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“Extraordinarilymoving . . . apowerfullydrawn survival epic.”—TheWall Street Journal Unbroken byLauraHillenbrand I nboyhood, LouisZamperini wasan incorrigibledelinquent. Asa teenager, hechanneledhisdefiance into running, discoveringa prodigious talent that carriedhimto theBerlinOlympics. ButwhenWorld War II began, theathletebecameanairman, embarkingona journey that led toadoomed flight onanafternoon inMayof 1943.WhenhisArmyAir Forces bomber crashed into thePacificOcean, Zamperini survivedagainst all odds, adrift ona foundering life raft.Driven to the limitsof endurance, Zamperini wouldanswer desperationwith ingenuity; sufferingwithhope, resolve, and humor; brutalitywith rebellion.His fate,whether triumphor tragedy,wouldbe suspendedon the frayingwireof hiswill. Unbroken isanunforgettable testament to the resilienceof thehuman mind, body, andspirit, brought vividly to life. RandomHouse HC 978-1-4000-6416-8 496pp. $28.00/$33.00Can. ExamCopy:$14.00 Soon tobe amajormotion picture, in theaters 12/25/14

“Riveting. . . . So haunting and so beautifullywritten, thosewho fall under its spell will never again feel the same way aboutWorldWar II and one of its previously unsung heroes.” —TheColumbusDispatch

AudioCD: 978-0-7393-1969-7 $45.00/$53.00Can. AudioDL: 978-0-7393-1970-3 $22.50/$25.50Can. BOTCD: 978-1-4159-6274-9 $45.00/$53.00Can. BOTDL: 978-1-4159-6276-3 $95.00/$111.00Can. EB: 978-0-679-60375-7 $12.99/$14.99Can. Teacher’sguideandclassroomposter forthcoming.Pleaseemail highschool@randomhouse.com withyour full schoolmailing address (U.S. only) toplaceyour request.

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UniversalThemes: Survival,War,Redemption CompanionTitles: Maus, InTheGardenofBeasts, TheGreatestGeneration

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“IfBollywoodeverdecides todo itsownversionof TheWire, this wouldbe it.”—BarbaraEhrenreich, authorofNickel andDimed Behind theBeautiful Forevers Life, Death, andHope inaMumbai Undercity byKatherineBoo Winnerof theNationalBookAward, the LosAngelesTimes BookPrize, and theAmericanAcademyofArtsandLettersLiteratureAward; Finalist for thePulitzerPrizeand theNationalBookCriticsCircleAward I n thisbrilliantlywrittenbook, basedonbasedon threeyearsof uncompromising reporting, abewilderingageof global changeand inequality ismadehuman. As Indiabegins toprosper, the residentsof Annawadi, amakeshift settlement near theMumbai airport, areelectric withhope. Abdul, a teenager, ison thevergeof liftinghis familyof eleven out of poverty. Asha,mother of three, isdetermined tomakeher daughter Annawadi’s first femalecollegegraduate. ButwhenAbdul is falselyaccused inashocking tragedy, tensionsover religion, caste, sex, power, andeconomic envyescalateand the truecontoursof anunequal, desperatelycompetitive market cityare revealed. RandomHouse TR 978-0-8129-7932-9 288pp. $16.00/$18.00Can. ExamCopy:$3.00

“This book belongs on reading lists as awork that allows high schoolers to see the incredible hardships of life in a developing country.” —School Library Journal “There are books that change theway you feel and see; this is one of them.” —AdrianNicoleLeBlanc, author of RandomFamily

AudioCD: 978-0-307-93405-5 $35.00/$41.00Can. AudioDL: 978-0-307-93406-2 $17.50/$20.50Can. BOTCD: 978-0-307-93407-9 $35.00/$41.00Can. BOTDL: 978-0-307-93408-6 $66.50/$75.50Can. EB: 978-0-679-64395-1 $11.99/$11.99Can.

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UniversalThemes: Social Inequality,Self-Determination, Economic Injustice CompanionTitles: TheGodofSmall Things,GreatExpectations

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