The Great. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2008 book
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The Great
Tony McNamara, 2008
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Tony McNamara, 2020-

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. The series is fictionalized and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage to Emperor Peter III, focusing on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.


The Aeronauts. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2013 book, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air
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Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air
Richard Holmes, 2013
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Tom Harper, 2019

In 1862 London, scientist James Glaisher and his pilot Amelia arrive for the launch of the largest balloon ever constructed. In a flashback, James appears before the Royal Society and explains his theory that the weather can be predicted, but his fellow scientists mock him and refuse to finance his studies.


Intrigo: Samaria. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2018 book, Intrigo
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Intrigo
Håkan Nesser, 2018
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Daniel Alfredson, 2019

In this gripping thriller, two college acquaintances join forces to unveil the secrets surrounding a fellow classmate’s murder from years past, leading them to uncover startling revelations about each other.


The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1983 book, The Woman in Black
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The Woman in Black
Susan Hill, 1983
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Tom Harper, 2014

Thirty years after the events of the first film, during the London Blitz, Eve Parkins joins some of her schoolchildren and the school’s headmistress, Jean Hogg, to evacuate them to the isolated market town of Crythin Gifford. The next morning, one of the children, Edward, who has been mute since the death of his parents in the bombing, is bullied by two other children and sees the Woman in Black in the nursery.