Film, TV & Music

Comedy is crucial to how the English see themselves. This book considers that proposition through a series of case studies of popular English comedies and comedians in the twentieth century, ranging from the Carry On films to the work of Mike Leigh and...

Peter Weir: Interviews is the first volume of interviews to be published on the esteemed Australian director. Although Weir (b. 1944) has acquired a reputation of being guarded about his life and work, these interviews by archivists, journalists,...

In the past, girls from rural southeastern Europe spent their childhoods weaving, sewing, and embroidering festive dress so that upon reaching puberty they could join the Sunday afternoon village dances garbed in resplendent attire. These extremely...

With over 200 color illustrations, Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads examines in detail the eclectic iconography of the Byzantine period and its impact on design and creativity today. Through an examination of the extraordinary variety of designs in these...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944788766Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Scott PalmerPublisher Scott PalmerWeight(grams) 853gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 21mm

"Wild Art" refers to work that exists outside the established, rarified world of art galleries and cultural channels. It encompasses uncatalogued, uncommodified art not often recognized as such, from graffiti to performance, self-adornment, and beyond...

What would the fashion world be without denim? The robust cotton fabric is without doubt one of the timeless materials in the fashion circus. Whether as trousers, dresses, for shoes or accessories, denim finds its justification everywhere. With the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781618699732Author Alli AnteroFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Original Falcon Press, The, LLCPublisher Original Falcon Press, The, LLCWeight(grams) 196g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955912184Author Isaac CordallFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams) 690gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781302915278Author Eleni RoussosFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Marvel ComicsPublisher Marvel Comics

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is the most expansive and widely viewed fictional narrative in the history of cinema. In 2009, Disney purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, including its subsidiary film production company, Marvel Studios...

- Explores architecture's entanglement with contemporary image culture - Focuses on the relationship between representational conventions and technologies of mediation with both historical and contemporary examples - Discusses both historical and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692242346Author Diogo LandoFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Samson Publishing Company LLCPublisher Samson Publishing Company LLCWeight(grams)...

Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a member of SAMO, a...

Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapore's fragmented cinema history, namely the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwards.Book InformationISBN...

One Sunday afternoon in a tiny postage-stamp garden, James Mullinger made the life-altering decision to give it all up: the London pubs, bustling city streets, and a flourishing comedy career. But where in the world would he and his partner raise a...

'Hard to imagine anyone not loving this... go Simon Amstell!' - Stephen Fry'A beautiful and clever book about being human. All the warmth of this comedy without the inconvenience of his face' - Russell BrandCOMEDY, TRAGEDY, THERAPY Simon Amstell did his...

Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734473018Author John LemayFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 22mm

First Published in 1982, Japanese Ikat Weaving offers a professional approach to the subject, presented with great clarity and precision. Japanese Ikat weaving, also known as Kasuri, is the technique by which lengths of yarn are tied and dyed before...

Paint sweet watercolor fantasy characters and scenes, including all skin tones and hair types. Journey to a magical fantasy land! Learn to paint fairies, mermaids, creatures, and their realms with step-by-step watercolor demonstrations. The book includes...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648026907Author Selina FenechFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Fairies and Fantasy Pty LtdPublisher Fairies and Fantasy Pty LtdSeries Grayscale Coloring...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310000Author Mike HunchbackFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 892g

Film history identifies Italian neorealism as the exemplar of national cinema, a specifically domestic response to wartime atrocities. Brutal Vision challenges this orthodoxy by arguing that neorealist films-including such classics as Rome, Open City;...

Graffiti Planet is a collection of work from various artists that celebrates the endless creativity of the medium, and of the artists themselves.Graffiti or 'street art' has become a significant art form in the last twenty years and, ever controversial,...

Timing for Animation has been one of the pillars of animation since it was first published in 1981. Now this 40th anniversary edition captures the focus of the original and enhances this new edition with fresh images, techniques, and advice from...

Fans and critics alike perceive Wong Kar-wai (b. 1958) as an enigma. His dark glasses, his nonlinear narrations, and his high expectations for actors all contribute to an assumption that he only makes art for a few highbrow critics. However, Wong's...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197761Author Elizabeth McGrathFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 1324g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739777661Author David Lee StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Kingsbrook PublishingPublisher Kingsbrook Publishing

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450546829Author Paul L FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Global fashion markets, particularly those aimed at prosperous millennial consumers in China, are in thrall to Burberry, and connect the company's output in the 21st century to a quintessential notion of British tradition. The Changing Face of Burberry...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624650376Author Scott RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

The magic of dragons-soaring above castle spires, setting the world aflame-bursts into glowing life in breathtaking images by a major artist. An unforgettably original volume, The Book of the Dragon offers a glimpse of a culture we can only imagine. ...

Tweety Bird was colored yellow because censors felt the original pink made the bird look nude. Betty Boop's dress was lengthened so that her garter didn't show. And in recent years, a segment of Mighty Mouse was dropped after protest groups claimed the...

Earth Sound Earth Signal is a study of energies in aesthetics and the arts, from the birth of modern communications in the nineteenth century to the global transmissions of the present day. Douglas Kahn begins by evoking the Aeolian sphere music that...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250115645Author Kathy GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm * 20mm

Vintage Games explores the most influential videogames of all time, including Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto III, Doom, The Sims and many more. Drawing on interviews as well as the authors' own lifelong experience with videogames, the book discusses...

Establishes the cultural and historical contexts for representations of female ageing in British film since the 1930s Examines issues around ageing femininities using a range of case studies of films and actresses, both known and forgotten ...

This retrospective on the career of Academy Award-winning production designer Richard Sylbert takes readers behind the scenes of some of the most influential films of the past fifty years. The Manchurian Candidate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The...

Just a game? This intriguing visual title looks deep into the underbelly of football (soccer) fandom, featuring a vast photographic archive of fans' graffiti and street art captured by a pioneering 'graffitologist'. At the intersection of the street and...