query: when was krakauer considered a success as a writer

pos: Jon Krakauer following this tragedy. Much of Krakauer's popularity as a writer came from his work as a journalist for "Outside". In November 1983, he was able to give up his part-time work as a fisherman and carpenter to become a full-time writer. In addition to his work on mountain climbing, the topics he covered as a freelance writer varied greatly; his writing has also appeared in "Architectural Digest", "National Geographic Magazine", "Rolling Stone", and "Smithsonian." Krakauer's 1992 book "Eiger Dreams" collects some of his articles written between 1982 and 1989"." On assignment for "Outside", Krakauer wrote an article focusing on two

neg: Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain climbing. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books—"Into the Wild"; "Into Thin Air"; "Under the Banner of Heaven"; and ""—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest. Krakauer was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, as the third of five children of Carol Ann (née Jones) and Lewis Joseph Krakauer. His father was Jewish

neg: Jon Krakauer in 1998. The American Academy of Arts and Letters gave Krakauer an Academy Award in Literature in 1999 for his work, commenting that the writer "combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer. His account of an ascent of Mount Everest has led to a general reevaluation of climbing and of the commercialization of what was once a romantic, solitary sport." Krakauer has contributed royalties from this book to the Everest '96 Memorial Fund at the Boulder Community Foundation, which he founded as a tribute

neg: Karl Krolow in Nazi propaganda journals such as the "Krakauer Zeitung". From 1942 he was working as a freelance writer based in Göttingen. In 1943/44, he published in the Nazi weekly journal "Das Reich". Krolow moved to Hannover in 1952, and in 1956 to Darmstadt, where he lived working as an independent writer until his death. From the 1950s, Krolow was considered one of the greatest poets of the postwar German literature. He was also a translator from French and Spanish, and author of works of prose. From 1951, he was a member of the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of

neg: Jon Krakauer are grossly misrepresented to make him appear in the worst possible light, or are outright false. Yes, Greg is a bad manager and accountant, and he is the first to admit that, but he is also a tireless humanitarian with a crucially important mission." Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain climbing. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books—"Into the Wild"; "Into Thin Air"; "Under the Banner of Heaven"; and ""—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an

neg: David Krakauer Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2002 and a Diapason D'Or in 1998. With Anthony Coleman David Krakauer David Krakauer (born September 22, 1956) is an American clarinetist raised and based in New York, NY. He is known for his work in klezmer music as well as classical music and avant-garde improvisation. He is also considered an accomplished jazz player. Krakauer's performance career focused on jazz and classical music before he joined the Klezmatics in 1988. He sees klezmer as his "musical home," saying "I can write music within klezmer, improvise, do experimental stuff, be an interpreter and a preservationist. Every side of

neg: Jon Krakauer allegations that was published as an exclusive article in "Outside" magazine's online version. Darnsey's response questioned the accuracy and fairness of both the Krakauer piece and the "60 Minutes" report. He further stated that Krakauer either misquoted or misunderstood what he said when interviewed by the author. Darnsey went on to say that Krakauer took Mortenson's experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan out of context and added, "If Jon Krakauer and some of Greg's detractors had taken the time to have three or more cups of tea with Greg and others—instead of one cup of tea with a select few who

neg: David Krakauer David Krakauer David Krakauer (born September 22, 1956) is an American clarinetist raised and based in New York, NY. He is known for his work in klezmer music as well as classical music and avant-garde improvisation. He is also considered an accomplished jazz player. Krakauer's performance career focused on jazz and classical music before he joined the Klezmatics in 1988. He sees klezmer as his "musical home," saying "I can write music within klezmer, improvise, do experimental stuff, be an interpreter and a preservationist. Every side of me can be fulfilled within this form." In 1996, he formed his own

neg: Long tail states the book got good reviews, but didn't have much commercial success. However, ten years later a book titled Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer was published and Touching the Void began to sell again. Anderson realized that this was due to Amazon's recommendations. This created a niche market for those who enjoy books about mountain climbing even though it is not considered a popular genre supporting the long tail theory. An Amazon employee described the long tail as follows: "We sold more books today that didn't sell at all yesterday than we sold today of all the books that

neg: Krakauer Brothers Madison brand of pianos for several decades. Krakauer Brothers was one of the few American piano companies to survive the Great Depression without being absorbed into a larger conglomerate. In 1977 Howard K. Graves purchased the company and moved it to Berlin, Ohio. Krakauer produced brands such as Vertichord, Lyrichord and Madison. Krakauer became a division of Kimball International in 1980, the starting serial number was 86405. The Berlin factory closed in 1985, with it the name Krakauer came to an end. Krakauer Brothers Krakauer Brothers, also known as "Krakauer", was an American manufacturer of handmade, high-quality pianos, founded 1869

neg: Krakauer Brothers Krakauer Brothers Krakauer Brothers, also known as "Krakauer", was an American manufacturer of handmade, high-quality pianos, founded 1869 in New York City by the Jewish immigrant Simon Krakauer, his son David and his brother Julius. The company's growth led to the opening of a factory on Cypress Avenue and 136th to 137th Street in The Bronx, New York City. Krakauer was a prominent piano company, known for making pianos of high quality and for its influential inventions within the area of piano development in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. In 1917 Krakauer incorporated the Madison Piano Company, building

neg: Jon Krakauer from college, Krakauer spent three weeks alone in the wilderness of the Stikine Icecap region of Alaska and climbed a new route on the Devils Thumb, an experience he described in "Eiger Dreams" and in "Into the Wild. " In 1992, he made his way to Cerro Torre in the Andes of Patagonia—a sheer granite peak considered to be one of the most difficult technical climbs in the world. Krakauer's most recognized climb was a guided ascent of Mount Everest that became known as the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Soon after summitting the peak, Krakauer's team met with disaster as

neg: Jon Krakauer article into what has become his best-known book, "Into Thin Air". The book describes the climbing parties' experiences and the general state of Everest mountaineering at the time. Hired as a journalist by the magazine, Krakauer had participated as a client of the 1996 Everest climbing team led by Rob Hall—the team which ended up suffering the greatest casualties in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. The book reached the top of "The New York Times"' non-fiction bestseller list, was honored as "Book of the Year" by "Time" magazine, and was among three books considered for the General Non-Fiction Pulitzer Prize

neg: Into the Wild (book) early in his journey, adopting the moniker "Alexander Supertramp", after W.H. Davies. He spent time in Carthage, South Dakota, laboring for months in a grain elevator owned by Wayne Westerberg before hitchhiking to Alaska. Krakauer interprets McCandless' intensely ascetic personality as possibly influenced by the writings of Henry David Thoreau and McCandless' favorite writer, Jack London. He explores the similarities between McCandless' experiences and motivations, and his own as a young man, recounting in detail Krakauer's own attempt to climb Devils Thumb in Alaska. Krakauer also relates the stories of some other young men who vanished into the wilderness, such

neg: Leopold Krakauer began to work under the leadership of Alexander Baerwald in Haifa. Later, Krakauer moved to Jerusalem. He worked on designing many houses in Jerusalem as well as in other parts of Israel. He was a prominent working it planned dining rooms and other public buildings. Krakauer was the first to bring the architects of modern architecture to Israel. Krakauer was particularly inspired by the architect Adolf Loos, who was also a frequent visitor to his home in Vienna. In 1948, he was appointed as a member of the Committee of the Flag Symbol, under the Provisional State Council. Krakauer helped

neg: Jon Krakauer Krakauer was inspired to write the book when a friend of his, a young woman, revealed to him that she had been raped. Emily Bazelon, writing for the "New York Times" Book Review, gave the book a lukewarm review, criticizing it for not fully exploring its characters or appreciating the difficulty colleges face in handling and trying to prevent sexual assault. "Instead of delving deeply into questions of fairness as universities try to fulfill a recent government mandate to conduct their own investigations and hearings – apart from the police and the courts – Krakauer settles for bromides," Bazelon wrote.

neg: Gréco Casadesus the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau's Nazi camp. For this project, he composed several orchestral scores to be played the famous American clarinetist David Krakauer. "Shouting the infinity and never hearing it. Shouting an intimate pain, in silence. Giving a chance to hope, even if it is slim. Translating an unspeakable feeling that neither words nor images can express. Keeping a low profile. This was I was after," Greco Casadesus said when his work was published in the album, "David Krakauer plays Greco Casadesus". His work with Krakauer was also followed by a show at the French radio studios, France Musique. Both

neg: Leopold Krakauer Leopold Krakauer Leopold Krakauer (March 1890 – December 1954) was an architect and a painter. He was of the most prominent architects who worked in Israel in the mid- twenties. He was also a painter who presented drawings and paintings at exhibitions in Israel and all over the world. Krakauer lived in Israel from 1924 until his death . Leopold Krakauer was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria on March 30, 1890. He attended the Royal Imperial High School in Vienna. Then, from 1907–12, Krakauer was a student at the Department of Engineering and Architecture, the Technical College, in

neg: Mount Everest night on the mountain, Weathers managed to find his way to Camp 4 with massive frostbite and vision impaired due to snow blindness. When he arrived at Camp 4, fellow climbers considered his condition terminal and left him in a tent to die overnight. Before leaving Camp 4 Jon Krakauer heard Weathers calling for help from his tent. Weathers' condition had not improved and an immediate descent to a lower elevation was deemed essential. A helicopter rescue was considered but was out of the question: Camp 4 was higher than the rated ceiling of any available helicopter and in any

neg: Jon Krakauer Associated Press, "This book is not history, and Krakauer is no historian. He is a storyteller who cuts corners to make the story sound good. His basic thesis appears to be that people who are religious are irrational, and that irrational people do strange things." In response, Krakauer criticized the LDS Church hierarchy, citing the opinion of D. Michael Quinn, a historian who was excommunicated in 1993, who wrote that "The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties of the Mormon past, but have

neg: David Krakauer (scientist) of Santa Barbara, a long-term Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and visiting Professor of Evolution at Princeton University. In 2012 Krakauer was included in the Wired Magazine Smart List as one of 50 people "who will change the World." David Krakauer (scientist) David Krakauer (born December 28, 1967) is an American evolutionary biologist, and President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute. Born in Hawaii, Krakauer grew up in Southern Portugal and moved to London, England for secondary school. He attended the University of London, where he earned degrees in

neg: Hedysarum Darwin also called the telegraph plant a "Hedysarum". In his book "Into the Wild", Jon Krakauer speculated that Christopher McCandless may have died from eating seeds of "H. alpinum", which Krakauer thought might contain swainsonine. This theory was later debunked by experts in the field of botany. Krakauer subsequently postulated that the seeds were stored wet in a plastic bag, which may have created a toxic by-product. Krakauer was later validated, to a certain extent. Krakauer explains that he came across the research of Ronald Hamilton, who had concluded that the neurotoxin oxalyldiaminopropionic acid (ODAP) in the wild potato seed

neg: Jon Krakauer to his deceased climbing partners. In a TV-movie version of the book, Krakauer was played by Christopher McDonald. "Everest", a feature film based on the events of the disaster directed by Baltasar Kormákur, was released in 2015. In the film, Krakauer is portrayed by Michael Kelly. Krakauer denounced the movie, saying some of its details were fabricated and defamatory. He also expressed regret regarding Sony's rapid acquisition of the rights to the book. Director Baltasar Kormákur responded, claiming Krakauer's first-person account was not used as source material for the film, and alleged that his version of events conflicted with the

neg: David Krakauer (scientist) David Krakauer (scientist) David Krakauer (born December 28, 1967) is an American evolutionary biologist, and President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute. Born in Hawaii, Krakauer grew up in Southern Portugal and moved to London, England for secondary school. He attended the University of London, where he earned degrees in computer science and mathematics. He received his D.Phil. in evolutionary theory from Oxford University in 1995, where he stayed on as a postdoctoral research fellow. Currently the President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute, Krakauer previously

neg: Jon Krakauer "University procedures should 'swiftly identify student offenders and prevent them from reoffending, while simultaneously safeguarding the rights of the accused,' he writes, asserting that this 'will be difficult, but it's not rocket science". , Krakauer edits the Exploration series of the Modern Library. Krakauer was featured during a CBS "60 Minutes" report on April 17, 2011 where "60 Minutes" reporter Steve Kroft raised questions about humanitarian Greg Mortenson and the non-profit Central Asia Institute (CAI). Krakauer questioned the accuracy of events in Mortenson's book "Three Cups of Tea" and whether Mortenson was kidnapped by the Taliban in 1996 as described

neg: Jon Krakauer in his second book, "Stones into Schools". Krakauer went on to question Mortenson's credibility through the financial practices of CAI. Krakauer had been a financial supporter of Mortenson's work and had previously donated $75,000 before becoming disillusioned with him and his management of CAI. The "60 Minutes" story largely retraced the conclusions Krakauer came to as described in his e-book, "Three Cups of Deceit – How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way". The e-book was released the day after the "60 Minutes" piece aired. Scott Darsney, a respected mountaineer and friend of Greg Mortenson, wrote a response to Krakauer's

neg: Jon Krakauer to meet the demands put upon him as the top guide—complaints documented in transcripts of radio transmissions between Fischer and his base-camp managers. After the publication of "Into Thin Air" and "The Climb", DeWalt, Boukreev, and Krakauer became embroiled in disagreements about Krakauer's portrayal of Boukreev. Krakauer had reached a with Boukreev in November 1997, but the Russian climber was killed by an avalanche only a few weeks later while climbing Annapurna. In 2003, "" became Krakauer's third non-fiction bestseller. The book examines extremes of religious belief, specifically fundamentalist offshoots of Mormonism. Krakauer looks at the practice of polygamy in

neg: 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche 2012 it narrowly missed many climbers." According to writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer, the 2014 ice avalanche was triggered when a block of ice "the size of a Beverly Hills mansion" broke off from the bulge. Conditions change regularly with the glacier's shifting ice, so climbing guides must find and maintain a new route through the icefall each season. At approximately 06:45 local time (01:00 UTC,18 April 2014), an ice avalanche occurred on the southern side of Mount Everest, at an elevation of approximately . Twenty-five men, mostly Sherpas, were buried in the avalanche. The group was fixing ropes and

neg: Hedysarum was responsible for a degenerative disease known as lathyrism. In August 2013, Krakauer sent a modest sample of the seeds for testing, discovering that they contained ".394 per cent beta-ODAP by weight, a concentration well within the levels known to cause lathyrism in humans." Krakauer concludes that "Had McCandless's guidebook to edible plants warned that "Hedysarum alpinum" seeds contain a neurotoxin that can cause paralysis, he probably would have walked out of the wild in late August with no more difficulty than when he walked into the wild in April, and would still be alive today." The roots are a

neg: Leopold Krakauer chose the symbol of Israel. His daughter is the archeologist , Trude Dothan. His grandson is Danny Dotan, a singer and a songwriter. Most of Krakauer's work has focused on the field drawing. Many of his works depict Jerusalem and it's landscapes. His works can be found in museums in Amsterdam, Munich, Zurich as well as all over Europe. His most famous architectural works include: Leopold Krakauer Leopold Krakauer (March 1890 – December 1954) was an architect and a painter. He was of the most prominent architects who worked in Israel in the mid- twenties. He was also a painter

neg: David Krakauer Music Accord for Krakauer and the Orion String quartet; and performing in the International Emmy Award-winning BBC documentary Holocaust, A Music Memorial from Auschwitz with music by Osvaldo Golijov. Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner has said "Listening to David Krakauer had a tremendously powerful effect [on me]. It helped me discover Yiddish again, which was hugely important.” Krakauer partnered with the Kronos Quartet for the premiere recording of Osvaldo Golijov's "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind", released in 1997 on Nonesuch Records. Though the original composition was created for clarinet with string quartet, Golijov created an orchestral arrangement

neg: Jon Krakauer offered to the Saints instead a mixture of platitudes, half-truths, omissions, and plausible denials". Krakauer wrote, "I happen to share Dr. Quinn's perspective". In the October 25, 2007 season premiere of "Iconoclasts" on the Sundance Channel, Krakauer mentioned being deeply embroiled in the writing of a new book, but did not reveal the title, subject, or expected date of completion. Doubleday Publishing originally planned to release the book in the fall of 2008, but postponed the launch in June of that year, announcing that Krakauer was "unhappy with the manuscript". The book, "", was released by Doubleday on September 15,

neg: Greg Mortenson in the book were called into question" and ultimately committed suicide on November 15, 2012. In 2009, "Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan" was written by Greg Mortenson as a sequel to "Three Cups of Tea". Mortenson has been criticized by writers such as Peter Hessler and Jon Krakauer for financial mismanagement of his charity, for "dodging accountability" and for writing a book Krakauer described as "riddled with lies". In April 2011, "60 Minutes" and author Jon Krakauer accused Mortenson of fabrication in his non-fiction books and of financial improprieties at his charity,

neg: Into the Wild (book) the body can use its stores of glucose and amino acids to rid itself of the poison. Since McCandless lived on a diet of rice, lean meat, and wild plants and had less than 10% body fat when he died, Krakauer hypothesized that McCandless was likely unable to fend off the toxins. However, when the Eskimo potatoes from the area around the bus were later tested in a laboratory of the University of Alaska Fairbanks by Dr. Thomas Clausen, toxins were not found. Krakauer later modified his hypothesis, suggesting that mold of the variety Rhizoctonia leguminicola may have caused McCandless's

neg: Into the Wild (book) leave, only to find the route blocked by a snow-melt raging river. On July 30, McCandless wrote a journal entry which read, "Extremely Weak. Fault Of Pot[ato] Seed" Based on this entry, Krakauer hypothesized that McCandless had been eating what he thought was the roots of an edible plant, "Hedysarum alpinum", commonly known as wild Eskimo potato, which are sweet and nourishing in the spring but later become too tough to eat. When this happened, McCandless may have attempted to eat the seeds instead. Krakauer first speculated that the seeds were actually from "Hedysarum mackenzii", or wild sweet pea, instead

neg: Stones into Schools article for "Outside" magazine's online version as a response to the allegations against Mortenson. Darnsey questioned the accuracy and fairness of both the Krakauer piece and the "60 Minutes" report. Darnsey had been interviewed by Krakauer, and maintained that Krakauer either misquoted or misunderstood what he said. As a response to Krakauer's allegations, CAI produced a comprehensive list of projects completed over a period of years and projects CAI is currently working on. The list was released in December, 2011 (see external links below). Stones into Schools Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

neg: Chris McCandless seeds contained this toxin. The protein would be relatively harmless to someone who was well-fed and on a normal diet, but toxic to someone who was malnourished, physically stressed, and on an irregular and insufficient diet, as McCandless was. As Krakauer points out, McCandless' field guide did not warn of any dangers of eating the seeds, which were not yet known to be toxic. Krakauer suspects this is the meaning of McCandless' journal entry of July 30, which states "EXTREMELY WEAK. FAULT OF POT[ATO] SEED. MUCH TROUBLE JUST TO STAND UP. STARVING. GREAT JEOPARDY." In September 2013, Krakauer published an

neg: Three Cups of Deceit magazine's online version as a response to Krakauer's book. Darsney questioned the accuracy and fairness of both the Krakauer piece and the "60 Minutes" report. Darsney had been interviewed by Krakauer for "Three Cups of Deceit", and maintains that Krakauer either misquoted or misunderstood what he said. As a response to Krakauer's allegations, CAI produced a comprehensive list of projects completed over a period of years and projects CAI is currently working on. The list was released in December, 2011. Three Cups of Deceit Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way is a 2011 e-book

neg: Jon Krakauer imprisonment in Waziristan when I met him in Beijing. I don't doubt that he was held against his will." Darnsey's article went on to say that Krakauer is a respected journalist and a "stickler for details and getting the facts straight", but that he felt "the research needs to continue". In February 2012, it was reported that an investigation by the Montana Attorney General was underway. On April 5, 2012, the Montana Attorney General's office released a report noting financial "missteps" by CAI and Greg Mortenson. The Attorney General reached a settlement for restitution from Mortenson to CAI in excess

neg: Battle of Nasiriyah and different than those initial reports [...] She was neither shot nor stabbed." On 24 April, Private Lynch testified before Congress. She called the earlier reports a "lie", and said that she had in fact never fired her weapon, because she was knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed. Jon Krakauer concludes that "most of the details of Lynch's ordeal were extravagantly embellished, and much of the rest was invented from whole cloth... and [were] fed to gullible reporters by anonymous military sources". Krakauer concludes that Jim Wilkinson was likely part of a White House-led effort to fabricate Lynch's story. Regimental

neg: Prophet's Prey from the confines of the Texas state prison, where he is serving out a sentence of life plus twenty years for the rape of girls aged 12 and 13. The score is written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Berg was approached by Sam Brower and Jon Krakauer with the idea for the film. Both Brower and Krakauer are heavily featured as witnesses—the film argues they played a major role in Jeffs's capture—and the men take consulting producer and executive producer credits respectively. The two make engaging if contrasting guides through the complex story, with Krakauer coming across as the

neg: Greg Mortenson climbed six Himalayan peaks. Jon Krakauer, a former financial supporter of CAI, questioned Mortenson's accounts of his exploits independently and was interviewed for the "60 Minutes" segment mentioned above. The day after the broadcast, Krakauer released his own allegations in a lengthy online article, "Three Cups of Deceit - How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way". Krakauer explored financial improprieties at CAI in great detail, reporting that a former board treasurer had left the organization because "Greg regards CAI as his personal ATM," routinely charged personal expenses to the organization, and rarely provided any receipts or documentation. In response

neg: Jon Krakauer Men and Mountains" (1992) is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing. It concerns a variety of topics, from ascending the Eiger "Nordwand" in the Swiss Alps, Denali in Alaska or K2 in the Karakoram, to the well-known rock climbers Krakauer has met on his trips, such as John Gill. "Into the Wild" was published in 1996 and spent two years on "The New York Times" Best Seller List. The book employs a non-linear narrative that documents the travels of Christopher McCandless, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family who,

neg: Three Cups of Tea events that took place in the fall of 1993..." Scott Darsney, a respected mountaineer and friend of Greg Mortenson, sent an email, subsequently turned into an exclusive article for "Outside" magazine's online version, as a response to the allegations against Mortenson. Darsney questioned the accuracy and fairness of both the Krakauer piece and the "60 Minutes" report. Darsney had been interviewed by Krakauer, and maintained that Krakauer either misquoted or misunderstood what he said. CAI responded to Krakauer's allegations by releasing a comprehensive list of projects completed over several years and currently in progress. The list was released in December,

neg: Into the Wild (book) of the Eskimo Potato, which contained a poisonous alkaloid, possibly swainsonine (the toxic chemical in locoweed) or something similar. In addition to neurological symptoms, such as weakness and loss of coordination, the poison causes starvation by blocking nutrient metabolism in the body. However, Krakauer later suggested that McCandless had not confused the two plants and had in fact actually eaten Hedysarum alpinum. Krakauer had the plant tested for any toxins and, through tests on Hendysarum alpinum, it was discovered that it contained an unidentifiable form of toxin. According to Krakauer, a well-nourished person might consume the seeds and survive because

neg: David Krakauer (scientist) served as the institute’s chair of the faculty and as a resident professor and an external professor. He also co-directs the Collective Computation Group (C4) at the Santa Fe Institute. At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Krakauer served as the founding Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the Co-director of the Center for Complexity and Collective Computation, and as a professor of mathematical genetics. Krakauer has also held positions as a visiting fellow at the Genomics Frontiers Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, a Sage Fellow at the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind at the University

neg: Jon Krakauer in 1990, after graduating from Emory University, donated all of the money ($24,000) in his bank account to the humanitarian charity Oxfam, renamed himself "Alexander Supertramp", and began a journey in the American West. McCandless' remains were found in August 1992; he had died of starvation near Lake Wentitika in Denali National Park and Preserve. In the book, Krakauer draws parallels between McCandless' experiences and his own, and the experiences of other adventurers. "Into The Wild" was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released on September 21, 2007. In 1997, Krakauer expanded his September 1996 "Outside"

neg: Leopold Krakauer Vienna. In 1909, he studied architecture at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Vienna. In World War I, he served on the Italian front. During the war, he worked on his own designs. In 1919, Krakauer had an exhibition in Vienna. At this exhibition, he met his wife, Greta Wolfe. From 1920–1921, Krakauer participated in the planning of the parliament building in Belgrade. Being one of the finest architects of the International Style of his time, Krakauer immigrated to Palestine with his wife in 1924 after winning an architectural competition for Palestine and soon became involved in architectural projects. He

neg: Under the Banner of Heaven He accused Krakauer of "condemn[ing] religion generally." In his 2004 paperback edition of the book, Krakauer responded to these allegations. Mike Otterson, managing director of public affairs for the LDS Church, condemned Krakauer's example of religious "zealots" to draw conclusions about all Mormons and any propensity for violence. Otterson said that, after reading the book, "One could be forgiven for concluding that every Latter-day Saint, including your friendly Mormon neighbor, has a tendency to violence. And so Krakauer unwittingly puts himself in the same camp as those who believe every German is a Nazi, every Japanese a fanatic, and every

neg: Philosophy of biology theory than it is in other sciences. This is especially the case where the availability of high throughput screening techniques for the different "-omics" fields such as genomics, whose complexity makes them predominantly data-driven. Such data-intensive scientific discovery is by some considered to be the fourth paradigm, after empiricism, theory and computer simulation. Others reject the idea that data driven research is about to replace theory. As Krakauer et al. put it: "machine learning is a powerful means of preprocessing data in preparation for mechanistic theory building, but should not be considered the final goal of a scientific inquiry." In

neg: Three Cups of Tea the propriety of using CAI funds for Mortenson's book tours. "60 Minutes" asked Mortenson for an interview before their broadcast, but he did not respond to their requests. "60 Minutes" made the following allegations: Jon Krakauer, a former financial supporter of CAI, questioned Mortenson's accounts separately and was interviewed for the "60 Minutes" segment. The day after the broadcast, Krakauer released his allegations in a lengthy online article, "Three Cups of Deceit — How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way". In the article, Krakauer documents how he had been captivated by Mortenson's story and donated substantial sums to CAI,

neg: Gaalipata his name in the media along with a tag of 'Chocolate Hero'. The film also proved to be a launchpad in the careers of actresses Neethu and Bhavana Rao. The success of the film's soundtrack, especially the track "Minchagi Neenu Baralu" sung by Sonu Nigam, further propelled his playback singing career in Kannada cinema, who was already a "singer-in-demand" following the massive success of "Mungaru Male"'s soundtrack. It also contributed to the film's success in a major way. With the song, lyricist and writer Jayant Kaikini's reputation as a writer of romantic songs further elevated, and is considered one of

neg: John Krakauer at Columbia University. He completed the Osler internship at Johns Hopkins University and both his Neurology residency and Neurovascular fellowship at Columbia University. John Krakauer John Krakauer is a neurologist and neuroscientist. He is currently the John C. Malone Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement (BLAM) laboratory, and co-founder of the KATA project at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of interest range from motor learning and motor control and stroke to bioethics. From 2003 until 2010 he was the codirector of the Motor Performance Laboratory

neg: John Krakauer John Krakauer John Krakauer is a neurologist and neuroscientist. He is currently the John C. Malone Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement (BLAM) laboratory, and co-founder of the KATA project at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of interest range from motor learning and motor control and stroke to bioethics. From 2003 until 2010 he was the codirector of the Motor Performance Laboratory at the Neurological Institute of Columbia University. He received his bachelor's degree at Trinity College of Cambridge University. He received his medical education

neg: Dramatis personæ Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" contain a dramatis personæ. A critical approach to the text may indicate that Krakauer, despite his prior vocation as a journalist, wished the text to be read less as a travelogue and more as a drama. Fernando Pessoa, the Anglo-Portuguese writer, created about 80 pen names he called heteronyms or dramatis personæ interrelated in a «drama in people». In the beginning of Harry Turtledove's "" a dramatis personae is featured in the beginning. Each of the novels in the "Horus Heresy" series published by Black Library includes a list of dramatis personae in their opening

neg: Into the Wild (book) death. Rhizoctonia leguminicola is known to cause digestion problems in livestock, and may have aided McCandless's impending starvation. Krakauer hypothesised that the bag in which Chris kept the potato seeds was damp and the seeds thus became moldy. If McCandless had eaten seeds that contained this mold, he could have become sick, and Krakauer suggests that he thus became unable to get out of bed and so starved. His basis for the mold hypothesis is a photograph that shows seeds in a bag. Following chemical analysis of the seeds, Krakauer now believes that the seeds themselves are poisonous. The cause-of-death

neg: Vladimir Kulich animation and screenwriting. Kulich returned to acting in late 2005 when he was offered the role of the enigmatic character known only as The Swede in the action movie "Smokin’ Aces". Though his screen time was limited, he was a significant figure within the context of the film's story. Upon first meeting with Kulich, Joe Carnahan, the project’s writer and director, professed his admiration for the actor’s work in "The 13th Warrior" and did not hesitate in offering him the job. When released in theaters in early 2007, "Smokin’ Aces" was considered a moderate financial success and has since garnered

neg: Edward Bonney account of the Banditti of the Prairie, titled "The Banditti of the Prairies: or, The murderer's doom, a tale of Mississippi Valley and the Far West", which was an immediate success and went through eight editions until 1858. Although, it is thought Bonney may have been assisted by a ghost writer, most likely Henry A. Clark, the book, though poorly written, by an amateur writer, is considered remarkably accurate, when compared with official court records and other official evidence. The Bonney book was not specifically anti-Mormon, but reflected his criticism of organized religion. Following the trial and execution of Granville

neg: Walter Mitty on 6 October 1973, during the 1973 Arab Israeli War, Kissinger urged President Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig to keep Nixon in Florida in order to avoid "any hysterical moves" and to "keep any Walter Mitty tendencies under control". In the 1997 text "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer—a personal account of the events of the 1996 Everest disaster—Krakauer states: "Walter Mittys with Everest dreams need to bear in mind that when things go wrong up in the death zone (above 26,000 feet)—and sooner or later they always do—the strongest guides in the world may be powerless

neg: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (February 17, 1836, Seville – December 22, 1870, Madrid) was a Spanish post-romanticist poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing. Today he is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature, and is considered by some as the most read writer after Cervantes. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier. He was associated with the post-romanticism movement and wrote while realism was enjoying success in Spain. He

neg: Gremlin her grandchildren. The book was considered an international success with 30,000 more sold in Australia but initial efforts to reprint the book were precluded by a wartime paper shortage. Reviewed in major publications, Dahl was considered a writer-of-note and his appearances in Hollywood to follow up with the film project were met with notices in Hedda Hopper's columns. The film project was reduced to an animated short and eventually cancelled in August 1943, when copyright and RAF rights could not be resolved. But thanks mainly to Disney, the story had its share of publicity, which helped in introducing the concept

neg: David Krakauer Krakauer incorporated Socalled into Klezmer Madness!, and the group began attracting a younger audience. In 2006, Krakauer and Socalled formed the band Abraham Inc. with trombonist Fred Wesley (James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Count Basie Orchestra). Abraham Inc.'s music mixes klezmer, funk, and hip hop. The band has performed at The Apollo Theater and Symphony Space in New York, The Krannert Center in Illinois, Hancher Auditorium in Iowa, The Miller Outdoor Theater in Houston, The Strathmore in Maryland, Cal Performances, The Heineken Open’r Festival in Poland, The Cracow Jewish Culture Festival, the Transmusicales de Rennes, and Jazz a la Villette in

neg: Andy Harris (mountain guide) save it. Harris complied but accidentally turned the oxygen all the way up. Later on, Harris checked on some oxygen canisters near the Southeast Ridge, and stated they were all empty, which they were not. It is believed Harris was suffering from hypoxia, which would explain some of the irrational actions he took. It has, however, never been proven. Upon returning to Camp IV Krakauer, possibly suffering from the effects of hypoxia, believed he had encountered Harris on the ridge above camp. Krakauer reported having seen him fall over the ridge to camp, stand, and stumble back towards camp. Krakauer,

neg: The Gilded Six Bits The Gilded Six Bits "The Gilded Six-Bits" is a 1933 short story by Zora Neale Hurston, who is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of 20th-century African-American literature and a leading prose writer of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston was a relative newcomer on the literary scene when this short story was published, but eventually had greater success with her highly acclaimed novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God". "The Gilded Six-Bits" is now published in Hurston's compilation of short stories entitled "Spunk" in which it is now considered one of her best stories. "The Gilded Six-Bits" is a story full of

neg: Into the Wild (book) the story. The Christopher Johnson McCandless Memorial Foundation, headed by McCandless' parents Bille and Walt, with the editorial and writing input of family and friends, released the book and DVD "Back to the Wild: The Photographs & Writings of Christopher McCandless" (2010). The material includes hundreds of McCandless' previously unseen pictures and journal entries. Jon Krakauer has written a piece in the book's introduction, while Hal Holbrook—who appeared in the Penn film—narrates the DVD. Into the Wild (book) Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It is an expansion of a 9,000-word article by Krakauer

neg: Into Thin Air: Death on Everest Mt. Everest Disaster" (1997)); it also follows the climbing teams of summit guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. The film begins with Krakauer giving a monologue about the events about the disaster. The guides, Rob Hall (Nat Parker), and Scott Fischer (Peter Horton) introduce themselves, their teams, and discuss with the clients how they intend to reach the summit by the set date. Hall's group contains Doug Hansen, a mailman from Seattle, Krakauer, Yasuko Namba, and several others. Fischer's group contains a New York socialite, Sandy Pittman, who will perform what Krakauer does for Hall's group, reporting and bring attention.

neg: The Mountain Meadows Massacre (book) church in its earliest days, as well as showing the toll the Massacre took on church members themselves. According to Jon Krakauer, Brooks's book, "is an extraordinary work of history, the seminal portrait of Mormondom under Brigham Young" and "In a very discernible sense, every book about the Mormon experience in nineteenth-century Utah published after 1950 is a response to Brooks's work." "The book was understated but unrelenting," noted three Brigham Young University historians who authored "Mormon History". "Brooks' honest examination of a topic many considered a taboo made "The Mountain Meadows Massacre", like Brodie's book ["No Man Knows My

neg: Brenda Blethyn mother of a disabled teenage boy generated Blethyn mostly critical reviews. "Entertainment Weekly" writer Lisa Schwarzbaum called her "challenged, unsure [... and] miscast." Her following film, limitedly-released Nicolas Cage's "Sonny", saw similar success. While the production was panned in general, the actress earned mixed reviews for her performance of an eccentric ex-prostitute and mother, as some critics such as Kevin Thomas considered her casting as "problematic [due to] caricatured acting." Blethyn eventually received more acclaim when she accepted the lead role in the dark comedy "Plots with a View". Starring alongside Alfred Molina, the pair was praised for their "genuine

neg: Decadent movement Saltus had more success. He had some interaction with Oscar Wilde, and he valued decadence in his personal life. For a time, his work exemplified both the ideals and style of the movement, but a significant portion of his career was in traditional journalism and fiction that praised virtue. At the time when he was flourishing, however, multiple contemporary critics, as well as other decadent writers, explicitly considered him one of them. Writer James Huneker was exposed to the Decadent Movement in France and tried to bring it back with him to New York. He has been lauded to his

neg: David Krakauer for the conductor-less chamber orchestra A Far Cry. The premiere orchestral recording was created with Krakauer as featured soloist and included on A Far Cry's 2014 album "Dreams & Prayers", which was nominated in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category of the 57th GRAMMY Awards. Krakauer's album "The Big Picture", which re-imagined themes from films such as "Sophie's Choice", "Life is Beautiful", "The Pianist", and "Radio Days," was released in North America on February 18, 2014. The album received 4.5 stars from Bill Milkowski at "The Absolute Sound,", 4 stars from "All About Jazz", and was a "DownBeat Magazine"

neg: City of Light (novel) that the two deaths - Karl's and this guys (Fitzhugh) were no accident, but instead a series of murders. She wants to find out the syndicates. Tom and Louisa develop a deeper relationship, kiss, Louisa lies down on Tom's chest. Tom explains his use of Peter but Frederick Krakauer - J. Pierpoint Morgan's man, overheard their conversation. Tom says his dream is to generate so much electricity so that he can give electricity out for free. Morgan and Tom - clash of goals. Tom found out Franklin Fiske's secret - that he was an undercover writer for the World magazine.

neg: David Schiff David Schiff David Schiff (born August 30, 1945 in New York City) is an American composer, writer and conductor whose music draws on elements of jazz, rock, and klezmer styles, showing the influence of composers as diverse as Stravinsky, Mahler, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and Terry Riley. His music has been performed by major orchestras and festivals around the United States and by soloists David Shifrin, Regina Carter, David Taylor, Marty Ehrlich, David Krakauer, Nadine Asin and Peter Kogan. He is the author of books on the music of Elliott Carter, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. His work has been

neg: Michael Obert Michael Obert Michael Obert (born 1966) is an award-winning German book author and journalist who has been compared with the likes of Bruce Chatwin, Jon Krakauer and Ryszard Kapuściński. His debut movie "Song from the Forest" was honored with the Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2013. In 2016 "Song from the Forest" was considered for the 88th Academy Awards. Obert is currently based in Berlin. As a journalist Michael Obert reports mainly from Africa and the Middle East and writes for a wide range of prestigious periodicals in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, such

neg: Kitty Wilkins discuss, her business skills. In closing, he noted that Kitty, “has made a magnificent success of horse ranching, in which enterprise so many men have made failures.” That same writer also described her dislike of automobiles, which she considered “ugly” and “unsafe.” But Wilkins could see the trend as well as anyone else. It’s not entirely clear when she began to cut back the operation. That surely received further impetus when, in 1910, a late-coming homesteader successfully contested their weak title to the tract of land near Murphy Hot Springs. World War I provided one last surge of business for

neg: Chris McCandless entering, he smelled what he thought was rotting food and discovered "a lump" in a sleeping bag. The hunter quickly radioed police, who arrived the following day. They found McCandless' decomposing body in the sleeping bag. He had died of starvation sometime in August. In his book "Into the Wild" (1997), Jon Krakauer suggests two factors may have contributed to McCandless' death. First, he offered that McCandless was running the risk of a phenomenon known as "rabbit starvation", from overrelying on lean game for nutrition. Krakauer also speculated that McCandless might have been poisoned by a toxic alkaloid called swainsonine,

neg: Iain Banks a costing clerk for a Chancery Lane, London, law firm during this period of his life. Banks decided to become a writer at the age of 11. He completed his first novel "The Hungarian Lift-Jet" at 16 and his second novel "TTR" (aka "The Tashkent Rambler") during his first year at Stirling University in 1972. Though he considered himself primarily a science fiction author, his lack of success at being published as such led him to pursue mainstream fiction, resulting in his first published novel "The Wasp Factory", which was published in 1984 when he was thirty. After the publication

neg: Stones into Schools interview prior to their broadcast, but Mortenson did not respond to their requests. Jon Krakauer, a former financial supporter of CAI, has also questioned Mortenson's accounts separately and was interviewed for the "60 Minutes" segment. The day after the broadcast, Krakauer released his allegations in a lengthy online article, "Three Cups of Deceit - How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way". Mansur Khan Mahsudhe, a tribesmen Greg Mortenson describes as a kidnapper in "Stones into Schools", states he is "looking into how to sue" Greg Mortenson for what he claims are lies about him. In response to the allegations

neg: Into Thin Air Into Thin Air Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details the author's experience at the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a rogue storm. The author's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall, and there were other groups trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Rob Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants. Krakauer describes the events leading up to

neg: Into the Wild (book) Into the Wild (book) Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It is an expansion of a 9,000-word article by Krakauer on Christopher McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of "Outside". The book was adapted to film in 2007, directed by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch starring as McCandless. "Into the Wild" is an international bestseller which has been printed in 30 languages and 173 editions and formats. The book is widely used as high school and college reading curriculum. "Into the Wild" has been lauded by many

neg: Harriet Hanson Robinson caused the mill girls to be considered very desirable for wives; and that young men came from near and far to pick and choose for themselves, and generally with good success." Harriet also wrote and published poetry, and it was through this that she met her future husband William Robinson, who was working as an editor at the "Lowell Journal", which published some of her work. Harriet married William Stevens Robinson (1818–1876) on Thanksgiving Day of 1848, when she was twenty-three. Also from a poor background, Robinson was a writer for a newspaper and a supporter of the Free Soil

neg: Adi Granov filed for bankruptcy, at which point Granov had not been paid for several months, impinging upon his ability to pay his rent. Granov's fortunes changed one morning when he received an unsolicited email from Marvel Comics, stating that they liked his work, and inviting to work for them. Granov accepted, and his first job for them was interior and the cover artwork for the 2004 "Iron Man Poster Book". His work was a success, and as a result, Granov was teamed with writer/novelist Warren Ellis for the 2005-06, six-issue miniseries "". Though the character at that point was considered an

neg: Rock music in France Rock music in France French rock is a form of rock music produced in France, primarily with lyrics in the French language. French rock was born as early as mid-1950s, when writer, songwriter and jazz player Boris Vian wrote parody rock songs for Magali Noël or Henri Salvador. Although Vian despised rock and wrote this songs as attacks, they are highly acclaimed by French critics today and considered precursors. The first real French rock acts emerged at the end of the decade and in the beginning of the 1960s, with Johnny Hallyday achieving the most long-lasting success, while other acts

neg: Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa alone. The disaster gained wide publicity and raised questions about the commercialisation of Everest. Journalist Jon Krakauer, on assignment from "Outside" magazine, was a member of one of the affected expeditions, and afterwards published the bestseller "Into Thin Air", which related his experience. Anatoli Boukreev, a guide for Fischer's expedition whose actions were criticized somewhat by Krakauer, co-authored a rebuttal book called "The Climb." The dispute sparked a debate within the climbing community as to the proper role of climbing guides on Everest, centering on the actions of the climbers and guides from the summit parties from these two expeditions,

neg: Milken Archive of Jewish Music featured on televisions stations across the United States in the documentary 18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre discussing the Kol Nidre, a declaration recited or sung in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on every Yom Kippur. On May 26, 2010, the NPR program “All Things Considered” featured Milken Archive music in its broadcast about clarinetist David Krakauer, “Abraham Inc.: Klezmer with a funky hip hop beat.” The Milken Archive's collection is organized according to the following 20 thematic groups, known as volumes. As of May 2013, the Archive released 16 of the 20 volumes. The Milken Archive

neg: The Secret Theatre The Secret Theatre The Secret Theatre is an Off-Off-Broadway theatre that was established in The Long Island City Art Center in July 2007 by Actor/Director Richard Mazda. It can seat slightly under fifty audience members. The theatre is making a well-earned reputation as a home for The Queens Players and also through its 'repertory' style policy of mounting an average of over 9 mainstage productions in a year. The inaugural production featured an original work by Joel Schatzky which starred Bill Krakauer father of noted Klezmer musician David Krakauer. Bill is an 80-year-old psychotherapist turned actor who took on the

neg: Mames Babegenush Krakauer. As part of the workshop they played at the David Krakauer Young Artists Concert in Carnegie Hall. The band returned to the city later that year, after they were invited to perform at the New York Gypsy Festival, during which stay they also featured as resident band at the legendary Mehanata Bulgarian Bar, performing a total of 15 concerts on the 16 day tour. 2009 saw Mames Babegenush release their first album, "Klezmer Killed The Radiostar". They also performed a concert in the auditorium of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, a venue otherwise mainly used for classical concerts. They also

neg: The Walking Dead: Season Two make video games based on "The Walking Dead" comics, they signed a contract for a "multi-year, multi-platform, multi-title" license. This license went into effect after the success of the first season of "The Walking Dead", when Telltale commissioned a second series of games based on the franchise. The first season was considered highly successful, helping to revitalize the adventure game genre which had been in decline since the mid-1990s, with Telltale being recognized as one of the top development studios in 2012. During an interview on IGN's Up at Noon, writer Gary Whitta teased more "The Walking Dead" from Telltale

neg: The Mandarins "L'Espoir". He has been in a relationship with Paula for the past 10 years. Previously in love, he is now unhappily attached. Henri primarily sees himself as a writer and struggles with his increasing involvement in the political arena. Robert Dubreuilh (considered to be Jean-Paul Sartre) is the founder and leader of the SRL, a liberal, non-Communist political group. He is partly responsible for Henri's literary success, and the two are close personal friends. Anne Dubreuilh (considered to be Beauvoir herself) is the wife of Robert. She is a practicing psychoanalyst. She has an affair with the American writer Lewis

neg: Darkness at Noon numerous scriptwriters in Hollywood were still Communists, generally having been attracted to the party during the 1930s. According to Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley in an article published in 2000, the Communists considered Koestler's novel important enough to prevent its being adapted for movies; the writer Dalton Trumbo "bragged" about his success in that to the newspaper "The Worker". US Navy admiral James Stockdale used the novel's title as a code to his wife and the US government to fool his North Vietnamese captors' censors when he wrote as a POW during the Vietnam War. He signaled the torture of American POW's

neg: Jon Krakauer 2009. It draws on the journals and letters of Pat Tillman, an NFL professional football player and U.S. Army Ranger whose death in Afghanistan made him a symbol of American sacrifice and heroism, though it also became a subject of controversy about the handling of the announcement of his death by the U.S. Army. The book draws on the journals and letters of Tillman, interviews with his wife and friends, conversations with the soldiers who served alongside him, and research Krakauer performed in Afghanistan. It also serves in part as a historical narrative, providing a general history of the civil

neg: Eiger Dreams extreme sports, such as canyoneering and climbing frozen waterfalls. Eiger Dreams Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing. Eleven out of twelve of the chapters were initially published between 1982 and 1989 in the magazines "Outside", "Smithsonian", and "New Age Journal". It concerns a variety of topics, from ascending the Eiger "Nordwand" in the Swiss Alps, Denali in Alaska or K2 in the Karakoram, to the well-known rock climbers Jon Krakauer has met on his trips, such as John Gill, Adrian Popovich or the

neg: Devils Thumb face. It stands as a huge wall with bad weather, bad rock, bad ice, and bad avalanches. Not necessarily in that order. "It is a dangerous and difficult face that rarely, if ever, comes into condition," says Dieter Klose, who in 1982 made it halfway up the route, higher than anybody else alive. In 1977, author Jon Krakauer climbed the East Ridge of the Devils Thumb, a feat described in detail in his book "". Krakauer also chronicles his solo ascent of Devils Thumb in chapters 14 and 15 of his book "Into the Wild". Devils Thumb Devils Thumb, or

neg: Mohammed Fairouz Ensemble 212. It is inspired by Jacqueline Rose's book of the same title and was written for violinist Nicholas Kitchen and cellist Yeesun Kim of the Borromeo String Quartet. Fairouz has also written a clarinet concerto, "Tahrir", for David Krakauer. The work takes its title from Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. This piece was commissioned by a group of alumni of NYC's Wagner Junior High School in memory of teacher Herb Greenhut. Krakauer is also a Wagner alum. "Akhnaten, Dweller in Truth", a dance scene for cello and orchestra, takes its name from Naguib Mahfouz's book of the same title.

neg: Where Men Win Glory Richard was asked about Krakauer's book. His response was "that guy's a piece of ..." Where Men Win Glory Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, a 2009 book written by Jon Krakauer, is a biography of Pat Tillman, an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army after the September 11 attacks. To write the book, Krakauer drew heavily upon Tillman's journals, interviews with the Tillman family, "Boots On the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan. While

neg: Women writers City of Ladies" in 1405, a text about an allegorical city in which independent women lived free from the slander of men. In her work she included real women artists, such as Anastasia, who was considered one of the best Parisian illuminators, although none of her work has survived. Other humanist texts led to increased education for Italian women. On of most know 18th century female writer was Jane Austen author of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814) and "Emma" (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, "Northanger Abbey"

neg: Greg Mortenson an April 2011 "Outside" magazine interview, Greg Mortenson insisted that Krakauer contacted him only once and inaccurately claimed that he had been trying to get a hold of him for some time. He claimed although he arranged to meet with Krakauer, the interview was eventually cancelled "once I realized how deep and dirty this whole thing was". Mortenson wrote a statement in response to the allegations against him that were published in the "Bozeman Chronicle": "I stand by the information conveyed in my book, and by the value of CAI's work in empowering local communities to build and operate schools

neg: Chris McCandless shelter along the Stampede Trail, on the eastern bank of the Sushana River. His cause of death was officially ruled to be starvation, although the exact cause remains the subject of some debate. In January 1993, Jon Krakauer published McCandless' story in that month's issue of "Outside" magazine. He had been assigned the story and had written it under a tight deadline. Inspired by the details of McCandless' story, Krakauer wrote and published the more extensive biographical book "Into the Wild" (1996), about McCandless' travels. The book was subsequently adapted into a 2007 film directed by Sean Penn, with Emile

neg: Jon Krakauer in the book "The Climb", co-written with G. Weston DeWalt. Differences centered on what experienced mountaineers thought about the facts of Boukreev's performance. As Galen Rowell from the "American Alpine Journal" wrote to Krakauer, "the fact that every one of Boukreev's clients survived without major injuries while the clients who died or received major injuries were members of your party. Could you explain how Anatoli [Boukreev]'s shortcomings as a guide led to the survival of his clients…?" Conversely, Scott Fischer, the leader of Boukreev's team who died on the mountain, had complained continuously about Boukreev's shirking responsibility and his inability

neg: Andy Harris (mountain guide) meanwhile, took the longer route around back to the tents but reported to others at camp that Harris had safely returned. In actuality, the climber he encountered was likely a client from the Mountain Madness expedition, Martin Adams. In the morning, on May 12, after a search of camp, the climbers at Camp IV realized that Harris was missing. Krakauer, who survived the disaster, wrote a magazine article and then a book on the subject after the events. Regarding his failure to recognize that Andy Harris was weakened and acting irrationally from altitude and lack of oxygen, Krakauer wrote that

neg: Jon Krakauer plot. In the book, Krakauer noted that Russian-Kazakhstani guide Anatoli Boukreev, Scott Fischer's top guide on the expedition, ascended the summit without supplemental oxygen, "which didn't seem to be in [the] clients' best interest". He also wrote that Boukreev descended from the summit several hours ahead of his clients, and that this was "extremely unorthodox behavior for a guide". He noted however that, once he had descended to the top camp, Boukreev was heroic in his tireless rescue attempts of the missing climbers. Five months after "Into Thin Air" was published, Boukreev gave his own account of the Everest disaster