In 1943, while World War II raged on in the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Louis Zamperini was the only survivor of a deadly plane crash in the middle of the ocean. Zamperini had a troubled youth, yet honed his athletic skills and made it all the way to the 1934 Olympics in Berlin. ...
Search Results
20 Results
Literary Form
20 Results
"The Fasting Fix lays out the science behind how fasting, when combined with a healthy diet, can heal chronic illnesses and help people to live longer. The author, a physician and expert on fasting, explains which foods people should eat and which should be avoided. He introduces...
"As World War II rages across Europe, the Bombshells battle new enemies showing up out of the woodwork ... and a Bombshell we haven't seen since the Battle of Berlin shows up to help! The incredibly popular DC Collectibles line is brought to life in these stories that reimagine t...
Angelina Jolie directs this true-life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, only to fight for his life against nature and eventually as a prisoner of war. Joel and Ethan Coen provide the script. Louis (Jack O'Connell) grows up...
Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members ...
Profiles the historical and social events that have shaped the 20th century.
Profiles the historical and social events that have shaped the 20th century.
In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroke...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, d...
Available for the first time in English, a moving prison correspondence between a husband and wife who resisted the Nazis. Tegel Prison, Berlin, in the fall of 1944. In a cell and shackled for most of the day, Helmuth James von Moltke is awaiting trial for his leading role in the...
#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 On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disa...
In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroke...
When Laura goes missing during a storm on the Cote d'Azur, the only thing her friend Jan finds is her smartphone - with a disturbing film in the memory. Back in Berlin, Jan's neighbour is discovered with a bloody message left on her forehead. As Jan searches for answers about wha...
"In this edge-of-your-seat novel packed with historical photographs, two cousins divided by the Cold War must work together or risk loosing everything. Berlin, 1961. Drew is an army brat in West Berlin, where US soldiers like his dad hold a tiny outpost of democracy against Commu...
In the second half of the twentieth century, while America and the Soviet Union battled for global supremacy, East and West Berlin waged their own Cold War in miniature. But theirs was an arms race measured not in nuclear warheads and missiles but in zebras and hippos. West Berli...
In the days before the treacherous overnight raising of the Berlin Wall, teenaged cousins Drew, an American army brat in West Berlin, and Matthias, a young communist in East Berlin, become wary friends on opposite sides of the Cold War. Interspersed throughout the story are capti...