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Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk by Jon Krakauer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Essays & Letters
The gripping articles collected in Classic Krakauer--originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian--show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these articles take us from a horrifying ...Show more
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
$21.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Unabridged! 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 affects of oxygen deprivation. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous decent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers wer ...Show more
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Into Thin Air is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of Eiger Dreams and Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside magazine, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas to report on the growing commercializ ...Show more
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
$22.95 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
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, internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limi ...Show more
Into the Wild (FS) by Jon Krakauer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
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, internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limi ...Show more
Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer
$14.95 AUD
Category: History
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 demonstrates in this extensively researched and penetrating book, he is no ...Show more
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (US ed.) by Jon Krakauer
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
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 insist God commanded them to kill.
Under the Banner of Heaven (TV Tie-In) by Jon Krakauer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
True crime in the American heartland. Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Mormon fundamentalism and renegade prophets, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Jon Krakauer's investigation into ...Show more
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launched terrorist attacks against his country. Driven by deeply felt moral patriotism, he walked away from f ...Show more
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