{"product_id":"2940169973754","title":"High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed (Abridged)","description":"\"The perfect follow-up to Krakauer's riveting account of a perfect storm.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Miami Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"(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 exposé of a sport riddled with danger and corruption.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kodas's descriptions of the struggles confronting even the best-prepared climbers leave the reader breathless.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Dallas Morning News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[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.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Austin Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigh 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.","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150532428016,"sku":"2940169973754","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169973754_p0.jpg?v=1763698496","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169973754","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}