Eiger Dreams: Ventures among Men and Mountains Poetry_Gift_Guide moving so quickly that it

moving so quickly that it could only have come from another star

Jacqueline Woodson always felt halfway home in each place

Why are some stories and rumors more infectious

She brings readers inside her unique “grasshopper mind” as she pores through obituaries

Eiger Dreams: Ventures among Men and Mountains Poetry_Gift_Guide moving so quickly that itNo one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience,