The Lady Vanishes. Poster of the 1938 movie and cover of the 1936 book, The Wheel Spins
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The Wheel Spins
Ethel Lina White, 1936
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1938

English tourist Iris Henderson and her friends Blanche and Julie are in the fictional European country of Bandrika. In the same predicament are Charters and Caldicott, English cricket enthusiasts anxious to see the last days of the Test match in Manchester, and Miss Froy, a governess and music teacher who is returning home to England.


The Dam Busters. Poster of the 1955 movie and cover of the 1951 book
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The Dam Busters
Paul Brickhill, 1951
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Michael Anderson, 1955

An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy’s industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron.


The Dam Busters. Poster of the 1955 movie and cover of the 1946 book, Enemy Coast Ahead
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Enemy Coast Ahead
Guy Gibson, 1946
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Michael Anderson, 1955

An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy’s industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron.


1984. Poster of the 1956 movie and cover of the 1949 book
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1984
George Orwell, 1949
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Michael Anderson, 1956

A voice-over narrator explains that in the mid-1950s, a nuclear war and devastation of Earth gave rise to three superstates: Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. By 1984, London, with its bomb-proof ministry, is designated as the capital of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania, controlled by one all-powerful Party, embodied by the figurehead Big Brother.


The Years Between. Poster of the 1946 movie and cover of the 1943 book
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The Years Between
Daphne du Maurier, 1943
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Compton Bennett, 1946

A Member of Parliament, who had been reportedly killed in action during World War II, unexpectedly returns to his family, only to find that his wife has been persuaded to take his seat in the House of Commons.


David Copperfield. Poster of the 1970 movie and cover of the 1850 book
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens, 1850
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Delbert Mann, 1970

Charles Dickens’s story of a young man’s journey to maturity. Then virtually abandoned on the streets of Victorian London, David Copperfield is flung into manhood and contends bravely with the perils of big-city corruption and vice; hardships which ultimately fuel his triumph as a talented and successful writer.