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Unbroken

a World War II airman's story of survival, resilience, and redemption
2010
Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, survived in the open ocean after his plane crashed in the Pacific.

Inquebrantable

una historia de supervivencia, fortaleza y redenci?n durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial
2011
A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.

Andrew Wyeth

a secret life
1996
Biography of distinguished American painter Andrew Wyeth, tells the full story of his life, and reveals his complex personality and the motivations for his paintings.

Andrew Wyeth

close friends
2001
Presents color reproductions of paintings done by artist Andrew Wyeth of his African-American friends and neighbors in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, beginning in the 1930s and covering nearly seven decades.

Ice Bird

the first single-handed voyage to Antarctica
1976

Waltzing with a dictator

the Marcoses and the making of American policy
1987

Medic!

how I fought World War II with morphine, sulfa, and iodine swabs
2006

Unfriendly fire

a mother's memoir
1995

I remember nothing more

a memoir of the Warsaw Children's Hospital and the Jewish resistance
1991

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