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[2014]
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"Champion. Survivor. Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis Zamperini reveals, with warmth and great charm, the...
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En su niñez, Louis Zamperini fue un delincuente incorregible. Ya siendo adolescente, canalizó su rebeldía en las pruebas de pista y campo, y en este afán descubrió que poseía un talento prodigioso que los catapultó a los Juegos Olímpicos de Berlín. Pero cuando comenzó la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el atleta devino aviador y se embarcó en una empresa que lo condujo a un fatídico vuelo una tarde de mayo de 1943. Cuando su bombardero de la...
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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--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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