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,...

Jon Krakauer, Autor des Bestsellers "In eisige Höhen", erzählt hier in zwölf brillanten Reportagen von Menschen, denen ihre Leidenschaft für die Gipfel dieser Welt zur Obsession geworden ist. Er nimmt seine Leser mit auf die verwegensten...

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...

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...

Wie gefährlich es sein kann, wenn Menschen glauben, einen direkten Draht zu Gott zu haben – das zeigt Jon Krakauer in seiner eindrucksvollen Reportage über die Mormonen im Westen der USA, die noch in diesem Jahrhundert eine der größten...

This edition has been updated to reflect new developments and includes new material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of...

"Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" von Jon Krakauer erzählt die bewegende und komplexe Lebensgeschichte von Pat Tillman, einem professionellen American-Football-Spieler, der nach den Anschlägen vom

Under the Banner of Heaven von Krakauer, Jon

"Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster" von Jon Krakauer ist ein packender Bericht über die tragischen Ereignisse, die sich 1996 am Mount Everest ereigneten. Krakauer, selbst Teil einer kommerziellen Expedition,...

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...