Laura Hillenbrand Knihy

Skutočný príbeh z druhej svetovej vojny o prežití, odhodlaní a odpustení. Jedno májové popoludnie roku 1943 sa americký bombardér zrútil do Pacifiku a zmizol. Zostali po ňom len roztrúsené trosky a mastné fľaky oleja, benzínu a krvi. A potom sa to stalo – na hladine sa objavila niečia tvár. Bola to tvár mladého nadporučíka, bombometníka, ktorý sa úpenlivo snažil dostať sa k záchrannému člnu a vliezť doň. Bol to začiatok jednej z najneobyčajnejších odyseí druhej svetovej vojny.

From the author of Unbroken - a major motion picture releasing in 2015 - this is the bestselling true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse, Seabiscuit.

Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war

Louis Zamperini, a clever young delinquent turned Olympic runner, became an airman when the war came. In 1943 his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, where sharks, a sinking raft, thirst, starvation, and enemy aircraft, tested his will and endurance