Roots. Poster of the 2016 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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Bruce Beresford, Thomas Carter, Phillip Noyce, Mario Van Peebles, 2016

A historical portrait of one family’s journey through American slavery and their will to survive and preserve their legacy in the face of unimaginable hardship. The series starts in 1760s, and follows the story of Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka warrior from Jufureh in The Gambia, in West Africa, who will be captured and sold to slavery in America.


Heartbreak Ridge. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Heartbreak Ridge
Joseph C. Stinson, 1986
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Clint Eastwood, 1986

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway is nearing mandatory retirement from the Marine Corps. Highway repeatedly clashes with Powers and Staff Sergeant Webster, the 1st Platoon platoon sergeant over his unorthodox training methods (such as firing an AK-47 over his men’s heads to familiarize them with the weapon’s distinctive sound).


Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1982 book, Carlito's Way
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Carlito's Way
Edwin Torres, 1982
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Michael Bregman, 2005

The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl, Rocco, and Carlito— controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug trade in Harlem, which is currently in a power dispute between the Italian Bottolota crime family and black gangsters led by Hollywood Nicky.


Jaws: The Revenge. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Jaws The Revenge
Hank Searls, 1987
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Joseph Sargent, 1987

After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England’s Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives. Ellen believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.