War and Remembrance. Poster of the 1988 TV series and cover of the 1978 book
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War and Remembrance
Herman Wouk, 1978
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Herman Wouk, 1988-1989

The story continues to follow the Henry family and other central characters introduced in ‘The Winds of War,’ including Victor ‘Pug’ Henry, his wife Rhoda, and their children. America is attacked by Japan and enters World War II. For Victor Henry, an upwardly mobile naval career sets him in command of a cruiser with sights on selection for the Admiralty.


The Handmaid's Tale. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, 1985
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Volker Schlöndorff, 1990

In the near future, war rages across the Republic of Gilead —formerly the United States of America— and pollution has rendered 99% of the population sterile. In exchange for Kate agreeing to this, Serena Joy provides information to Kate that her daughter is alive, and shows as proof a recent photograph of her living in the household of another Commander.


Flowers in the Attic. Poster of the 1987 movie and cover of the 1979 book
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Flowers in the Attic
V.C. Andrews, 1979
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Jeffrey Bloom, 1987

When her husband dies in a tragic accident, widow Corrine Dollanganger takes her four children to the ancestral family home she fled before they were born. Locked away in the attic by their tyrannical grandmother, it falls to older brother and sister Chris and Cathy to care for their younger siblings.


The Holcroft Covenant. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1978 book
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The Holcroft Covenant
Robert Ludlum, 1978
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John Frankenheimer, 1985

Noel Holcroft’s late father – who was a general in the Wehrmacht and once close to Adolf Hitler – left behind a fortune supposedly to make amends for his wrongdoings. But more than forty years later, Noel finds himself embroiled in a web of conspiracies involving the children of two of his father’s Nazi colleagues, a mysterious organisation supposedly devoted to ensuring the Nazis never again come to power, and a woman who may be Noel’s downfall or his only hope.


Whispers. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Whispers
Dean Koontz, 1980
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Douglas Jackson, 1990

Writer Hilary Thomas is being pursued by psychopath Bruno Clavel, a man she once interviewed at his family’s Massachusetts orchard while researching for a book. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don’t believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.