Roots. Poster of the 1977 TV series and cover of the 1976 book, Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley, 1976
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Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, 1977

Kunta Kinte is abducted from his African village, sold into slavery, and taken to America. He makes several escape attempts until he is finally caught and maimed. He marries Bell, his plantation’s cook, and they have a daughter, Kizzy, who is eventually sold away from them. Kizzy has a son by her new master, and the boy grows up to become Chicken George.


Star Trek: First Contact. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Star Trek: First Contact
J.M. Dillard, 1996
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Jonathan Frakes, 1996

In the 24th century, Captain Jean-Luc Picard awakens from a nightmare in which he relived his assimilation by the cybernetic Borg six years earlier. Learning the fleet is losing the battle, the Enterprise crew disobeys orders and heads for Earth, where a single Borg Cube ship holds its own against a group of Starfleet vessels.


Star Trek: Generations. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Star Trek Generations
J.M. Dillard, 1994
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David Carson, 1994

In 2293, retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott, and Pavel Chekov attend the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise-B. During the shakedown cruise, Enterprise is pressed into a rescue mission to save two El-Aurian refugee ships that have been snared by a massive energy ribbon.


Star Trek: Nemesis. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Nemesis
J.M. Dillard, 2002
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Stuart Baird, 2002

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus.


Star Trek: Insurrection. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Star Trek Insurrection
J.M. Dillard, 1998
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Jonathan Frakes, 1998

Lieutenant Commander Data is temporarily transferred to an undercover mission observing the peaceful Ba’ku people. Picard confronts Dougherty and learns that top Federation officers colluded with the Son’a to deceptively move the Ba’ku to the ship and forcibly relocate them to another planet, allowing for the particles to be collected on a mass scale.


Tom Swift. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 1910 book, Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
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Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
Victor Appleton, Edward Stratemeyer, 1910
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Michael A. Allowitz, Clara Aranovich, Anton Cropper, 2022

As an exceptionally brilliant inventor with unlimited resources and unimaginable wealth, the devilishly charming Tom Swift is a man who many men would kill to be, or be with – a man with the world in the palm of his hand. But that world gets shaken to its core after the shocking disappearance of his father.


Grambling's White Tiger. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1971 book, My Little Brother's Coming Tomorrow
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My Little Brother's Coming Tomorrow
Bruce Bahrenburg, 1971
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Georg Stanford Brown, 1981

The movie starts with the recruitment of Gregory as a talented recruit, keen to have the opportunity to go to a school with real NFL credentials, who also opens avenues for funding and recognition for the college. The story deals with issues of race, culture and integration at a critical time in America’s history.