Laura Hillenbrandová je autorkou, ktorá majstrovsky prepája históriu a ľudský osud prostredníctvom pútavých príbehov. Jej písanie sa vyznačuje hlbokým výskumom a schopnosťou oživiť minulosť, čím čitateľom prináša nezabudnuteľné zážitky. S obrovským citom pre detail a napínavým štýlom dokáže zaujať aj tých najnáročnejších čitateľov. Jej diela sú svedectvom o sile ľudského ducha a odolnosti tvárou v tvár nepriazni osudu.
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
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.
There's an alternate cover edition here Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race. From the Hardcover edition.
There's an alternate cover edition here Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race. From the Hardcover edition.