{"title":"Jon Krakauer","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"into-the-wild","title":"Into the Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e(NOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan\u003eJon Krakauer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategories:  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/non-fiction\"\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/biography\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: local\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook description :\u003cb\u003eKrakauer’s page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning.\" —New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImmediately 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jon Krakauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43413327708342,"sku":"","price":635.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/60869516_1.jpg?v=1724144468"},{"product_id":"into-thin-air-a-personal-account-of-the-mt-everest-disaster","title":"Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. 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When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKrakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Jon Krakauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67985141072054,"sku":null,"price":1090.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/1898.jpg?v=1793721964"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/collections\/1898.jpg?v=1793722174","url":"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/jon-krakauer.oembed","provider":"Booksvilla.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}