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Jon Krakauer is the preeminent writer of narrative non-fiction. In his latest work, Where Men Win Glory, he delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man's haunting journey. Mr. Krakrauer's numerous bestsellers include Under the Banner of Heaven, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air. He is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.
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In the Land of White Death
Written by Valerian Albanov
Preface by Jon Krakauer
Translated by Alison Anderson
Introduction by David Roberts
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: September 4, 2001
Price: $14.95
In 1912, six months after Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men came to grief in Antarctica, a thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator named Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prove even more disastrous. In search of new Arctic hunting grounds, Albanov's ship, the Saint Anna, was frozen fast in... Read more >
Written by Valerian Albanov
Preface by Jon Krakauer
Translated by Alison Anderson
Introduction by David Roberts
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: September 4, 2001
Price: $14.95
In 1912, six months after Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men came to grief in Antarctica, a thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator named Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prove even more disastrous. In search of new Arctic hunting grounds, Albanov's ship, the Saint Anna, was frozen fast in... Read more >
Notes from The Century Before
A Journal from British Columbia
Written by Edward Hoagland
Introduction by David Quammen and Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $13.95
In 1966, Edward Hoagland made a three-month excursion into the wild country of British Columbia and encountered a way of life that was disappearing even as he chronicled it. Showcasing Hoagland’s extraordinary gifts for portraiture—his cast runs from salty prospector to trader, explorer, missionary, and indigenous guide—Notes from the Century Before... Read more >
A Journal from British Columbia
Written by Edward Hoagland
Introduction by David Quammen and Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $13.95
In 1966, Edward Hoagland made a three-month excursion into the wild country of British Columbia and encountered a way of life that was disappearing even as he chronicled it. Showcasing Hoagland’s extraordinary gifts for portraiture—his cast runs from salty prospector to trader, explorer, missionary, and indigenous guide—Notes from the Century Before... Read more >
Eiger Dreams
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $10.95
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $10.95
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Iceland
Land of the Sagas
Written by Jon Krakauer and David Roberts
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: October 6, 1998
Price: $24.00
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Land of the Sagas
Written by Jon Krakauer and David Roberts
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: October 6, 1998
Price: $24.00
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Into the Wild
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 20, 1997
Price: $14.95
Jon Krakauer tells the haunting true story of Chris McCandless, who after graduating from college in 1991, walked deep into the widerness of Alaska on a fatal odyssey. Krakauer explores the ideas of spiritual want, the fear of intimacy, and rejection of privilege. Students gain bold insights into the Zeitgeist of... Read more >
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 20, 1997
Price: $14.95
Jon Krakauer tells the haunting true story of Chris McCandless, who after graduating from college in 1991, walked deep into the widerness of Alaska on a fatal odyssey. Krakauer explores the ideas of spiritual want, the fear of intimacy, and rejection of privilege. Students gain bold insights into the Zeitgeist of... Read more >
Into the Wild
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: January 13, 1996
Price: $23.00
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: January 13, 1996
Price: $23.00
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Into the Wild
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $14.95
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $14.95
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Into the Wild (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
Jon Krakauer tells the haunting true story of Chris McCandless, who after graduating from college in 1991, walked deep into the widerness of Alaska on a fatal odyssey. Krakauer explores the ideas of spiritual want, the fear of intimacy, and rejection of privilege. Students gain bold insights into the Zeitgeist of... Read more >
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
Jon Krakauer tells the haunting true story of Chris McCandless, who after graduating from college in 1991, walked deep into the widerness of Alaska on a fatal odyssey. Krakauer explores the ideas of spiritual want, the fear of intimacy, and rejection of privilege. Students gain bold insights into the Zeitgeist of... Read more >
Into the Wild
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $19.99
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $19.99
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Into the Wild
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $17.50
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $17.50
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Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $7.99
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A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $7.99
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Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 19, 1999
Price: $15.00
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 lives and left countless more—including Krakauer’s—in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide... Read more >
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 19, 1999
Price: $15.00
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 lives and left countless more—including Krakauer’s—in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide... Read more >
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: April 22, 1997
Price: $26.95
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A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: April 22, 1997
Price: $26.95
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Into Thin Air
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: July 4, 2000
Price: $14.98
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: July 4, 2000
Price: $14.98
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Into Thin Air
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: November 12, 1998
Price: $15.00
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
Publisher: Villard
On Sale: November 12, 1998
Price: $15.00
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Into Thin Air
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: January 7, 1997
Price: $15.95
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: January 7, 1997
Price: $15.95
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Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $29.95
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A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $29.95
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Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: April 10, 2003
Price: $19.95
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A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: April 10, 2003
Price: $19.95
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Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil... Read more >
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil... Read more >
Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $30.00
**ALA Notable Book, 2003
Krakauer’s previous books have given insight into lives conducted at the outer limits. In Under the Banner of Heaven, he shifts his focus from the extremes of physical adventure to the extremes of religious fundamentalism within American culture.
At the core of Under the Banner of Heaven is a... Read more >
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $30.00
**ALA Notable Book, 2003
Krakauer’s previous books have given insight into lives conducted at the outer limits. In Under the Banner of Heaven, he shifts his focus from the extremes of physical adventure to the extremes of religious fundamentalism within American culture.
At the core of Under the Banner of Heaven is a... Read more >
Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $19.99
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A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $19.99
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Under the Banner of Heaven
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $12.95
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Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $12.95
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Under the Banner of Heaven
A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
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A Story of Violent Faith
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
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Where Men Win Glory
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $27.95
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey.
Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In... Read more >
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $27.95
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey.
Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In... Read more >
Where Men Win Glory
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook, 240 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $27.95
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The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: eBook, 240 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $27.95
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