Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1994 book, Long Walk to Freedom
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Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, 1994
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Justin Chadwick, 2013

Based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President of South Africa and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society.


Avenger. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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Avenger
Frederick Forsyth, 2003
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Robert Markowitz, 2006

After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private ‘specialist’ in cases which wouldn’t reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard ‘Ricky’ Edmunds for his pa, influential rich businessman Stephen Edmonds.


12 Days of Terror. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Twelve Days of Terror
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Twelve Days of Terror
Richard G. Fernicola, 2001
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Jack Sholder, 2004

Derived from an actual event that took place in New Jersey during the early 20th century, a series of shark attacks shattered the tranquility of the once peaceful New Jersey shore, instilling terror among the locals and triggering a panic that served as the inspiration for author Peter Benchley to pen the iconic novel, Jaws.


Prey. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1907 book, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
John Henry Patterson, 1907
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Darrell Roodt, 2007

While working in a dam in Africa, the American hydraulic engineer Tom Newman brings his family to spend a couple of days in the Leopard’s Rest Lodge. His fourteen year-old daughter Jessica is having friction with her stepmother Amy since she does not accept the divorce of her parents. On the next morning, Amy, Jessica and her brother David go in a game drive with a ranger while Tom goes to the dam. While driving off-road, they are attacked by a group of starving lions that kill and eat the ranger.