Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption -- Laura

<b><b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - <b>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - </b>Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.</b><br></b><br>In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, 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. <p/> Appearing in paperback for the first time--with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author--<i>Unbroken </i>is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by <i>Seabiscuit</i> author Laura Hillenbrand. <p/><b><b>Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by <i>Time</i> magazine - Winner of the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize for biography and the Indi