If his audience isn't laughing, we're crying. As with all great stories and all books, however, it's what stays with us when we close the cover.
It is likely that we have already heard firsthand from our World War II veterans most of the stories from that dreadful war and that we may not hear many more new ones as these heroes are leaving us at an alarming rate of 800 to 1,000 each and every day.
The next time the circumstances in my life are less than ideal, I will remember Louis Zamperini. How could I ever forget him?
Until a few days ago I had never heard about Louis Zamperini. Now I don't think I will ever forget him.
The reason Unbroken sits atop various best seller lists is, like all well-told stories, it pits a compelling and tenacious hero against an unrelenting and sadistic villain.
Who are the men Esquire's talking about? What is it that we love about these women? Their factory-fresh "breasts"? Their naughty smiles? Are those things truly what men at their best love about women?
Over the last two days, Salon's Laura Miller has revealed her list of the most memorable fiction and nonfiction books of the year. (Her picks included...
"Seabiscuit" author Laura HIllenbrand today released her followup novel, "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption," to ...
"Autobiography of Mark Twain" by Mark Twain The American-Statesman Twain was insistent never to write a coherent, chronological account of his life. A...
She dances. She guzzles Guinness. She is a premier athlete. She is... Zenyatta.
The second book by Laura Hillenbrand, the author of "Seabiscuit," is to be published in November, Random House announced on Monday....
A 44-cent stamp featuring the great thoroughbred racehorse, Seabiscuit, will be issued by the U.S. Postal Service. This stamp is significant for one huge reason: We the people did it!
