Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Ryder Windham, 2004
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Irvin Kershner, 1980

Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia, has set up a new base on the ice planet Hoth. The Imperial fleet, led by a merciless Darth Vader, hunts for the new Rebel base by dispatching probe droids across the galaxy. Before Luke succumbs to hypothermia, the Force spirit of his deceased mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, instructs him to go to the swamp planet Dagobah to train under Jedi Master Yoda.


Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Ryder Windham, 2004
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Richard Marquand, 1983

C-3PO and R2-D2 are sent to crime lord Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine in a trade bargain made by Luke Skywalker to rescue Han Solo. Having hidden his new lightsaber inside R2-D2, Luke frees himself and battles Jabba’s guards while Leia uses her chains to strangle Jabba to death.


Brian's Song. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1970 book, I Am Third
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I Am Third
Gale Sayers, 1970
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Buzz Kulik, 1971

The true story of a special relationship between two professional football players, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo. Both star players for the Chicago Bears, Sayers and Piccolo soon became roommates and best friends. When Sayers suffers a knee injury in mid-season, it is Piccolo who prods and inspires him to work toward a complete recovery. Then fate deals a cruel blow: Piccolo is stricken with malignant cancer.


Batman. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
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Tim Burton, 1989

As Gotham City approaches its bicentennial, Mayor Borg orders district attorney Harvey Dent and police Commissioner Gordon to make the city safer. Although corrupt police lieutenant Eckhardt arranges the hit on Napier by conducting an unauthorized police operation, Gordon arrives, takes command, and orders officers to capture him alive.


Batman. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Batman
Craig Shaw Gardner, 1989
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Tim Burton, 1989

As Gotham City approaches its bicentennial, Mayor Borg orders district attorney Harvey Dent and police Commissioner Gordon to make the city safer. Although corrupt police lieutenant Eckhardt arranges the hit on Napier by conducting an unauthorized police operation, Gordon arrives, takes command, and orders officers to capture him alive.


Lady Sings the Blues. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1956 book
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Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday, William Dufty, 1956
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Sidney J. Furie, 1972

The rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Beginning with Holiday’s traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday’s brightest moments is the vocalist’s severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.


Barry Munday. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Life Is a Strange Place
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Life Is a Strange Place
Frank Turner Hollon, 2003
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Chris D'Arienzo, 2010

Barry Munday, a lonely womanizer, wakes up after being attacked to realize that he’s missing his family jewels. To make matters worse, he learns he’s facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman, Ginger, he can’t remember having sex with. Though unintentional, the two discover that their meeting and subsequent accidents opened up new opportunities for personal growth and relationships.


The Man in 3B. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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The Man in 3B
Carl Weber, 2013
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Trey Haley, 2015

Darryl Graham has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can’t stop talking about him. He immediately becomes intertwined in each of the tenants’ lives, but when a murder happens in the building, everyone becomes a prime suspect.


The Hostage Tower. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1980 book, Hostage Tower
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Hostage Tower
John Denis, 1980
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Claudio Guzmán, 1980

Criminal mastermind Mr. Smith is being pursued by Malcolm Philpott, the head of an international peace organization. Smith draws together a team for a heist including weapons expert Mike Graham and thieves Sabrina and Clarence. Sabrina and Clarence secretly work for Philpott. When Mr. Smith captures the Eiffel Tower and kidnaps the mother of the President of the United States, Philpott must enlist the help of spies to take him down.