NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Jon Krakauer's classic account of a gifted young man who chose literally to walk away from his life. By examining the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan...

"Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" von Jon Krakauer ist ein Sachbuch, das sich mit den extremen Auswüchsen des Glaubens innerhalb der Fundamentalistischen Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (FLDS),...

Into the Wild von Krakauer, Jon

"In eisige Höhen: Das Drama am Mount Everest" von Jon Krakauer ist ein packender Bericht über die tragischen Ereignisse, die sich im Mai 1996 am höchsten Berg der Welt, dem Mount Everest, ereigneten. Krakauer, ein erfahrener Journalist...

One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were...

"In eisige Höhen" von Jon Krakauer ist ein packender Bericht über die tragischen Ereignisse am Mount Everest im Mai 1996. Krakauer, ein erfahrener Bergsteiger und Journalist, nimmt an einer kommerziellen Expedition teil, um über den...

"Into the Wild" von Jon Krakauer erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Christopher McCandless, einem jungen Mann aus einer wohlhabenden Familie, der nach seinem College-Abschluss im Jahr 1990 sein bisheriges Leben hinter sich lässt. Er...

'A provocative look at the twisted roots of American fundamentalism.' Will Self, Evening Standard Books of the Year'Excellent . . . a lucid, judicious, even sympathetic account not just of Mormon Fundamentalism but of the seductive power...

Driving west out of Atlanta, he intended to invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience . . . No longer would he answer to Chris McCandless; he was now Alexander Supertramp,...

Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, home to a highly regarded state university whose beloved football team inspires a passionately loyal fan base. Between January 2008 and May 2012, hundreds of students reported sexual assaults...

In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a...

Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano...