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Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2010
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Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2010

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Fresh Air's resident book critic selects her favorite reads from the year, including Patti Smith's moving memoir, a feminist slant on election season and a new history of labor unions.

Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2010

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The 'Unbroken' Spirit Of An Ordinary Hero

Laura Hillenbrand is also the author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend. The book inspired the Academy Award-nominated film Seabiscuit. Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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The 'Unbroken' Spirit Of An Ordinary Hero

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Laura Hillenbrand — the award-winning author of Seabiscuit — has returned in fighting form with her latest nonfiction biography, Unbroken. The story of a pilot who survived a crash against all odds speaks to the indefatigable human spirit and our collective will to overcome.

The 'Unbroken' Spirit Of An Ordinary Hero

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'Seabiscuit' Author's New Hero 'Unbroken' By War

Louis Zamperini peers over the hatch nose of his aircraft in 1943. Later that year, a crash involving a B-24 bomber similar to this one would land the former Olympian in a Japanese prison camp. AP hide caption

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'Seabiscuit' Author's New Hero 'Unbroken' By War

He was a juvenile delinquent, then a world-class miler; a World War II airman, then a POW grotesquely mistreated by the Japanese. Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand's new book tells the remarkable tale of Louis Zamperini.

'Seabiscuit' Author's New Hero 'Unbroken' By War

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