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New York Times Best Seller of Paperback NonfictionNew York Times Best Seller of Paperback Nonfiction includes The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Malala, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail), It IS About Islam, The Boys in the Boat.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
No. 1 Best Seller on January 17, 2016.
No. 1 Best Seller on November 15, 2015.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)
No. 1 Best Seller on September 20, 2015.
No. 1 Best Seller on September 6, 2015.
No. 1 Best Seller on May 3, 2015.
release date: Jan 01, 2010
No. 1 Best Seller on November 23, 2014.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award
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.
Praise for Unbroken “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York “Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand's writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don't dare take your eyes off the page.”—People “A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post “Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Marvelous . . . Unbroken is wonderful twice over, for the tale it tells and for the way it's told. . . . It manages maximum velocity with no loss of subtlety.”—Newsweek “Moving and, yes, inspirational . . . [Laura] Hillenbrand's unforgettable book . . . deserve[s] pride of place alongside the best works of literature that chart the complications and the hard-won triumphs of so-called ordinary Americans and their extraordinary time.”—Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air “Hillenbrand . . . tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter's pace.”—Time
“Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it.”—Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run
Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore
No. 1 Best Seller on November 2, 2014.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
No. 1 Best Seller on August 17, 2014.
No. 1 Best Seller on June 29, 2014.
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
No. 1 Best Seller on March 2, 2014.
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
No. 1 Best Seller on December 29, 2013.
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
No. 1 Best Seller on September 22, 2013.
Control: Exposing the Truth About Guns
No. 1 Best Seller on May 19, 2013.
America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
No. 1 Best Seller on March 17, 2013.
No. 1 Best Seller on February 24, 2013.
No. 1 Best Seller on November 11, 2012.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
No. 1 Best Seller on October 21, 2012.
No. 1 Best Seller on October 14, 2012.
No. 1 Best Seller on September 16, 2012.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
No. 1 Best Seller on June 10, 2012.
No. 1 Best Seller on May 20, 2012.
release date: Feb 10, 2012
No. 1 Best Seller on February 26, 2012.
No. 1 Best Seller on January 22, 2012.
The Original Argument: The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century
No. 1 Best Seller on July 3, 2011.
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
No. 1 Best Seller on January 23, 2011.
No. 1 Best Seller on January 16, 2011.
No. 1 Best Seller on December 5, 2010.
No. 1 Best Seller on June 6, 2010.
No. 1 Best Seller on May 30, 2010.
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
No. 1 Best Seller on May 16, 2010.
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