674 173502c7-6ab5-4a0d-aea4-39174113edeb Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand calibre (0.8.17) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2010-11-15T08:00:00+00:00 <p class="description">On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.  Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.  It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard.  So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini.  In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails.  As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile.  But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater.  Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion.  His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit.  Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.</p> Random House Digital, Inc. -kNK2cNXlEQC 9781400064168 eng General History Biography & Autobiography United States Biography Military World War II Japan Sports Prisoners of War Prisoners of War - Japan World War; 1939-1945 - Aerial Operations; American World War; 1939-1945 World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area World War; 1939-1945 - Prisoners and Prisons; Japanese Prisoners and Prisons; Japanese Zamperini; Louis Prisoners of War - United States Long-Distance Runners - United States Long-Distance Runners