The Hobbit
By J. R. R. Tolkien
The definitive edition of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures in
middle-earth, this classic bestseller is this year’s biggest movie. The Hobbit
is a tale of high adventure undertaken by a company of dwarves in search of
dragon-guarded gold. A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo
Baggins, a comfort-loving, unambitious hobbit who surprises even himself by his
resourcefulness and skill as a burglar.
Life Of Pi
By Yann Martel
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . . After the tragic
sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue
Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi,
a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan, and a 450 pound Royal
Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved
works of fiction in recent years.
The Silver Linings Playbook
By Matthew Quick
Pat Peoples has a theory: his life is actually a movie
produced by God. And Pat’s God-given mission in life is to become physically
fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure the movie is a romcom,
complete with happy ending. For Pat, this means the return of his estranged wife
Nikki, from whom he's currently having some 'apart time.' It might not come as
any surprise to learn that Pat has spent several years in a mental-health
facility. When Pat leaves hospital and goes to live with his parents, however,
everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends
now have families; his beloved football team keep losing; his new therapist
seems to be recommending adultery as a form of therapy.
Team of Rivals - The Political
Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By Doris Kearns Goodwin
In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer
Prize-winning historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, studies Abraham Lincoln's
mastery of men. She shows how he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his
fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision
for peace. It is a thrilling piece of narrative history.
Argo - How the CIA and Hollywood
Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
By Antonio Mendez & Matt Baglio
Tehran, November 1979. Militant students stormed the
American embassy and held sixty Americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. But
until now the CIA has never revealed the twist to the Iran Hostage Crisis: six
Americans escaped.
The escape plot was run by Antonio Mendez, head of the
CIA's extraction team, and a master of disguise. Mendez came up with an idea so
daring and potentially foolish that it seemed destined for Hollywood...and
indeed it was. He invented a fake sci-fi film called 'Argo' (from the actual
name of the CIA mission, a reference to Jason
and the Argonauts). After announcing the production to the movie industry,
Mendez put together a team of real 1970s Hollywood actors, directors and
producers - along with covert CIA officers. They would travel to revolutionary
Iran under a foreign film visa, and while 'scouting locations' throughout the
country they would track down the six Americans who were hiding out. After
giving them false identities as part of the film crew, they would spirit them
back across the border.
Les Miserables
By Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love
follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his
criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the
community are constantly put under threat. It is not simply for himself that
Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter
of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.
Apart from Les Mis, that makes me want to poke my eyes out with a stick, the other books are truly enhanced by film, however it might be because my imagination is stuck?
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