Temple Grandin. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1986 book, Emergence: Labeled Autistic
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic
Temple Grandin, Margaret M. Scariano, 1986
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Mick Jackson, 2010

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling. The film focuses on Grandin’s life as a gifted but socially isolated student who has been expelled from numerous high schools for fighting. The film also highlights the discrimination and harassment Grandin endured on the feedlots as a female graduate student in a male-dominated, working-class industry.


Temple Grandin. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1995 book, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
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Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
Temple Grandin, 1995
movie vs book
Mick Jackson, 2010

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling. The film focuses on Grandin’s life as a gifted but socially isolated student who has been expelled from numerous high schools for fighting. The film also highlights the discrimination and harassment Grandin endured on the feedlots as a female graduate student in a male-dominated, working-class industry.


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1922 book
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922
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David Fincher, 2008

On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy’s lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin’s diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards.


Legends of the Fall. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1979 book
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Legends of the Fall
Jim Harrison, 1979
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Edward Zwick, 1994

Sick of betrayals the United States government perpetrated on Native Americans, Colonel William Ludlow leaves the Army, moving to a remote part of Montana. Accompanying them are hired hand and former outlaw Decker, Decker’s Cree wife Pet, and daughter Isabel Two. William’s wife Isabel does not adapt to the harsh Montana winters and moves to the East Coast; Tristan vows never to speak of her.


Witches of East End. Poster of the 2013 TV series and cover of the 2011 book
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Witches of East End
Melissa de la Cruz, 2011
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Maggie Friedman, 2013-2014

Freya and Ingrid Beauchamp, sisters who work as a bartender and a librarian, learn as adults that they are witches with magical abilities. They are facing a deadly foe along with their mother Joanna and her sister, both of whom are witches.


The Music Never Stopped. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1995 book, The Last Hippie
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The Last Hippie
Oliver Sacks, 1995
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Jim Kohlberg, 2011

This is the story of a father, Henry, who faces a challenging task of reconnecting with his estranged son, Gabriel, following a brain tumor that impairs Gabriel’s ability to create new memories. As Gabriel clings to his old beliefs and interests, causing further distance between them, Henry embarks on a journey to embrace his son’s choices and attempts to bridge the gap by using the power of music.


My Week with Marilyn. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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My Week with Marilyn
Colin Clark, 2000
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Simon Curtis, 2011

Following his graduation from Christ Church, Oxford in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier’s next production. The press discover the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn’s publicist, Arthur P. Jacobs.


My Week with Marilyn. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1995 book, The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
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The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Colin Clark, 1995
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Simon Curtis, 2011

Following his graduation from Christ Church, Oxford in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier’s next production. The press discover the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn’s publicist, Arthur P. Jacobs.


Beach Girls. Poster of the 2005 TV series and cover of the 2004 book
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Beach Girls
Luanne Rice, 2004
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Paul Shapiro, Sandy Smolan, Jeff Woolnough, 2005

During the summer of 1985, three adolescent girls make a vow of enduring friendship at Hubbard’s Point, a coastal neighborhood. One of the women’s widower returns to the beach town with his teenage daughter years later after she has passed away in an effort to reconnect with her.


Ladies in Black. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1993 book, The Women in Black
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The Women in Black
Madeleine St. John, 1993
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Bruce Beresford, 2018

Lisa is hired as a new assistant at Goode’s department store in Sydney during the 1959 Christmas season. he makes friends with Fay, who is initially wary of immigrants, Patty, who seeks more attention from her husband, and Magda, an immigrant from Slovenia who introduces her to her other European friends.


Sabrina. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1955 book, Sabrina Fair
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Sabrina Fair
Samuel Taylor, 1955
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Sydney Pollack, 1995

Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family’s chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a playboy, constantly falling in love, yet he has never noticed Sabrina, much to her dismay. Sabrina travels to Paris for a fashion internship at Vogue and returns as an attractive, sophisticated woman.


Sabrina. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Sabrina
Deborah Chiel, 1995
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Sydney Pollack, 1995

Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family’s chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a playboy, constantly falling in love, yet he has never noticed Sabrina, much to her dismay. Sabrina travels to Paris for a fashion internship at Vogue and returns as an attractive, sophisticated woman.