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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    The true story of college graduate Chris McCandless, who decided to walk away from the only life he ever knew and enter the wild.

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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    The tragic story of a wilderness journey into Alaska that went horribly wrong.

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    Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

    Jon Krakauer

    From the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, a riveting account of Taliban-like theocracies in the American heartland controlled by renegade Mormon prophets.

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    Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

    Jon Krakauer

    Jon Krakauer’s acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on Mt Everest

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    Into Thin Air

    Jon Krakauer

    Jon Krakauer's acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on Mt Everest.

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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life?

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    Classic Krakauer: Mark Foo’s Last Ride, After the Fall, and Other Essays

    Jon Krakauer

    Rigorously researched and vividly written, marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop, these pieces are unified by the author’s ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless…

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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    The story of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska and whose body was discovered four months later, explores the fascinating…

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    Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

    Jon Krakauer (Author)

    Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to…

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    Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air

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    Wilderness Adventure in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild

    Explores the life and work of Jon Krakauer, focusing particularly on the theme of wildness adventure in his popular book Into the Wild, and possible parallels between the real-life adventurer…

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    Coming of Age in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild

    Explores the life and work of Jon Krakauer, focusing particularly on the theme of wildness adventure in his popular book Into the Wild, and possible parallels between the real-life adventurer…

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    Everest

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    In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers…

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    Everest

    Thomas Hornbein

    In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers…

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    Everest

    Thomas Hornbein

    In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers…

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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    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…

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    Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

    Jon Krakauer

    Krakauer ( Into the Wild ) chronicles the riveting, tragic story of former NFL player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, highlighting his remarkable…

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    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    The story of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska and whose body was discovered four months later, explores the allure…

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    Eiger Dreams: Ventures among Men and Mountains

    Jon Krakauer

    In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, the bestselling author of Into the Wild writes of mountains and the daredevils, athletes, and misfits who climb them, from the…

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    Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

    Jon Krakauer

    A narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana–stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape –Dust jacket flap.

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    Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

    Jon Krakauer

    A narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana–stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape –Dust jacket flap.

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    Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

    Jon Krakauer

    Krakauer shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief in this true story of an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers who…

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    Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains

    Jon Krakauer

    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…

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    Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way

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    Originally published digitally in the United States by Byliner, Inc., in 2011 –T.p. verso.

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    Hacia rutas salvajes / Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    El drama real que inspirao la aclamada pelaicula escrita y dirigida por Sean Penn –Cover.

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    Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

    Jon Krakauer

    The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, a disastrous expedition that claimed the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived.

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    Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

    Jon Krakauer

    More than 250 previously unseen photographs complement the author’s account of a fateful expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest.

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    Summary of Into Thin Air: by Jon Krakauer Includes Analysis

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    Summary of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - Includes Analysis Preview: Into Thin Air was published in 1997 by journalist and outdoorsman Jon Krakauer. The book focuses on the…

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    The Influence of Henry David Thoreau’s Philosophy in Jon Krakauer’s Novel into the Wild

    Marc Felsbrecher

    Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, language: English, abstract: The aim of this essay is to critically investigate Jon Krakauer’s use…

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    Into Thin Air

    Jon Krakauer

    Now available in paperback comes the bestselling adventure book by Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of Into the Wild . When disaster struck during his ascent of Mt. Everest, killing…

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    Iceland: Land of the Sagas

    Jon Krakauer,David Roberts

    A pictorial classic on one of the last undiscovered countries is offered by David Roberts and Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air . While touring and photographing a landscape…

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    Into Thin Air

    Jon Krakauer

    Now available in paperback comes the bestselling adventure book by Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of Into the Wild . When disaster struck during his ascent of Mt. Everest, killing…

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    Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer

    David Roberts

    Traces the life of the early twentieth-century adventurer, writer, and watercolor artist, describing his early years as a child prodigy, his solitary journeys through the American Southwest, and his mysterious…

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    Forget Me Not: A Memoir

    Jennifer Lowe-Anker

    In 1999 Jennifer Lowe’s husband Alex Lowe died tragically in an avalanche on the Himalayan mountain Shishapangma, leaving her alone to raise three sons. This title offers a personal account…

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    A Thematic Analysis of the Intertextual References to Transcendentalism in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild and their Role in the Portrayal of Christopher McCandless

    Claudine Callaghan

    Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Literature - General, University of Limerick, language: English, abstract: This thesis aims to critically analyze the intertextual references in the book…

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    Prophet’s Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation Into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints

    Sam Brower

    From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)…

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    Prophet’s Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation Into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints

    Sam Brower

    From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)…

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    Prophet’s Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation Into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints

    Sam Brower

    From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)…

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    In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic

    Valerian Albanov

    Including a new Epilogue, this is one helluva read ( Newsweek ) and a chilling first-person account of extreme survival in the Siberian Arctic, rediscovered by Jon Krakauer and David…

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    Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Legacy

    In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between 1947 and 1989, they created an internationally renowned capital for the…

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    Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Legacy

    In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between 1947 and 1989, they created an internationally renowned capital for the…

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    Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia

    Edward Hoagland

    A journal from British Columbia, Notes from the Century Before , has an introduction by David Quammen.

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