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The vintage heyday of American pinups is presented here in full view, with a modern flare and that unique Alvarado touch. Military-uniform- and gear-clad models featured with classic combat aircraft-from the WWII P-51 Mustang and Spitfire to the...

Lingdao, the Chinese word for leadership, is rarely used to denote acts of social persuasion that occur outside of contexts of formal rank or status. However, the ubiquity of informal leadership in China raises a number of practical and theoretical...

Offers insight into the links between the development of print culture and the many dynamic strains of nationalism in dialogue during the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. How did inexpensive posters influence nationalism in the decades...

If the Punisher became a valuable piece of intellectual property during the closing decades of the twentieth century, he has become a global icon in the twenty-first. In this pathbreaking study, Kent Worcester explores the sometimes ridiculous and often...

Comics have been an important locus of queer female identity, community, and politics for generations. Whether taking the form of newspaper strips, comic books, or graphic novels and memoirs, the medium has a long history of featuring female same-sex...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865621930Author Ed MironiukFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint S Q Publications,USPublisher S Q Publications,USWeight(grams) 222g

Horror films strive to make audiences scream, but they also garner plenty of laughs. In fact, there is a long tradition of horror directors who are fluent in humor, from James Whale to John Landis to Jordan Peele. So how might horror and humor overlap...

Tony Sarg (1880-1942), an American artist born in Guatemala to a diplomatic family, first achieved professional success as an illustrator in London and New York. But in the 1920s, he gained even greater renown for his touring puppet shows based on...

Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. There, she ends up on an unexpected quest, and discovers a whimsical land of fantastical...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692718513Author Azzan Yadin-IsraelFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Lingua PublishingPublisher Lingua PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

is a comprehensive introduction to the British tradition of cultural studies. Turner offers an accessible overview of the central themes that have informed British cultural studies: language, semiotics, Marxism and ideology, individualism, subjectivity...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506721934Author Michael Dante DimartinoFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

The notion of identification, especially in the discourse of feminist theory, has come sharply and dramatically into focus with the recent interest in such topics as queer performativity, cross-dressing, and racial passing. Identification Papers is the...

Art Sleeves is a time capsule of visual art and music culture as shown through the most important record covers designed by visual artists and graphic designers in the past forty years. This tightly curated collection of covers chosen includes works with...

It's not always easy being a LEGO (R) minifigure. Welcome to the wacky LEGO world, where minifigures of all sorts navigate life, love, and leisure in miniature. Whether they are out at poker night, a first date, or group therapy, you'll find that the...

A pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Selcuk Demirel. "Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked." This charming illustrated work reflects on the...

Bright sun, blue sea, churning waves, shifting sand: these and other elements of surf life are featured here in work by 30 contemporary surf artists from around the world. In addition to the text are interviews with the artists, which gives a deeper...

For nearly two decades, Jose "Pepe" Gonzalez was hailed as the premier Vampirella artist, drawing the fiery vixen for Warren Publishing in the Seventies and Eighties. Renowned for bringing to life the most beautiful women the art world has ever seen,...

The official art book for Amplitude Studios' ENDLESS LEGEND fantasy style, Civ-like 4X game set in the Endless Space universe on a single planet, Auriga. From the team who brought you Endless Space and Dungeon of The Endless, ENDLESS LEGEND is a...

Part human, part animal -- all fantastic!Veteran illustrator Ryo Sumiyoshi stretches the boundaries of fantasy human-animal hybrids in his new book--presenting not just the usual jungle beasties but a fascinating array of strange and unusual creatures...

The Eighties were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical...

At first glance, The Puppet Show seems a flip title. Organized by Philadelphia ICA Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni, this exhibition catalogue focuses--with both humor and gravity--on the surprisingly prodigious amount of puppet imagery in...

OFFICIAL STAR WARS IN-UNIVERSE BOOK FEATURING NOTES ON TACTICS, ARMOR, AND VALOR FROM GALACTIC CONFLICTS IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE From the Clone Wars and the Rebellion to the clashes with the First Order, the galaxy is defined by war. Star Wars: On the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515448181Author Al DiazFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Irie BooksPublisher Irie BooksWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840686678Author Pep PentangeliFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Creation BooksPublisher Creation BooksWeight(grams) 1008g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925422047Author Nikk Nakk DesignsFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Westminster DesignsPublisher Westminster DesignsWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Learn the skills to set any scene or capture any mood. With this book, your manga drawings will spring to life and leap off the page!Drawing Action Scenes and Characters is most suited to digital artists, but the tips and techniques in this book are...

Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, mathematical...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143135241Author Mari AndrewFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 655gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 171mm * 24mm

Geek art is the new pop art Characters from comics, movies, TV shows, and video games are a part of the collective imagination forever, so it's only natural that artists would begin integrating them into their work, giving birth to a new artistic...

The essential guide to fashion's favourite print. Since Christian Dior first brought leopard print to the catwalk in 1947, it has earned a cult following. Popularised by everyone from 1940s screen sirens to pop...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368062473Author Daniel HandkeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917285193Author G H JanusFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Bonefyre BooksPublisher Bonefyre BooksSeries Voluptuous TerrorsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211316Author Marc LevertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams) 108gDimensions(mm)...

Gathering key writings from leading thinkers in cultural studies, cultural history, and museum studies, Representing the Nation: A reader explores the role cultural institutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.With an...

AN OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES! Thirty trine before the Age of Resistance, the Arathim Wars are in full swing. To save her village, the Stonewood Maudra sends her greatest warrior, Ordon, to the Tomb of Relics to retrieve a mythical weapon...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608873227Author Christie GoldenFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789077207185Author Luc TuymansFormat PaperbackImprint StockmansPublisher Stockmans

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506719597Author Camilla d'ErricoFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Follow a party of adventurers and color in their journey as they visit taverns, fight off monsters, and save the day in this coloring book-meets-RPG adventure made just for tabletop RPG players.Dungeonmeister: The Goblin Quest Coloring Book is filled...