Memoirs that begin in 1968 when Wiesel was just 40 years old focus on a wide range of topics, including divisions within Israel, Reagan's visit to the cemetery at Bitburg, his disappointment with Francois Mitterrand and Lech Walesa, and much more. Reprint.
Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Kr...more
Turbulent Souls is a luminous memoir, crafted with the eye of a journalist and the art of a novelist by New York Times Magazine writer and editor Stephen J. Dubner. By turns comic and heartbreaking, it tells the story of a family torn apart by religion, sustained by faith, and reunited by truth.
Donald Miller is becoming one of the popular and widely read authors of new Christian writing. Unlike his earlier books, which were made up of short, essay-length pieces on a variety of topics, SEARCHING FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT has a central, unified argument: that as seekers we are unhappy because we are seeking, in a nervous and frenetic manner, for t...more
Writing from the viewpoint of a disenchanted nuclear technologist, the author appeals for a reconsideration or present energy strategies, emphasizing the hazards of atomic energy and the errors of current energy forecasts.
Lush green rolling hills. Majestic snow-topped peaks. Breathtaking canyons framed by rugged wilderness. Merely describing the touch of God's hand in creation can't do it justice. People must see it to believe it. This spectacular gift book features the photographs of John MacMurray, an internationally recognized photographer whose work has appeared...more
In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, the bestselling author of Into the Wild writes of mountains and the daredevils, athletes, and misfits who climb them, from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's Devil Thumb and experienced the ravages of a storm atop Mt.
Nearly everyone harbors a secret dream of starting or owning a business. In fact, 1,000,000 businesses start in the United States every year. Many of them fail, but enough succeed so that small businesses are now adding millions of jobs to the economy at the same time that the Fortune 500 companies are actually losing jobs. Paul Hawken -- entrepre...more
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