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Tunn luft

AvJon Krakauer

Pocket, Svenska, 2021

(6)

99 kr

»En av de bästa äventyrsböckerna genom tiderna.« Wall Street Journal

»En perfekt kombination av spänning, natur och ett lättillgängligt språk. Rekommenderas starkt!« Recensenten.se

»Krakauer återskapar den dödliga stormen med en självlysande och skräckinjagande intimitet.« New York Times

Den 10 maj 1996 nådde bergsklättraren och journalisten Jon Krakauer äntligen toppen av Mount Everest tillsammans med en grupp andra klättrare. Kort därefter drog ett oväder av katastrofala mått in över dem. En storm som dödade fem personer och lämnade de överlevande i ett tillstånd av chock, skräck och skuldkänslor. I den hyllade bästsäljaren Tunn luft berättar Jon Krakauer den fängslande och otäcka historien om den ödesdigra dagen och hur den förändrade hans liv för gott.

JON KRAKAUER, född 1954, är en amerikansk författare och bergsbestigare. Han har bland annat skrivit för tidskrifter som Outside och Rolling Stone. In i vildmarken [1996] var Krakauers stora genombrott som journalist och författare, och har sålt i flera miljoner exemplar. 1997 kom den lika hyllade, självupplevda Tunn luft, som även den blev en mångmiljonsäljare. 2007 blev In i vildmarken film i regi av Sean Penn.

»Krakauers ögonvittnesskildring är ett hypnotiskt drama om hybris, ansvar och självuppoffrande hjältedåd. Den kommer att ge ett bestående intryck hos alla som läser den.« Booklist

»Enastående.« Newsweek

In i vildmarken

AvJon Krakauer

Pocket, Svenska, 2021

(1)

99 kr

I april 1992 begav sig den tjugotreårige amerikanen Christopher McCandless ut i Alaskas vildmark för att ensam vandra runt i naturen - utan mål, och utan att ens ha någon karta med sig. Innan han gav sig av hade han gett sig själv ett nytt namn: Alexander Supertramp. Han hade skänkt bort sina besparingar, övergett sin familj, bränt sin bil och sina kontanter och bestämt sig för att starta ett helt nytt liv. Fyra månader efter att han gett sig av hittades han död av en jägare. Han hade svultit ihjäl. In i vildmarken är Jon Krakauers självlysande, hyllade och nu klassiska skildring av Christopher McCandless liv, längtan och tragiska död, berättad med lika delar nyfikenhet och ömsinthet.

JON KRAKAUER, född 1954, är en amerikansk författare och bergsbestigare. Han har bland annat skrivit för tidskrifter som Outside och Rolling Stone. In i vildmarken [1996] var Krakauers stora genombrott som journalist och författare, och har sålt i fyra miljoner exemplar. 1997 kom den lika hyllade, självupplevda Tunn luft, som även den blev en mångmiljonsäljare. 2007 blev In i vildmarken film, i regi av Sean Penn.

»Skrämmande och suggestivt. Ett hjärtskärande drama om mänsklig längtan.« The New York Times

»Fängslande och tragisk. Omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig.« San Francisco Chronicle »

Det må vara en sann berättelse, men In i vildmarken är ett mysteriedrama av bästa sort.« Entertainment Weekly

»En berättelse med en enastående kraft.« Washington Post

Into the Wild

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

141 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.'It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order.' – Entertainment WeeklyIn April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the Alaskan wild. He had given his savings to charity, abandoned his car and his possessions, and burnt the money in his wallet, determined to live a life of independence. Just four months later, Chris was found dead. An SOS note was taped to his makeshift home, an abandoned bus.In piecing together the final travels of this extraordinary young man's life, Jon Krakauer writes about the heart of the wilderness, its terribly beauty and its relentless harshness. Into the Wild is a modern classic of travel writing, and a riveting exploration of what drives some of us to risk more than we can afford to lose.From the author of Under the Banner of Heaven and Into Thin Air. A film adaptation of Into the Wild was directed by Sean Penn and starred Emile Hirsch and Kristen Stewart.

Into Thin Air

A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

(1)

141 kr

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Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day, eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions.One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.'Into Thin Air ranks among the great adventure books of all time.' - Wall Street Journal'A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism.' - People

Into the Wild

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

(1)

161 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die."It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment WeeklyMcCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

Eiger Dreams

Ventures Among Men and Mountains

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

123 kr

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No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's notorious Devils Thumb.In Pakistan, the fearsome K2 kills thirteen of the world's most experienced mountain climbers in one horrific summer. In Valdez, Alaska, two men scale a frozen waterfall over a four-hundred-foot drop. In France, a hip international crowd of rock climbers, bungee jumpers, and paragliders figure out new ways to risk their lives on the towering peaks of Mont Blanc. Why do they do it? How do they do it? In this extraordinary book, Krakauer presents an unusual fraternity of daredevils, athletes, and misfits stretching the limits of the possible.From the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent, to the thunderous, suffocating terror of a white-out on Mount McKinley, Eiger Dreams spins tales of driven lives, sudden deaths, and incredible victories. This is a stirring, vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits.

Classic Krakauer

Mark Foo's Last Ride, After the Fall, and Other Essays

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

215 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the masterful investigative reporting that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mount Everest to a volcano in Washington State; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars. 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 avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of greater Seattle at any moment; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Rigorously researched and vividly written, marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop, the pieces in Classic Krakauer are unified by the author's ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.

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

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

(2)

249 kr

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray. “A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism.”—PeopleA Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 YearsA 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. In Into Thin Air, Krakauer takes great pains to provide a balanced picture of the people and events he witnessed and gives due credit to the tireless and dedicated Sherpas. He also avoids blasting easy targets such as Sandy Pittman, the wealthy socialite who brought an espresso maker along on the expedition. Krakauer's highly personal inquiry into the catastrophe provides a great deal of insight into what went wrong. But for Krakauer himself, further interviews and investigations only lead him to the conclusion that his perceived failures were directly responsible for a fellow climber's death. This updated trade paperback edition includes an extensive new postscript that sheds fascinating light on the acrimonious debate that flared between Krakauer and Everest guide Anatoli Boukreev in the wake of the tragedy. As usual, Krakauer supports his points with dogged research and a good dose of humility. But rather than continue the heated discourse that has raged since Into Thin Air's denouncement of guide Boukreev, Krakauer's tone is conciliatory. In a touching conclusion, Krakauer recounts his last conversation with the late Boukreev, in which the two weathered climbers agreed to disagree about certain points.

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

252 kr

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Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia

AvEdward Hoagland,Jon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

199 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Into the Wild

AvJon Krakauer

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

(1)

366 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

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

AvJon Krakauer

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

(1)

365 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

Missoula

Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

252 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

Under The Banner of Heaven

A Story of Violent Faith

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

163 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

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.Now a major TV miniseries starring Andrew Garfield.Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Jon Krakauer‘s investigation into the murder of a mother and her child is a meticulously researched, bone-chilling narrative of polygamy, savage violence and unyielding faith.An incisive look inside isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities in America, this gripping work of non-fiction illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behaviour.‘A provocative look at the twisted roots of American fundamentalism.’ – Will Self, Evening Standard ‘Books of the Year’‘Excellent . . . a lucid, judicious, even sympathetic account not just of Mormon Fundamentalism but of the seductive power of fanaticism in general.’ – Daily Telegraph‘Remarkable . . . for anyone interested in the wilder frontiers of spiritual conviction, this book is a must.’ – Independent

Under the Banner of Heaven

A Story of Violent Faith

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

278 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco ChronicleDefying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.

Eiger Dreams

Ventures Among Men And Mountains

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

193 kr

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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 who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience, he gives us unerring portraits of the mountaineering experience. Yet Eiger Dreams is more about people than about rock and ice—people with that odd, sometimes maniacal obsession with mountain summits that sets them apart from other men and women. Here we meet Adrian the Romanian, determined to be the first of his countrymen to solo Denali; John Gill, climber not of great mountains but of house-sized boulders so difficult to surmount that even demanding alpine climbs seem easy; and many more compelling and colorful characters. In the most intimate piece, “The Devils Thumb,” Krakauer recounts his own near-fatal, ultimately triumphant struggle with solo-madness as he scales Alaska’s Devils Thumb. Eiger Dreams is stirring, vivid writing about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits.

Where Men Win Glory

The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

AvJon Krakauer

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

155 kr

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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 fame and money to enlist in the United States Special Operations Forces. A year later he was killed - apparently in the line of fire - on a desolate hillside near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan.News of Tillman's death shocked America. But even as the public mourned his loss, the US Army aggressively maneuvered to conceal the truth: that it was a ranger in Tillman's own platoon who had fired the fatal shots. In Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer reveals how an entire country was deliberately deceived by those at the very highest levels of the US army and government. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer's storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war.