The Spy. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1967 book, The Spy Who Came From Israel
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The Spy Who Came From Israel
Uri Dan, Yeshayahu Ben Porat, 1967
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Gideon Raff, 2019

The exploits of Eli Cohen, a Mossad spy, during the years leading to the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Syria. It follows Cohen’s past in Egypt as an army reject, to his infiltration of the Syrian Ministry of Defense. He assumes the identity of Kamel Amin Thaabet and establishes himself in Syrian high society. Cohen becomes a close confidant to the future president Amin al-Hafiz.


Baghdad Central. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 2014 book
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Baghdad Central
Elliott Colla, 2014
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Alice Troughton, Ben A. Williams, 2020-

The series is set in Iraq in 2003, shortly after the ousting of Saddam Hussein. It centres on a former policeman, Muhsin al-Khafaji, as he tries to find his missing daughter, Sawsan. He is mistakenly arrested and tortured by United States troops but then recruited by a former British policeman, Frank Temple, to become a police officer in the Green Zone.


Judy. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2005 book, End of the Rainbow
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End of the Rainbow
Peter Quilter, 2005
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Rupert Goold, 2019

At the outset of the film, Judy Garland is 15 years old and is being told by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head, Louis B. Mayer, that she has a gift other girls do not. The action returns to 1968, with Judy seeing an agent who tells her that Britain is open to her, but that the US reception to her has cooled due to her performance unreliability and moodiness.


Oslo. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2017 book
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Oslo
J.T. Rogers, 2017
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Bartlett Sher, 2021

The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.


The Mountain Between Us. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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The Mountain Between Us
Charles Martin, 2010
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Hany Abu-Assad, 2017

After their flight is canceled due to stormy weather, neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Bass and photojournalist Alex Martin hire private pilot Walter to get them from Utah to Denver for connecting flights to Alex’s wedding in New York and Ben’s emergency surgery appointment in Baltimore. Stranded for days with dwindling supplies, Alex grows skeptical that they will be rescued, although Ben wants to wait for help with the plane’s wreckage.