Breaking the Code. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Alan Turing: The Enigma
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Alan Turing: The Enigma
Andrew Hodges, 1983
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Herbert Wise, 1996

The story focuses on the life of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who helped decode the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. He also was one of the key contributors to the development of the digital computer. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when it was illegal.


Breaking the Code. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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Breaking the Code
Hugh Whitemore, 1986
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Herbert Wise, 1996

The story focuses on the life of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who helped decode the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. He also was one of the key contributors to the development of the digital computer. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when it was illegal.


The Old Curiosity Shop. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1840 book
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens, 1840
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Kevin Connor, 1995

Nell Trent lives with her grandfather, the proprietor of the Old Curiosity Shop. Grandfather has a disquieting secret, a gambling addiction fed by high-interest loans from the bully Daniel Quilp. The villainous Quilp wants to get possession of the shop, and Nell. In league with his lawyer Samson Brass and Samson’s sister Sally, Quilp seizes Grandfather’s assets.


Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2012 book, Full Service
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Full Service
Scotty Bowers, 2012
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Matt Tyrnauer, 2017

An exploration of the overlooked Hollywood figure Scotty Bowers, a handsome ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after World War II and whose bestselling memoir documented his extensive tenure as a sexual facilitator to the stars.