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British War Films, 1939-1945: The Cinema and the Services Prof Paul Mackenzie 9781852855864
RRP: $82.66SciFier: $67.80The cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the Second World War, when film became a critically important medium for influencing mass opinion. Feature films about the forces, such as... -
A Firing Offense: A Novel David Ignatius 9780393346282
RRP: $59.36SciFier: $51.71When rising-star reporter Eric Truell accepts information from a maverick CIA agent, he becomes enmeshed in an international trade war in which even his own newspaper may be an unsuspecting... -
The Art of Color Categorization by Kyoko Hidaka
SciFier: $197.14From Newton's prism spectroscopy to modern color science, the study of color has been rooted in the categorization of colors. Building upon this foundation, this book aims to explore the rich and... -
Gender, Science Fiction Television, and the American Security State: 1958-Present M. Wildermuth 9781137408884
SciFier: $99.62As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The... -
Giles The Collection 2018 Bill Turnbull 9780600629566 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.06SciFier: $4.52A perfect gift guaranteed to make dads and granddads chuckle on Christmas morning, this official Giles book, with a foreword by Bill Turnbull, is a great addition to the classic Giles collection... -
History Goes to the Movies: Studying History on Film Marnie Hughes-Warrington (Monash University, Australia) 9780415328289
SciFier: $83.51Can films be used as historical evidence? Do historical films make good or bad history? Are documentaries more useful to historians than historical drama?Written from an international perspective,... -
African American Women and Sexuality in the Cinema Norma Manatu 9780786414314
SciFier: $64.00The representation of African American women is an important issue in the overall study of how women are portrayed in film, and has received serious attention in recent years. Traditionally, "women... -
The Wallet and Other Thefts: Stories Kristen Gleason 9781964499673
RRP: $29.66SciFier: $26.39Closely observed and slyly destabilizing, The Wallet and Other Thefts is a book of short fiction shimmering with mystery and menace. This surreal, precise collection unfolds in a world beyond... -
Lore Olympus Volume Two: UK Edition: The multi-award winning Sunday Times bestselling Webtoon series Rachel Smythe 9781529150469
RRP: $42.40SciFier: $38.14Witness what the gods do after dark in the second volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology from creator Rachel Smythe.'It's easy to see why... -
The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy by Michael F Patton
SciFier: $27.88Philosophy like you've never seen it before. The latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental... -
Lore Olympus Volume Two: UK Edition: The multi-award winning Sunday Times bestselling Webtoon series Rachel Smythe 9781529150476
SciFier: $34.05Witness what the gods do after dark in the second volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology from creator Rachel Smythe.'It's easy to see why... -
Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties Steve Cohan 9780253211279
RRP: $42.38SciFier: $36.15The fifties marks the moment when a heterosexual/homosexual dualism came to dominate U.S. culture's thinking about masculinity. The films of this era record how gender and sexuality did not easily... -
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin A. Abbott 9780199537501
RRP: $16.94SciFier: $13.23'Upward, yet not Northward.' How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful 'romance of many dimensions'... -
The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Representation and Identity Richard Tapper 9781860648045
SciFier: $59.34Iranian cinema is today widely recognized not merely as a distinctive national cinema, but as one of the most innovative in the world. Established masters like Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf... -
Going Zero: An Addictive, Ingenious Conspiracy Thriller from the No. 1 Bestselling Author of The Darkest Hour Anthony McCarten 9781529090239
RRP: $21.18SciFier: $15.29A New York Times Best Thriller Pick for 2023'Provocative, perceptive and ingenious' - A J Finn, author of The Woman in the Window Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Book Prize, Going Zero is... -
A Grammar of the Film: An Analysis of Film Technique Raymond Spottiswoode 9780520306929
RRP: $89.04SciFier: $82.66Originally published in England in 1935, this book is an attempt to isolate the fundamental principles of film art and to teach in concrete detail how these principles are well or badly applied in... -
A Grammar of the Film: An Analysis of Film Technique Raymond Spottiswoode 9780520358270
RRP: $169.60SciFier: $138.61Originally published in England in 1935, this book is an attempt to isolate the fundamental principles of film art and to teach in concrete detail how these principles are well or badly applied in... -
Aesthetic Practices and Politics in Media, Music, and Art: Performing Migration Rocio G. Davis 9780415835916
SciFier: $81.68This volume analyzes innovative forms of media and music (art installations, television commercials, photography, films, songs, telenovelas) to examine the performance of migration in contemporary... -
Seeing Comics through Art History: Alternative Approaches to the Form Maggie Gray 9783030935092
RRP: $233.18SciFier: $108.10This book explores what the methodologies of Art History might offer Comics Studies, in terms of addressing overlooked aspects of aesthetics, form, materiality, perception and visual style. As well... -
Wild Science: Reading Feminism, Medicine and the Media Janine Marchessault 9780415204316
SciFier: $51.81Wild Science investigates the world-wide boom in 'health culture'. While self-help health books and medical dramas are popular around the globe, we are bombarded with daily media images of DNA... -
Philosophy and Film: Bridging Divides Christina Rawls 9781032092959
SciFier: $94.19This volume collects twenty original essays on the philosophy of film. It uniquely brings together scholars working across a range of philosophical traditions and academic disciplines to broaden and... -
Plant Horror by Dawn Keetley
RRP: $254.38SciFier: $241.66This collection explores artistic representations of vegetal life that imperil human life, voicing anxieties about our relationship to other life forms with which we share the earth. From medieval... -
Placing Movies by Jonathan Rosenbaum
RRP: $61.48SciFier: $60.40Jonathan Rosenbaum, longtime contributor to such publications as Film Quarterly, Sight and Sound, and The Village Voice, is arguably the most eloquent, insightful film critic writing in America today... -
The Human Shutter by Robert L. Bowen
RRP: $63.49SciFier: $60.40This book provides four key insights, beginning with how photographic stillness, depth, and motion emerged en masse, departing from the gradualist narratives familiar in histories of photography and... -
Snow Dog Malorie Blackman 9780552547031 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.82SciFier: $3.94"IT'S GOING TO BE WOOF-ONDERFUL!"There is nothing Nicky wants more in the world than a dog to play with. But Mum and Dad don't want a dog. Then Grandad has an idea - he and Nicky can make a dog: a... -
Absolute Martian Manhunter: Martian Vision Deniz Camp 9781799505211
DC ComicsRRP: $38.14SciFier: $24.66Beyond Mars, beyond physical form, beyond human understanding what s left is the absolute Martian Manhunter! Brought into the Absolute Universe by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian... -
Seeing Comics through Art History: Alternative Approaches to the Form Maggie Gray 9783030935061
RRP: $233.18SciFier: $108.10This book explores what the methodologies of Art History might offer Comics Studies, in terms of addressing overlooked aspects of aesthetics, form, materiality, perception and visual style. As well... -
Film As Film: Understanding And Judging Movies V. Perkins 9780306805417
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $27.01Here at last is an introduction to film theory and its history without the jargon. Noted film scholar V. F. Perkins presents criteria for expanding our understanding and enjoyment of movies. He... -
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys Kate Fletcher (Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UK) 9780415644563
SciFier: $103.37Praise for the previous edition:"[A] fascinating book." John Thackara, Doors of Perception"Provides the foundations for a radical new perspective." Ethical Pulse"At last a book that dispels the idea... -
Wild Science: Reading Feminism, Medicine and the Media Janine Marchessault 9780415204309
SciFier: $198.64Wild Science investigates the world-wide boom in 'health culture'. While self-help health books and medical dramas are popular around the globe, we are bombarded with daily media images of DNA... -
Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film Paula Willoquet-Maricondi 9780813930060
RRP: $57.13SciFier: $49.48The essays in this collection make a contribution to the greening of film studies and expand the scope of ecocriticism as a discipline traditionally rooted in literary studies. In addition to... -
Saviour's Gate by Tim Sebastian
RRP: $23.30SciFier: $22.24How many have to die to save one man?Each night a small jet leaves Moscow heading for a lonely outpost in the frozen Soviet North. It takes no passengers and brings none back.Intelligence shows this... -
Dobble: Double Trouble Derek Fridolfs 9781684971800
RRP: $25.42SciFier: $18.21Dobble: Double Trouble is based on the #1 bestselling, award-winning card game and includes an exclusive Dobble Flowpack and activity pages! Meet Dobbly. He lives in a world filled with wonderful... -
Coming Back to a Theater Near You: A History of Hollywood Reissues, 1914-2014 Brian Hannan 9780786498130
RRP: $76.30SciFier: $68.12In the Silent Era, film reissues were a battle between rival studios-every Mary Pickford new release in 1914 was met with a Pickford re-release. For 50 years after the Silent Era, reissues were a... -
Absolute Martian Manhunter: Martian Vision Deniz Camp 9781799505204
DC ComicsRRP: $46.64SciFier: $28.70Beyond Mars, beyond physical form, beyond human understanding what s left is the absolute Martian Manhunter! Brought into the Absolute Universe by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian... -
Body of Lies: The crime thriller of 2026 from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye Jo Callaghan 9781398535565
RRP: $40.26SciFier: $28.60The brand-new thriller featuring DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye. PRAISE FOR JO CALLAGHAN: 'Terrifyingly timely and... -
The Magic Mooncat by Lois Fenn
SciFier: $21.18It is September 1941 and nine-year-old Hannah Flynn is about to leave her native Hull and become one of that illustrious number known as 'them townies'. Standing at the station, with few possessions... -
Sylvie Sylvie Kantorovitz 9781406398618
RRP: $27.54SciFier: $22.79In a wise and witty graphic memoir, a young artist finds her path apart from the expectations of those around her. Sylvie lives in a school in France. Her father is the head teacher and her home is... -
BrainComix by Jean-Francois Marmion
RRP: $44.41SciFier: $43.16Sure, he's ugly-but such talent!The human brain is the most complex structure in the universe. It's as awe-inspiring as it is intimidating, when you're not an expert. So how can we get to know the... -
Hollywood Goes to War: Films and American Society, 1939-1952 Colin Shindler (Cambridge University, UK) 9781138971905
SciFier: $96.38A historian's view of the relationship between American history and the American film industry, this book is a witty and perceptive account of Hollywood and its films in the years from the outbreak...