Books to Movies October

New movies based on books:

The Duchess. Based on the biography, Georgiana: the Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman Find this book in our catalog
From the Summary in our catalog: "...this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office. Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering..."


Blindness. Based on Blindness by Jose Saramago. Find this book in our catalog.
From the Summary in our catalog: "A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barren streets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing."

Choke. Based on Choke by Chuck Pahahniuk. Find this book in our catalog.
From the Summary in our catalog: ""Fight Club" established Palahniuk as a brilliant satirist of deranged times. Victor Mancini, the protagonist of his new novel"Choke, " needs to pay for elder care for his mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. An antihero for millennial America, Victor finds that his whole existence is a struggle to wrest an identity from overwhelming forces. Copyright #169; Libri GmbH. All rights reserved."

Body of Lies. Based on Body of Lies by David Ignatius. Find this book in our catalog.
A CIA agent tracks a terrorist in Jordan under the direction of an arrogant U.S. government official.