Books by Jon Krakauer (4)
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În sălbăticie by Jon Krakauer RO
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Povestea emoţionantă a morţii tânărului Chris McCandless în sălbăticia Alaskăi în 1992 stârneşte reacţii intense în societatea americană. Jon Krakauer, colaborator al revistei Outside, publică un articol pe această temă, impresionat de asemănarea dintre povestea tânărului şi propriile lui experienţe, dar şi ale altora dinaintea lor. După o minuţioasă cercetare, Krakauer scrie "În sălbăticie", refăcând traseul lui McCandless, urmărindu-l pas cu pas, stând de vorbă cu oamenii pe care acesta i-a cunoscut în ultimii doi ani de v... continue
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhikes to Alaska and walks alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body is found by a moose hunter. How Chris McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.
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Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
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 effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned th... continue
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Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
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.