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High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Hachette Books
Publication date February 5, 2008
Pages 357
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781401302733
ISBN-10 1401302734
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.40 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $24.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Documents a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's effort to climb Mount Everest in the aftermath of the tragic 1996 storm that ended the lives of eight climbers, an effort that tested the moral codes of the author's team members and revealed the existence of mountain-based crime organizations preying on aspiring climbers. 125,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "The perfect follow-up to Krakauer's riveting account of a perfect storm."
--Miami Herald

"Kodas's absorbing description of the narrow moral compass governing human interaction at the top of the world is bound to shock both armchair adventurers and seasoned mountaineers."
--Chicago Tribune

"(Kodas) discovered more deceit, thievery, and double-crossing among his climbers than you find in a Martin Scorsese gangster film. High Crimes is both an adventure story and an expos of a sport riddled with danger and corruption."
--Washington Post Book World

"Kodas's descriptions of the struggles confronting even the best-prepared climbers leave the reader breathless."
--Dallas Morning News

"[High Crimes] is hair-raising and lays bare the excitement and fear that face great explorers at the top of the world. . . . Well written, and as deftly plotted as the finest mystery novel, Kodas brings to life a disturbing picture of society at high altitude."
--Austin Chronicle

"Kodas does an excellent job exposing the ways in which money and ego have corrupted the traditional cultures of both mountaineers and their Sherpa guides. . . . His narrative is as hard to turn away from as a slow-motion train wreck."
--Publishers Weekly

High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world--where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature.

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Hardcover
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from Hachette Books (February 5, 2008)
9781401302733 | details & prices | 357 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $24.95
About: The author documents his effort to climb Mount Everest in the aftermath of the tragic 1996 storm that ended the lives of eight climbers and reveals the existence of mountain-based crime organizations preying on aspiring climbers.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781401309848
 
from Hachette Books (May 5, 2009)
9781401309848 | details & prices | 357 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.00
Miscellaneous
from Hyperion Books (February 5, 2008)
9781401390815 | details & prices | List price $15.99
from Hyperion Books (February 5, 2008)
9781401395414 | details & prices | 368 pages | List price $15.99
CD/Spoken Word
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With Holter Graham (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Hyperion Audio (February 1, 2008)
9781401388935 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Documents a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's effort to climb Mount Everest in the aftermath of the tragic 1996 storm that ended the lives of eight climbers, an effort that tested the moral codes of the author's team members and revealed the existence of mountain-based crime organizations preying on aspiring climbers.

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