Jon Krakauer

Autor/a de Cap a terres salvatges

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Membres	Ressenyes	Popularitat	Valoració	Preferit	Esdeveniments
43,732 (47,097)	1,226	337	(3.99)	155
Jon Krakauer was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on April 12, 1954. He received a degree in environmental studies from Hampshire College in Massachusetts in 1976. He worked as a carpenter, fisherman, and writer. He articles on mountain climbing appeared in several publications including GQ, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, Playboy, The New Yorker, and Rolling Stone. In 1996, he climbed Mt. Everest, but a storm took the lives of four of the five teammates who reached the summit with him. An analysis of the calamity he wrote for Outside magazine received a National Magazine Award. An article he wrote for Smithsonian about volcanology received the 1997 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism. He is the author of several books including Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster; Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith; Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman; Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way; and Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town. His book, Into the Wild, was made into a movie in 2007. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Cap a terres salvatges … (més)

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Obres de Jon Krakauer

Cap a terres salvatges 16,689 exemplars, 424 ressenyes

La Febre del cim : crònica d'una tragèdia a l'Everest 13,331 exemplars, 299 ressenyes

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 8,305 exemplars, 207 ressenyes

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 1,802 exemplars, 70 ressenyes

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 1,303 exemplars, 70 ressenyes

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains 1,247 exemplars, 19 ressenyes

Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way 454 exemplars, 34 ressenyes

Into the Wild [2007 film] (Autor) 197 exemplars, 2 ressenyes

Iceland: Land of the Sagas (Fotògraf) 173 exemplars

Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk 102 exemplars, 2 ressenyes

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster {abridged… (Author & Reader) 94 exemplars, 2 ressenyes

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (A Vintage Short) 6 exemplars

In die Wildnis . Mord im Auftrag Gottes: Zwei Bestseller in einem Band 4 exemplars

Sem Deixar Rasto 3 exemplars

Under the Banner of Heaven {abridged audio} 3 exemplars

Improve Your Energy: Dealing with problems 2 exemplars

How Chris McCandless Died: An Update 2 exemplars

Obedeceré a Dios: El crimen que puso la fe a prueba 2 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Krakauer esencial: Reflexiones sobre el riesgo y la condición humana… 2 exemplars

Rêves de montagnes 2 exemplars

A new vision for a museum on the Mall 1 exemplars

Geologists worry about dangers of living 'under the volcano' 1 exemplars

High and Hallowed 1 exemplars

Rocky Times for Banff 1 exemplars

Death of an Innocent: How Christopher McCandless Lost His Way in the Wilds 1 exemplars

Tìm trong hoang dã 1 exemplars

Looking for new challenges, hard-core climbers turn to ice 1 exemplars

Outside, September 1996 (Into Thin Air) 1 exemplars

Outside, September 2006 Issue 1 exemplars

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També de Jon Krakauer

The Best American Essays of the Century (Col·laborador) 723 exemplars, 4 ressenyes

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Pròleg, algunes edicions) 448 exemplars, 12 ressenyes

In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian… (Prefaci, algunes edicions) 405 exemplars, 7 ressenyes

Farthest North (Introducció, algunes edicions) 387 exemplars, 11 ressenyes

The Wild Truth (Pròleg) 333 exemplars, 13 ressenyes

Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the… (Prefaci) 303 exemplars, 32 ressenyes

Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary… (Pròleg) 193 exemplars, 9 ressenyes

The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (Col·laborador) 181 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks (Col·laborador) 165 exemplars, 3 ressenyes

High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline) (Col·laborador) 102 exemplars, 2 ressenyes

The mountain of my fear {and} Deborah : a wilderness narrative (Pròleg, algunes edicions) 63 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Forget Me Not: A Memoir (Pròleg) 47 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Where the Silence Rings: A Literary Companion to Mountains (Col·laborador) 12 exemplars

Playboy Magazine ~ October 1994 (Jennifer Lavoie) (Col·laborador) 3 exemplars

Membres

Membres amb més obres

seite (28), RioLindaHP (19), BookHavenAZ (18), Mazamas (18), DebbyeC (17), e-zReader (16), Kaethe (16), FleetSparrow (14), pcskibum (14), MtnSk8tr (14), mackerdoodledoo (13), erohwedd (13), mattmihm (13) — més

Afegits fa poc

NancyYbarra (2), theBookDevourer211 (1), rybie2 (1), Clabuesch (1), bonnifred_a (2), LKTaka (1), AHCMediaCenter (1), ernaisaduck (1), apfergus (1)

Biblioteques llegades

Thomas C. Dent (1), USS California (Armored Cruiser No. 6) (1), John Muir (1), International Space Station (1), Arthur Ransome (1), Franz Kafka (1), Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1)

Preferits dels membres

Membres: jilld17, BayanX, Caroline77, tayritch, JordiGavalda, frogalina, LynnNanos, membre privat, Tara_Mills, Theboardrider, alexpwu, madhatter22, RiversideReader, membre privat, Kimberley73, Amalie_Nymphenburg, SarahButler, aruss17, tjbanf, SunandaDevi (mostra'n 135 més), Ningal, harrykessels, amanda51, angiezone, SethAndrew, baacker, tonytommo, gangleri, Daniel.Estes, ktoonen, tumbleweeds, PaleJunes, Arbitrex, RMJohn, benwetmore, lisaewhite, joesmaill, chrisanderson, MyBookGarden, dnewsome, SimmonsFan, Polaris-, altonmann, gandycat, membre privat, DCBlack, Navarone, Spyglass, ktwamba, arielfl, Fluffykira, sbrobertson, punkyem, bunny0055, LisaShoshana, EthanS1, brenpike, ynot2924, kristinmm, coclimber, membre privat, dmhudson, ShaggyDoug, lackofintellect, onegoof, drdawnffl, roybluck, Unkletom, nva4bikes, mapconsultant, Cavalier80, CraigHodges, cschwei, sethA, LisaMcG, membre privat, membre privat, LynnFairchild, AshIsGreen, bustausa, Sandydog1, andyr354, wanack, sjcoutts, BookWallah, brewbooks, tacobelle, elizbemis, McBitchy, mwhel, bonmot, breezyb, daniellim, erix.73, ckoller, JulesAlder, BeakerMini, niteswimming, tp3, jeffcrocker82, tom.gsgc, pusher317, rebel619, joemowens, threnodymarch, skyalive, MaryKay1822, membre privat, thorswitch, whymaggiemay, phlegmmy, hksteig, msf59, twomoredays, estoddert, pharun, britbrit, aarmstrong, katet, goodinthestacks, cjbathras, conford4, sageboy, karinnekarinne, SpokaneMountaineers, rljulie, jeffrayc, anikins, literarypanda, raggedprince, nancygrahamogne, rethwyll, scofer, jtlauderdale, MtnSk8tr, Sengels, jhbooks, stephmo, lindseynichols, vnovak, monkeywrench, dcoward, brianinbuffalo, inkedone, markmobley, flyinglow00, Kealapono, sudsjoe, amoga, phillyexpat, karena, edwina4, boeflak, Karbie, Brian242

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