One Life. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2014 book, If It's Not Impossible...
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If It's Not Impossible...
Barbara Winton, 2014
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James Hawes, 2023

The movie traces the journey of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who played a pivotal role in rescuing hundreds of Central European children from the Nazis on the brink of World War II.


Marathon Man. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the 1974 book
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Marathon Man
William Goldman, 1974
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John Schlesinger, 1976

Thomas’Babe’ Levy is a history Ph.D. student and an avid runner researching the same field as his father, H.V. Levy, who committed suicide after being investigated during the Joseph McCarthy era. After Dr. Szell’s brother is killed in a fit of road rage, Szell feels that he can’t trust anybody anymore and proceeds to try to have all of the diamond handlers and couriers murdered, including Doc himself.


Black Sunday. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Black Sunday
Thomas Harris, 1975
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John Frankenheimer, 1977

Michael Lander is a pilot who flies the Goodyear Blimp over National Football League games to film them for network television. They plan to mount the bomb on the underside of the gondola of the Goodyear blimp which traditionally flies over the Super Bowl football game, and detonate it over the Miami Orange Bowl during Super Bowl X, in order to call attention to the plight of the Palestinians and to punish the US for supporting Israel.


Bobby Deerfield. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1961 book, Heaven Has No Favorites
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Heaven Has No Favorites
Erich Maria Remarque, 1961
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Sydney Pollack, 1977

Bobby Deerfield, a Formula One auto racer, is a methodical and solitary individual who thrives on winning races. However, his perspective on life is altered when he witnesses a teammate die in a crash and another driver is severely injured. The thought of death rattles Deerfield. His worldview is further shaken when he meets Lillian Morelli, an eccentric and spontaneous woman who is racing against time.


The Amateur. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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The Amateur
Robert Littell, 1981
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Charles Jarrott, 1981

After his fiancée is killed by terrorists, a CIA cryptographer forces his superiors to send him on a mission to Czechoslovakia to kill the perpetrators. Once there, he uncovers a complicated plot behind his fiancée’s murder.