Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk, Jon KrakauerSpanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; 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

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including an immediate plan to attack the United States

clarity and intelligence

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popular culture and social justice

life for the four March sisters is rich with color

complex female characters

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hopeless world