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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographie 1941-1945 Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Electronic version: Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken. New York : Random House, ©2010 (OCoLC)688480966 |
Named Person: | Louis Zamperini; Louis Zamperini; Louis Zamperini; Louis Zamperini |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Laura Hillenbrand |
ISBN: | 9781400064168 1400064163 9780812974492 0812974492 9781448755905 1448755905 9780812987119 081298711X |
OCLC Number: | 613293334 |
Awards: | William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2010 |
Description: | xviii, 473 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The one-boy insurgency -- Run like mad -- The Torrance tornado -- Plundering Germany -- Into war -- The flying coffin -- "This is it, boys" -- "Only the laundry knew how scared I was" -- Five hundred and ninety-four holes -- The stinking six -- "Nobody's going to live through this" -- Downed -- Missing at sea -- Thirst -- Sharks and bullets -- Singing in the clouds -- Typhoon -- A dead body breathing -- Two hundred silent men -- Farting for Hirohito -- Belief -- Plots afoot -- Monster -- Hunted -- B-29 -- Madness -- Falling down -- Enslaved -- Two hundred and twenty punches -- The boiling city -- The naked stampede -- Cascades of pink peaches -- Mother's Day -- The shimmering girl -- Coming undone -- The body on the mountain -- Twisted ropes -- A beckoning whistle -- Daybreak. |
Series Title: | Book club kit. |
Responsibility: | Laura Hillenbrand. |
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'The pages almost turn themselves. His tale is remarkable and his resilience inspiring.' Ben Macintyre 'An instant classic' Mail on Sunday 'One of the most remarkable survival tales ever recorded. Do yourself a favour and by the book' Vanity Fair '"Unbroken" is an extraordinarily compelling read, a match for any thriller...a remarkable book.' Evening Standard 'More gripping than fiction' Sunday Telegraph 'Staggering ... mesmerising ... Hillenbrand's writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don't dare take your eyes off the page' People Read more...
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Greast Writen Good Book
his is a well-written book, an interesting view into the war experiences of a WWII survivor of Japanese prison camps. But- the torture scenes of the various soldiers and even a duck, while under Japanese custody were so intense and disturbing, that it was extremely difficult to finish the book. I...
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his is a well-written book, an interesting view into the war experiences of a WWII survivor of Japanese prison camps. But- the torture scenes of the various soldiers and even a duck, while under Japanese custody were so intense and disturbing, that it was extremely difficult to finish the book. I finally had to skip quite a few pages of unbridled sadism by various Japanese guards. The story is very interesting, but this is certainly not a read for the young. In the end, I enjoyed the beginning of the book and the ending, but could not stomach the torture and deprivation sections which encompass a large part of the book.
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