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Maureen O'Sullivan by Connie J. Billips
SciFier: £56.99Since her film debut in 1930, Maureen O'Sullivan has consistently proven herself to be one of the most talented and versatile performers in the entertainment media. Her career has spanned 60 years,... -
The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side of Comics and Hollywood Gina Misiroglu 9781578591787
RRP: £38.99SciFier: £32.49Everything you ever wanted to know about the bad guys in comics, film, and television! A must-read for anyone who was ever enthralled with mythic wickedness, The Supervillain Book: The Evil Side... -
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties by Daniel Finn
SciFier: £68.99Recent crime films such as Scarface, the Dirty Harry series, and The Godfather have captured the American imagination, but they owe a large debt to the early crime talkies such as The Public Enemy,... -
Film and Video Intermediality: The Question of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Moving Images Dr. Janna Houwen (Leiden University, The Netherlands) 9781501349003
SciFier: £39.99In Film and Video Intermediality, Janna Houwen innovatively rewrites the concept of medium specificity in order to answer the questions "what is meant by video?" and "what is meant by film?" How are... -
Game Programming Gems 6 Mike Dickheiser 9781584504504
RRP: £91.99SciFier: £75.60Welcome to the sixth volume of the Game Programming Gems series. With team sizes constantly expanding, developers are finding themselves pushed to become increasingly specialized. This makes it... -
A Guide to American Silent Crime Films Daniel Finn 9780313288586
SciFier: £68.49The immense popularity of movies has its roots in the silent films of the early 1900s, this being especially true of the crime genre. The authors of this Guide have compiled for the first time in one... -
Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema Richard Maltby (Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Screen Studies, Flinders University, South Australia) 9780859898126
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £23.99This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. It looks at cinema audiences ranging from Manhattan nickelodeons to the modern... -
The Practical Critic: Andre Bazin on Film, 1945-1958 James R. Russo 9781680534627
RRP: £107.00SciFier: £92.99Andre Bazin (1918-58) was renowned for almost single-handedly establishing the study of film as an accepted intellectual pursuit, as well as for being the spiritual father of the French New Wave. In... -
Dictionary of African Filmmakers by Roy Armes
RRP: £54.00SciFier: £44.53Compiled by eminent Africanist film scholar Roy Armes, Dictionary of African Filmmakers is an inclusive, comprehensive treatment of films and filmmaking on the African continent. The dictionary... -
Whatu Kakahu by Awhina Tamarapa
RRP: £57.99SciFier: £39.74A CELEBRATION OF THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MAORI WEAVING, FOCUSED ON THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MAORI CLOAKS IN THE WORLD Weaving is more than just a product of manual skills. From the simple rourou... -
A Guide to Charlie Chan Films by Charles P. Mitchell
SciFier: £68.99There are over fifty Chan films and an additional three Spanish language Chan films. This guide reviews the forty-four extant Chan films. Entries, alphabetically arranged, include a unique annotated... -
Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema Richard Maltby (Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Screen Studies, Flinders University, South Australia) 9780859898119
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £68.99This book analyses the diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. It looks at cinema audiences ranging from Manhattan nickelodeons to the modern... -
Givenchy Catwalk by Alexandre Samson
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £46.26The first and only comprehensive overview of Givenchy's collections, presented through catwalk photography and published in collaboration with the celebrated fashion house. Founded by the dashing... -
A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations by Fred Guida
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Over 150 years after its original composition, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol continues to delight readers. The figure of Ebenezer Scrooge has become a cultural icon, and Tiny Tim's "God Bless... -
How the War Was Remembered: Hollywood and Vietnam Albert Auster 9780275924799
SciFier: £28.99One way to analyze the intensely conflicting feelings Americans hold toward the Vietnam War is to see how the war has been portrayed through film. How the War Was Remembered is the first book to... -
The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 9780261103252
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £16.87Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, all three parts of the epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, in one paperback. Features the definitive edition of the text, fold-out flaps with the... -
Jean Paul Gaultier Catwalk: The Complete Collections Laird Borrelli-Persson 9780500025765
RRP: £65.00SciFier: £46.26The tenth volume in the bestselling Catwalk series offers the first ever comprehensive overview of Jean Paul Gaultier's womenswear collections, from his debut in the late 1970s to his farewell show... -
The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook by Caroline Picart
SciFier: £68.99The endurance of the Frankenstein narrative as a modern cinematic myth is undeniable. Its flexibility has produced classic and contemporary horror film-most notably the Universal films of the... -
How the War Was Remembered: Hollywood & Vietnam Albert Auster 9780275923839
SciFier: £51.99One way to analyze the intensely conflicting feelings Americans hold toward the Vietnam War is to see how the war has been portrayed through film. How the War Was Remembered is the first book to... -
Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition Peter Hames 9780748620814
SciFier: £97.54This book is the first study in English to examine some of the key themes and traditions of Czech and Slovak cinema, linking inter-war and post-war cinemas together with developments in the... -
The Encyclopedia of Film Composers by Thomas S. Hischak
SciFier: £116.99For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full... -
Grave of the Fireflies Alex Dudok de Wit (freelance critic specialising in animation) 9781838719241
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka,... -
Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic Julian Havil 9780691206134
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.89Ten 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... -
That's Enough Folks by Henry T. Sampson
SciFier: £114.49An authoritative and valuable resource for students and scholars of film animation and African-American history, film buffs, and casual readers. It is the first and only book to detail the history of... -
Munich: From the Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Harris 9781784751852
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.76PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024Now a major Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons_________________________MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 1938Hitler is... -
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RRP: £9.99SciFier: £1.32PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024Now a major Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons_________________________MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 1938Hitler is... -
The Simpsons Secret by Lydia Poulteney
SciFier: £13.85Have You Ever Wondered How "The Simpsons" Predict the Future?"Did The Simpsons really, truly predict anything? I predict you'll have to purchase this book to get the true story." Bill Oakley,... -
My Favorite Things by Maira Kalman
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.58From Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, comes this beautiful pictorial and narrative exploration of the significance of objects in... -
Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen Samantha N. Sheppard 9780520307797
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.09Sporting Blackness examines issues of race and representation in sports films, exploring what it means to embody, perform, play out, and contest blackness by representations of Black athletes on... -
The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.00As Peanuts concludes its first decade, a new character makes her appearance: Charlie Brown's little sister Sally. This volume covers her earliest days, from her proud brother's announcement of her... -
Bigger Than Blockbusters by James Roman
SciFier: £63.99Whether it's the hum drum existence of Marion Crane and her illicit love affair, the psychotic antics of Norman Bates, the sudden irrational migration of birds, a crop duster swooping down on Roger... -
The Sound of Gematria by Judith Field
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £9.99It's the last months of the nineteenth century and twenty-two year old Euphemia Thorniwork, is out of step with the men's world she lives in. A mathematical research student at Oxford, looked on with... -
Elena: A Hand Made Life by Miriam Gold
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.94A heartfelt graphic memoir of love, family and fearless womenLives were bent in the furnaces of the twentieth century, but Granny was unbroken. With a stethoscope, a jar of herring and a hearing aid... -
Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic Julian Havil 9780691180052
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.24Ten 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... -
Precipice Robert Harris 9781529152838
SciFier: £15.99A WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. AN AFFAIR ON THE EDGE OF SCANDAL.FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR'A riveting tale of politics, war and erotic obsession' Sunday Times'His most... -
The Water Knife Paolo Bacigalupi 9780356500546
OrbitRRP: £9.99SciFier: £6.72From the international bestselling author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning The Windup Girl, comes an electrifying thriller set in a world on the edge of collapse.WATER IS POWERThe American... -
British Cinema and the Cold War by PhD Tony Shaw
SciFier: £30.29Cinema was one of the Cold War's most powerful instruments of propaganda. Movies blended with literary, theatrical, musical and broadcast representations of the conflict to produce a richly textured... -
The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes - Second Edition Gina Misiroglu 9781578593750
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £16.07Unique in bringing together characters from Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, as well as smaller independent houses, The Superhero Book covers the best-loved and historically significant superheroes across... -
The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry Anthony Slide 9781578860159
SciFier: £52.99Now in Paperback! The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry is a unique reference work, a 'what's what' of the history of filmmaking not only in Hollywood but throughout the United... -
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 2: Mythical Thinking Ernst Cassirer 9781032474304
SciFier: £33.33"The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is one of the landmarks of twentieth century philosophy. Drawing from the influential work of Wilhelm Dilthey, it transformed neo-Kantianism into a new robust...