Jon Krakauer: 27 books

**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 was wrong. The storm, which claimed five...

The gripping articles in Classic Krakauer, originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian, display the singular investigative reporting that made Jon Krakauer famous—and show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary...

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet,...

**** Everest. Der Film ab 17. September im Kino.**** Jon Krakauers packender Weltbestseller erzählt die Hintergründe zur Tragödie am Mount Everest. Im Mai 1996 nahm der amerikanische Journalist Jon Krakauer an einer Mount-Everest-Expedition teil, die in einer Katastrophe endete. Mehrere Gruppen...

From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported 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   Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a highly...

Er gehört zur Crème de la Crème des investigativen Journalismus in Amerika – der Bestsellerautor Jon Krakauer schrieb zahlreiche Reportagen und Essays für Magazine wie The New Yorker, Outside oder das Smithsonian. Dieser Band vereint neun dieser packenden Storys und offenbart das breite Spektrum...

Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that could...

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,...

Der Klassiker zum Wiederentdecken: Mit seinem Weltbestseller revolutionierte der Bergsteiger und Schriftsteller Jon Krakauer die Abenteuerliteratur – und läßt Spannung und Faszination, Fassungslosigkeit und blankes Entsetzen eins werden. 1996 nahm der amerikanische Journalist Jon Krakauer an einer...

Enquête sur les viols perpétrés dans une université américaine Célèbre pour son campus universitaire et surtout pour son équipe de football – les Grizzlis –, l'université de Missoula est secouée par plusieurs affaires de viols commis entre 2010 et 2012 par des étudiants. À partir de...

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 explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one...

IL LIBRO CULT DA CUI È STATO TRATTO INTO THE WILD Nell’aprile del 1992 Chris McCandless si incamminò da solo negli immensi spazi selvaggi dell’Alaska. Due anni prima, terminati gli studi, aveva abbandonato tutti i suoi averi e donato i suoi risparmi in beneficenza: voleva lasciare la...

Una tragedia del nostro tempo raccontata dall'autore di Nelle terre estreme. **Il libro che ha ispirato il film Everest (2015) presentato alla **72ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia. L’Everest o Dea del Cielo è sempre stato oggetto di fascinazione, ossessione...

ESISTE UN REATO PER CUI È LA VITTIMA A FINIRE SOTTO PROCESSO: LO STUPRO.«Krakauer è un grande giornalista investigativo e uno straordinario scrittore.» USA Today«Un libro indirizzato a chiunque voglia capire come mai il tasso delle violenze sulle donne è così alto e come mai i sistemi giuridici...