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Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
This is the true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse - Seabiscuit - which encompasses a pivotal moment in American history: its resurrection from the Depression. In 1936, as Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was published, the habits of 19th-century America were finally consigned ...Show more
Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse by Laura Hillenbrand
$25.00 NZD
Category: Sport general | Reading Level: very good
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. In 1938 one figure received more press coverage than Mussolini, Hitler or Roosevelt. He was a cultural icon and a world-class athlete - a ...Show more
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: General Adult
A gripping true story of human endurance and the resilience of one remarkable individual during WWII from Laura Hillenbrand (author of 'Seabiscuit'). On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and str ...Show more
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
$27.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Only one crew member survived: a young lieutenant named Louis Zamperini. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War, as Zamperini is driven to the limits of endurance.
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