Where Eagles Dare. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the 1967 book
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Where Eagles Dare
Alistair MacLean, 1967
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Brian G. Hutton, 1968

During World War II, a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, American Brigadier General George Carnaby, who is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that’s nearly impossible to breach. It’s up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it’s too late.


Children of the Damned. Poster of the 1964 movie and cover of the 1957 book, The Midwich Cuckoos
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The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham, 1957
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Anton Leader, 1964

Six gifted children are found to pose a threat to the world in its chilling horror story from the makers of Village of the Damned. The Children, who all live in England but are from different parts of the world, are normal in all respects except that they are geniuses with acute psychic powers. They have more in common than their IQ, however: None of them have fathers, and no one seems to know where they came from.