Books like Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
12 books with a reading profile close to Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. Contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
by Maxwell King
Also contemplative and clear-cut · biography, inspirational
Maxwell King’s biography traces the life of Fred Rogers from his isolated childhood in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, through his theological studies and his eventual pivot to educational television.
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2
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Kate Clifford Larson reconstructs the life of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy, who was born with intellectual disabilities.
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Hallie Rubenhold reconstructs the biographies of Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly, shifting the historical focus away from their murderer.
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Hidden Figures
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Margot Lee Shetterly documents the professional lives of African American women mathematicians who worked as human computers at Langley Research Center during the mid-twentieth century.
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The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
by Kate Moore
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In 1860, Elizabeth Packard’s husband committed her to the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane because she challenged his religious authority and asserted her intellectual independence.
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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In 1973, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey departed England on a small yacht, seeking an alternative to the stagnant routines of suburban life.
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler hid in a hollowed-out woodpile for three days before slipping past the outer perimeter of Auschwitz.
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The Bronze Bow
Also clear-cut · history, inspirational
Set in first-century Galilee, the story follows Daniel bar Jamin, a young Jewish rebel consumed by a desire to expel the Roman occupiers.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
history, biography
Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed the Warsaw Zoo during the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Sonia Purnell chronicles the life of Virginia Hall, an American woman who overcame a prosthetic wooden leg and deep-seated institutional sexism to become a critical operative for the British Special Operations Executive…
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The Masterpiece
Also clear-cut · history, inspirational
Roman Velasco is a successful Los Angeles artist hiding a secret identity as a prolific graffiti tagger known as Bird.
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An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Annejet van der Zijl reconstructs the life of Allene Tew, a woman born into a modest family in Chautauqua County, New York, during the late nineteenth century.
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