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
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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.


Tuesdays with Morrie. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1997 book
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom, 1997
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Mick Jackson, 1999

Mitch, a highly successful journalist, is so consumed by his work that he has little time or energy for anything else. One evening, he catches Morrie’s interview on national news and learns that his former professor is suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Impressed by the interview, Mitch reaches out to Morrie and what begins as a visit transforms into a spiritual journey as Mitch opens himself up to the wisdom Morrie has to offer.


Denial. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2005 book, History on Trial
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History on Trial
Deborah E. Lipstadt, 2005
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Mick Jackson, 2016

Deborah E. Lipstadt’s legal battle for historical truth against David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system in Defamation, the burden of proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.


The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards, 2005
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Mick Jackson, 2008

A father makes the heart-wrenching decision to separate his son from his twin sister at birth, concealing from both the mother and himself the fact that she was born with Down syndrome. This narrative is based on the novel by Kim Edwards.


Covert One: The Hades Factor. Poster of the 2006 TV series and cover of the 2000 book, The Hades Factor
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The Hades Factor
Robert Ludlum, Gayle Lynds, 2000
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Mick Jackson, 2006

While in a retrieve operation of a virus in Berlin, the Covert One agent Rachel Russell is double-crossed by two dirty agents; she kills them and escapes, trying to find a hiding place and someone to trust to protect the vials. Meanwhile, the former Covert One agent Dr. Jon Smith is also in Berlin with his beloved fiancée Sophie Amsden participating in a congress. When three persons die with bleeding, the doctors disclose a Hades virus outbreak, an extreme rare Ebola variant.