--- product_id: 199537 title: "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" price: "188.69 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/199537-unbroken-a-world-war-ii-story-of-survival-resilience-redemption store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 47 days adrift on Pacific Ocean raft Olympic athlete's inspiring journey #1 NYT Bestseller & award-winning narrative Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption **Price:** 188.69 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🔥 Unbreakable spirit, unforgettable story — survival redefined 🕊️ ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - **How much does it cost?** 188.69 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/199537-unbroken-a-world-war-ii-story-of-survival-resilience-redemption) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Epic Survival Against All Odds:** Experience Louie Zamperini’s relentless 47-day battle for life lost at sea and brutal POW trials. - • **From Olympic Tracks to Warfront:** Follow the transformation of a world-class athlete into a heroic WWII airman. - • **Award-Winning, Critically Acclaimed:** Dive into a #1 New York Times bestseller praised for cinematic storytelling and emotional depth. - • **Resilience That Inspires Generations:** Discover a story of hope, faith, and redemption that resonates with today’s leaders and changemakers. - • **A Must-Read for History & Humanity Enthusiasts:** Gain rare insight into WWII veterans’ experiences, perfect for those who value legacy and courage. ## Overview Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a #1 New York Times bestseller and award-winning biography chronicling Louis Zamperini’s extraordinary journey from Olympic athlete to WWII airman, surviving 47 days adrift at sea and years as a Japanese POW. This gripping narrative blends resilience, faith, and redemption, offering a powerful testament to human endurance and spirit. ## Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption . “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”— The Wall Street Journal “Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”— People TIME ’S TOP NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that carried him to the Berlin Olympics. Then with the start of World War II, the athlete became an airman. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived. Ahead of him lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. Yet Zamperini’s willpower faced its ultimate test upon his heroic return home after the war. He grappled with PTSD, struggled to come to terms with the injustices done to him, and was set on the path of redemption by a momentous encounter with famed reverend Billy Graham. An unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. Review: Didn't think I would enjoy this book - First off, I did not think I would enjoy this book. I do not like war books, I do not like pain and suffering. That is about 99% of this book. I enjoy books such as The Mitford Series, Harry Potter, southern humorous books. I really like books that are well written and make you smile. So why did I read this one? I am going to work on a project where we record the histories of war veterans to be archived. We will interview them and record their accounts and experiences. We have a few World War II veterans living in our community, and I wanted to read up on my WWII history in order to know a little more about it than what I received in high school and college. The reviews on this book were very high, so I ordered it on my Kindle, and began reading, not expecting to enjoy it at all, and a little bit hesitant. First off, I was quite surprised that I read it and actually enjoyed reading it. I also learned much more about WWII than I would have ever learned from a text book. The author used the facts that she had, and documented where her facts came from. This information was not boring either. She worked it into the story so that you knew what was going on during the war in Japan, at the same time "x" was going on on the other side of the world. You also would think that a person would give up long before Louie did, but he kept holding on, just like I kept holding on reading this book...you wanted to see if he would get out of the hell he was in and into a better place. Each time, it just kept getting worse. But, this still was not "hard" to read, because little bits of hope would filter in and keep you going...just like it kept Louie going. Louie is a remarkable man. I am sure there are many other remarkable men. My uncle survived the Bataan Death March, so he too had the drive that Louie had to survive, but Louie had kept every bit of documentation of his life and experience, so the author was able to use his photos, letters, etc to create this account of his life. I started to give this a 4 star review...because I still do not like the subject matter, nor the abuse, the loss of so many lives...so the 4 star would be for the actual topic...the war with Japan. But that's not the books fault. The book is a 5 star book, so I went ahead and gave it a 5 star rating. If you would like to read a good book, but aren't the history/war/torture type of reader...please don't let the subject matter of this book stop you. It is not presented in a way that makes it hard to read. On the contrary, it kept me reading. I know my review is lame. But I struggled with how to review this book, and I decided not to worry about how I "described it" and to just write my thoughts. I didn't want to put details in, because it was the details that kept me turning the pages, so I will leave them to you to discover. It's a book you will be proud to say "I read that book" and it will give you an insight to our veterans and what they endured. It also helps me to understand how bitter my uncle was whenever he would encounter an Asian from 'any' country...it didn't matter that they weren't Japanese...he couldn't be near them. I never understood that, but after reading how they were treated, now I understand. I will probably purchase the hardcover edition of this book, so that I can have my kids read it and to have on my shelf for others to read, borrow, etc. I enjoy reading my Kindle, but some books deserve to be present on your shelf. This one does. Review: Review of Unbroken 2012 - In the narrative, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the harrowing story of Louie Zamperini's life as a Prisoner of War in World War II is flawlessly conveyed, bringing readers mixed emotions, as they witness the ups and downs of one man's extraordinary life. Louie Zamperini grew up in Torrance, California where he was introduced to running by his older brother, Pete. Louie's inspiring natural talent compelled him forward, until he had become one of the best runners in the world. With the Olympics well within his grasp, Zamperini decided to sign up as a member of the air force to avoid being drafted into a less desirable position. Louie's Olympic dreams were put on hold as he traveled California, training to serve his country. Being that, the equipment Louie was dealing with, wasn't of stellar quality. Indeed each time Louie's plane took off, a foreshadowing of the inevitable danger leapt onto the page. On May 27, 1943, Louie's life was spared as his plane crashed into the ocean, but the blessing quickly became a curse as Louie spent the next forty-seven days trapped on a life boat with no food and minimal water. When Louie finally escaped hell on the life boat, it is not for the better. Louie spent over two years being shipped around different Japanese war camps, each growing more terrible. Hillenbrand relates Louie's hardships and makes the readers' heart ache for the trials Louis endured, throughout his time as a prisoner of war in Japan. Particularly Hillenbrand expertly describes Louie's discovery of God. Evolving from a man with little knowledge of Christian faith, Louie experiences angelic visitations after vowing to serve the Lord forever, if he could only be saved. "On the fortieth day, Louie was lying beside Phil under the canopy when he abruptly sat up. He could hear singing. He kept listening; it sounded like a choir. He nudged Phil and asked him if he heard anything. Phil said no. Louie slid the canopy off and squinted into the daylight. The ocean was a featureless flatness. He looked up. "Above him, floating in a bright cloud, he saw human figures silhouetted against the sky. He counted twenty-one of them. They were singing the sweetest song he had ever heard." Hillenbrand's eloquent writing style supplies the readers with not only the action filled moments of terror, but tranquil and sensational moments can be found sprinkled throughout. After reading this book, I acquired a new respect for the hardship that one person can go through and still survive. With each page, Unbroken became harder to put down, and once I had finished, my respect for Louie, and everything he survived, was overwhelming. I highly recommend this riveting tome to anyone and everyone. Although it began at a generally slow pace, the setting is perfectly set to make each of Louie's tragedies that much more painful. Laura Hillenbrand does a fabulous job taking Louie's story and conveying it in such a way that everyone who reads it will find some pleasure or point of interest. While I was skeptical about whether or not I would enjoy a war book, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this account brought in so many other topics I felt a particular passion for. Louie's mindset of never giving up is inspiring to all, and his determination and passion for running is relatable to any athlete. His incredible discovery of Jesus Christ and the experiences he had are thrilling to all those of faith and challenging, yet magical, to those who are not. Unbroken is a fabulous novel conveying the tragic and fantastic story of Louie Zamperini's unbelievable survival. ## Features - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Unbroken Large print Laura Hillenbrand - unbroken large print edition - Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand - Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Military ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #575,819 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in WWII Biographies #21 in American Military History #23 in World War II History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 76,975 Reviews | ## Images ![Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81dXAsyKE3L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Didn't think I would enjoy this book *by J***E on September 20, 2012* First off, I did not think I would enjoy this book. I do not like war books, I do not like pain and suffering. That is about 99% of this book. I enjoy books such as The Mitford Series, Harry Potter, southern humorous books. I really like books that are well written and make you smile. So why did I read this one? I am going to work on a project where we record the histories of war veterans to be archived. We will interview them and record their accounts and experiences. We have a few World War II veterans living in our community, and I wanted to read up on my WWII history in order to know a little more about it than what I received in high school and college. The reviews on this book were very high, so I ordered it on my Kindle, and began reading, not expecting to enjoy it at all, and a little bit hesitant. First off, I was quite surprised that I read it and actually enjoyed reading it. I also learned much more about WWII than I would have ever learned from a text book. The author used the facts that she had, and documented where her facts came from. This information was not boring either. She worked it into the story so that you knew what was going on during the war in Japan, at the same time "x" was going on on the other side of the world. You also would think that a person would give up long before Louie did, but he kept holding on, just like I kept holding on reading this book...you wanted to see if he would get out of the hell he was in and into a better place. Each time, it just kept getting worse. But, this still was not "hard" to read, because little bits of hope would filter in and keep you going...just like it kept Louie going. Louie is a remarkable man. I am sure there are many other remarkable men. My uncle survived the Bataan Death March, so he too had the drive that Louie had to survive, but Louie had kept every bit of documentation of his life and experience, so the author was able to use his photos, letters, etc to create this account of his life. I started to give this a 4 star review...because I still do not like the subject matter, nor the abuse, the loss of so many lives...so the 4 star would be for the actual topic...the war with Japan. But that's not the books fault. The book is a 5 star book, so I went ahead and gave it a 5 star rating. If you would like to read a good book, but aren't the history/war/torture type of reader...please don't let the subject matter of this book stop you. It is not presented in a way that makes it hard to read. On the contrary, it kept me reading. I know my review is lame. But I struggled with how to review this book, and I decided not to worry about how I "described it" and to just write my thoughts. I didn't want to put details in, because it was the details that kept me turning the pages, so I will leave them to you to discover. It's a book you will be proud to say "I read that book" and it will give you an insight to our veterans and what they endured. It also helps me to understand how bitter my uncle was whenever he would encounter an Asian from 'any' country...it didn't matter that they weren't Japanese...he couldn't be near them. I never understood that, but after reading how they were treated, now I understand. I will probably purchase the hardcover edition of this book, so that I can have my kids read it and to have on my shelf for others to read, borrow, etc. I enjoy reading my Kindle, but some books deserve to be present on your shelf. This one does. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review of Unbroken 2012 *by G***P on February 9, 2012* In the narrative, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the harrowing story of Louie Zamperini's life as a Prisoner of War in World War II is flawlessly conveyed, bringing readers mixed emotions, as they witness the ups and downs of one man's extraordinary life. Louie Zamperini grew up in Torrance, California where he was introduced to running by his older brother, Pete. Louie's inspiring natural talent compelled him forward, until he had become one of the best runners in the world. With the Olympics well within his grasp, Zamperini decided to sign up as a member of the air force to avoid being drafted into a less desirable position. Louie's Olympic dreams were put on hold as he traveled California, training to serve his country. Being that, the equipment Louie was dealing with, wasn't of stellar quality. Indeed each time Louie's plane took off, a foreshadowing of the inevitable danger leapt onto the page. On May 27, 1943, Louie's life was spared as his plane crashed into the ocean, but the blessing quickly became a curse as Louie spent the next forty-seven days trapped on a life boat with no food and minimal water. When Louie finally escaped hell on the life boat, it is not for the better. Louie spent over two years being shipped around different Japanese war camps, each growing more terrible. Hillenbrand relates Louie's hardships and makes the readers' heart ache for the trials Louis endured, throughout his time as a prisoner of war in Japan. Particularly Hillenbrand expertly describes Louie's discovery of God. Evolving from a man with little knowledge of Christian faith, Louie experiences angelic visitations after vowing to serve the Lord forever, if he could only be saved. "On the fortieth day, Louie was lying beside Phil under the canopy when he abruptly sat up. He could hear singing. He kept listening; it sounded like a choir. He nudged Phil and asked him if he heard anything. Phil said no. Louie slid the canopy off and squinted into the daylight. The ocean was a featureless flatness. He looked up. "Above him, floating in a bright cloud, he saw human figures silhouetted against the sky. He counted twenty-one of them. They were singing the sweetest song he had ever heard." Hillenbrand's eloquent writing style supplies the readers with not only the action filled moments of terror, but tranquil and sensational moments can be found sprinkled throughout. After reading this book, I acquired a new respect for the hardship that one person can go through and still survive. With each page, Unbroken became harder to put down, and once I had finished, my respect for Louie, and everything he survived, was overwhelming. I highly recommend this riveting tome to anyone and everyone. Although it began at a generally slow pace, the setting is perfectly set to make each of Louie's tragedies that much more painful. Laura Hillenbrand does a fabulous job taking Louie's story and conveying it in such a way that everyone who reads it will find some pleasure or point of interest. While I was skeptical about whether or not I would enjoy a war book, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this account brought in so many other topics I felt a particular passion for. Louie's mindset of never giving up is inspiring to all, and his determination and passion for running is relatable to any athlete. His incredible discovery of Jesus Christ and the experiences he had are thrilling to all those of faith and challenging, yet magical, to those who are not. Unbroken is a fabulous novel conveying the tragic and fantastic story of Louie Zamperini's unbelievable survival. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible, Edible, Recommendable! *by C***E on March 26, 2013* When you think of WWI, what typically comes to mind? Hitler, right? The Nazis? Inglourious Basterds ? Gas chambers? Jews? Most of my WWII reading centered around the German arena. Amazing first-hand accounts and insights like Night and Man's Search for Meaning come from this stage along with other classics like The Diary of a Young Girl . These are just a few stories I've read about this time in history and I'd recommend them all. But how many books have you read on what happened in the Pacific theater of WWII (aka the "Pacific War")? Unless you've seen The Pacific ] (which I haven't) you probably don't know a lot. Besides the draw of learning about a whole new front of the war, Louie Zamperini's story is an incredible one. Amazon reviewers' (I always read Amazon reviews!) top critique was that the story seemed unbelievable. A boy with Olympic dreams of breaking the four minute mile is incredible enough for me--do you know how fast a 4 minute mile is? That's an average of ONE MINUTE around a high school track! That boggles my mind. For those of us thrilled with 11 minute miles, "Zamp" as he's called in the book would've easily lapped us. At least three times. How crazy is that? I would have been happy with just that story. It's crazy because his rising star coincided with Hitler's, and he actually met him at the Olympics in Berlin. There's a story about guns booming and pigeons flying that literally made me laugh uncontrollably out loud: the Germans wanted a big show, so they released a bunch of pigeons, and then did a gun fanfare. Every time the guns went off, the pigeons pooped with fear on the crowd. Why is that hilarious? I don't know. Who doesn't like a story about pigeons mass-pooping on people during the Olympics? Each phase of the story is a crazy one. The story spans from his running days to his days as a bomber to his days stranded on a life boat surrounded by sharks. His survival skills are (here's the word again) incredible, but reading about his days as a POW is even more insane. I don't want to give too much away here, but there's a little bit of everything, including his desperate cries to God in the life boat and his eventual conversion. This is hardly a religious book, but it doesn't pull its punches too much when it comes to spiritual matters, either. This book drew me in, and I had to fight developing my parents' early distaste for the Japanese. I knew about the horrors of the war, and how the Japanese treated the Koreans, and the book in no way highlighted any of the details between these two nations, but what it had was enough. I was horrified and devastated and had empathy for the nationalistic distaste (what an understatement!) Koreans developed after the war. It was indeed a horrible time and brought out the worst in people. Is it a spoiler alert if you know what happens at the end? It's like watching Valkyrie ]and wondering if Tom Cruise will succeed in killing Hitler. Obviously the conspiracy fails... right? Right?! Well, Zamperini survives, and there is an insight into life after the war for many people who fought in WWII, although much of the PTSD seemed to be blunted. This story isn't about the ending, but about the journey. I am amazed, as someone who is not much of a fighter, to read about someone who clung to life with a tenacity that I doubt I have. I'm definitely not the one eating all the chocolate, though. (Read the book to find out what I mean by that.) Hehe. Sidenote: I purchased and read this book on the Kindle. It was recommended to me by my brother-in-law, who heard it on audiobook (after considering it for a while, I decided that audiobooks count as "reading" if you consider Braille "reading." Blind people wouldn't say "I felt that book," would they? All this to say, the audiobook version of this comes recommended as well.) Another friend had it on her "top tier" of reading, so that pushed me over the edge. Totally glad I did it. The book is about 4 pages shy of 500, but it was a quick read and I didn't feel like I lost much on the Kindle (pictures showed up just fine.) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/199537-unbroken-a-world-war-ii-story-of-survival-resilience-redemption](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/199537-unbroken-a-world-war-ii-story-of-survival-resilience-redemption) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-18*