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Release Date:  August 2, 2007 Publisher:  Random House Audio Format:  Audio Length:  2 hours 57 minutes Narrator:  Mark Bramhall Genre:  charity/investigation/non-fiction Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children's crusader, and he's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also not what he appears to be. As acclaimed author Jon Krakauer discovered, Mortenson has not only fabricated substantial parts of his best-selling books  Three Cups of Tea  and  Stones into Schools , but has also misused millions of dollars donated by unsuspecting admirers like Krakauer himself. This is the tragic tale of good intentions gone very wrong. 100% of Jon Krakauer's proceeds from the sale of  Three Cups of Deceit  will be donated to the "Stop Girl Trafficking" project at the American Himalayan Foundation (www.himalayan-foundat...

Release Date:  August 2, 2007 Publisher:  Random House Audio Format:  Audio Length:  7 hours 9 minutes Narrator:  Phillip Franklin Genre:  Travel Biography Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter.  How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of  Into the Wild . Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir.  In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it...