By writing Into Thin Air, Krakauer may have hoped to exorcise some of his own demons and lay to rest some of the painful questions that still surround the event.
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Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
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 lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray,
Language: en
Pages: 336
Pages: 336
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
Language: en
Pages: 134
Pages: 134
This text examines the causes of atmospheric pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming and explains how these conditions affect our health and econo prosperity.
Language: en
Pages: 138
Pages: 138
On October 31, 1905, the steamer Erie Dane departs Detroit with 114 passengers and crew. As the ship steams across Lake Erie, a storm that only occurs once a century descends upon the lake and the ship disappears. One century later on October 31, 2005, three college friends depart Sandusky
Language: en
Pages: 188
Pages: 188