Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines 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...

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, he...

"Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" von Jon Krakauer ist eine biografische Erzählung über das Leben von Pat Tillman, einem professionellen American-Football-Spieler, der seine Karriere aufgab, um nach den Terroranschlägen am

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

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...

"Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning." --New York TimesIn April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000...