9780613708517
In 1912, the Santa Anna, a Russian exploration vessel in search of fertile hunting grounds, was frozen into the polar ice cap, trapping her crew aboard. For nearly a year and a half...more details
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Joyce Carol Oates;Kathleen Krakauer JonNorris
ISBN:9780618127672
For this singular collection, Joyce Carol Oates selected fifty-five unforgettable essays by the finest American writers of the twentieth century. Here is a sampling -- twelve unabridged essays -- featuring a wide variety of contemporary writers reading classics of the genre...more details Format:Hardcover
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KRAKAUER JON
ISBN:9781848873025
In May 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Special Operation Forces. He was deeply troubled by 9/11...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:400