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Ten Poets Do Their Bit for the Secret Service Jon Stone (Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Anglia Ruskin University (United Kingdom)) 9781909560420
RRP: £8.00SciFier: £6.55Poets are, as a matter of fact, natural spies. Nondescript in appearance, they're quick, ever-watchful, and shifty in their skins. Practised at fleeing, and at giving pursuit. Likely to reach for a... -
Joss Whedon FAQ by John Kenneth Muir
SciFier: £20.99Providing a career-spanning view of everyone s favourite geek writer and director, Joss Whedon FAQ offers answers to fans questions about one of the most significant pop culture auteurs of the past... -
The New American Crime Film by Matthew Sorrento
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81The American crime film has recently enjoyed a surge in popularity and proliferation, making it the most pervasive genre in contemporary cinema. Though it now tackles current issues, it continues... -
Shakespeare and Comics by Dr Jim Casey (Independent scholar, USA)
SciFier: £87.99From their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare. This is the first book-length collection dedicated entirely to the exploration of this collision. ... -
Everything We Do is Music: How 20th-Century Classical Music Shaped Pop Elizabeth Alker 9780571370177
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.25The worlds of pop and rock owe a much greater debt to the classical canon than we realise. A direct and fascinating lineage draws from the experimentalism of Pierre Henry to The Beatles' 'Tomorrow... -
Jean-Luc Godard: Philosopher/Insurgent Jonathan Scott Lee 9781666936711
SciFier: £82.99In this book, Jonathan Scott Lee argues that Jean-Luc Godard is best seen as a philosopher who uses cinema and video as his media to develop provocative interventions into contemporary political... -
Vagabond (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 11 Takehiko Inoue 9781421549293
Viz MediaRRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.79Real-life figure Miyamoto Musashi was the most celebrated samurai of all time. The quintessential warrior-philosopher, Musashi authored A Book of Five Rings, a classic treatise in the canon of world... -
Wolf by Rachael Ball
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £12.91It is the long, hot summer of 1976. Hugo, the youngest child of three, is walking with his father in the woods. There, he comes face-to-face with a wolf-and from that moment on, his life will never... -
The Haunted Smile by Lawrence Epstein
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.74Lawrence Epstein's The Haunted Smile tackles a subject both poignant and delightful: the story of Jewish comedians in America. For the past century and more, American comedy has drawn its strength... -
Refocus: the Films of Roberta Findlay by Peter Alilunas
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £79.99The first book on the renowned and notorious cult filmmaker Roberta Findlay Argues Findlay's centrality to modern exploitation, hardcore pornography, and horror cinemas Offers careful attention... -
Alternative Empires by Martin Stollery
SciFier: £108.94The book integrates theoretical discussion and textual analysis with primary source historical research, particularly into film reception. The case studies question received understandings of... -
Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States Michelle Ann Abate 9781978840683
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £21.01What do The Family Circus, Ziggy, and The Far Side have in common? They are all single-panel comics, a seemingly simple form that cartoonists have used in vastly different ways. Singular Sensations... -
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Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy From A To Z Egmont Publishing UK 9781405284790 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £3.02From Alderaan to Zuckuss, the Geektionary is the definitive guide to Star Wars. A must-have gift for any fan. Satisfy your inner geek with this Star Wars A-Z. Explore the rich history of the Star... -
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths Joshuna Williamson 9781779518538
DC ComicsRRP: £36.00SciFier: £23.75The Justice League are dead. Can a new generation of heroes save the Multiverse? DC s latest Crisis saga is the epic event years in the making! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the... -
Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Tatiana Signorelli Heise 9780708325087
RRP: £15.00SciFier: £14.49This volume examines Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, with special attention to issues of race, ethnicity and national identity.About the AuthorDr Tatiana Signorelli Heise is a... -
Composing for Silent Film Jack Curtis Dubowsky 9781032184210
SciFier: £61.06Composing for Silent Film offers insight, information, and techniques for contemporary composition, arrangement, and live score performance for period silent film. A specialized music composition... -
Who Is Sherlock? by Lynnette Porter
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Nearly 130 years after the introduction of Sherlock Holmes to readers, the Great Detective's identity is being questioned, deconstructed, and reconstructed more than ever. Readers and audiences, not... -
Trigger Mortis: With Original Material by Ian Fleming Anthony Horowitz 9780062416902
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £21.19Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062416902Author Anthony HorowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Balkan Glory: Thomas Kydd 23 Julian Stockwin 9781473698765
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82'Balkan Glory is an epic chapter in the splendid Kydd canon, weaving knotty political gambits with stirring naval actions, expressively re-creating the often harsh reality Jack Tars witnessed within... -
Star Wars Multiverse Carmelo Esterrich 9781978815261
RRP: £56.00SciFier: £45.60Star Wars may have started out as a film about a Manichean battle between good and evil, but as countless filmmakers, novelists, animators, fan artists and even cosplayers have taken the opportunity... -
The Memory Thief Lauren Mansy 9780310769798
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.49In the realms of The Memory Thief, memories are currency that can be traded for goods, services, skills, and experiences. A group of people-the Gifted-can steal and redistribute memories. Etta is... -
On Women's Films: Across Worlds and Generations Ivone Margulies (Hunter College, CUNY, USA) 9781501332456
SciFier: £32.99On Women's Films looks at contemporary and classic films from emerging and established makers such as Maria Augusta Ramos, Xiaolu Guo, Valerie Massadian, Lynne Ramsay, Lucrecia Martel, Rakhshan... -
Vagabond (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 12 by Takehiko Inoue
Viz MediaRRP: £19.99SciFier: £15.42Real-life figure Miyamoto Musashi was the most celebrated samurai of all time. The quintessential warrior-philosopher, Musashi authored A Book of Five Rings, a classic treatise in the canon of world... -
Geographies, Genders and Geopolitics of James Bond by Lisa Funnell
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £20.99This book discusses the representational geographies of the Bond film franchise and how they inform our reading of 007 as a hero. Offering a new and interdisciplinary lens through which the franchise... -
Pop Art and Beyond by Mona Hadler (Brooklyn College and City University of New York, USA)
SciFier: £30.99Highlighting intersections of gender, race, and class and their explosive encounters with Pop Art during the Long Sixties, this book offers a new critical reading of Pop for the 21st century. 'a... -
Romantic Comedy Claire Mortimer 9780415548632
SciFier: £25.45Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance. Romantic Comedy examines the... -
Facing Blackness by Ashley Clark
RRP: £12.00SciFier: £9.97"In Facing Blackness, Ashley Clark traces the contours of Bamboozled, guiding readers through Lee's intricate representation of race, politics, and popular culture. Clark moves beyond straightforward... -
The Horror Spoofs of Abbott and Costello: A Critical Assessment of the Comedy Team's Monster Films Jeffrey S. Miller 9780786419227
SciFier: £18.82While Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are more famously known for their straight comedy routines, they did make a number of films in which horror played a crucial role. The first part of this critical... -
Romantic Comedy Claire Mortimer 9780415548625
SciFier: £112.44Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance. Romantic Comedy examines the... -
The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film by Pansy Duncan
SciFier: £44.60Emotion and Postmodernism: is it possible to imagine an odder couple, stranger bedfellows, less bad company? The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film brings this unlikely pair into sustained dialogue,... -
Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist: Reading the Hollywood Reds Jeff Smith 9780520280670
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £73.49Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist examines the long-term reception of several key American films released during the postwar period, focusing on the two main critical lenses used in the... -
Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist: Reading the Hollywood Reds Jeff Smith 9780520280687
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.49Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist examines the long-term reception of several key American films released during the postwar period, focusing on the two main critical lenses used in the... -
Italian Film in the Shadow of Auschwitz Millicent Marcus 9780802091895
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £24.30The last decade has witnessed an outpouring of Italian films that deal with Fascism, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. This would appear to mark a distinct change from the postwar reluctance to... -
Hollywood Blackout: The battle for recognition in a white Hollywood Ben Arogundade 9781788405676
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £16.07Are the Oscars (still) so white? Is it even possible to decolonise the film industry? Why is Hollywood's race problem everyone's problem?Ignoring the systemic racial inequalities in film is losing... -
South African Horror Cinema: From Apartheid to District 9 and Beyond Calum Waddell (University of Lincoln, UK) 9781501385063
SciFier: £92.99This is the first study to explore South Africa both in horror cinema and as a formidable producer of celluloid scares. From framing the notorious apartheid system as a mental asylum in the... -
Before We Wake (A Graphic Novel) Sophia Glock 9780316459037
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.16With the dreaminess of Lore Olympus and the magic of The Girl from the Sea, here is an ethereal, paranormal romance that plays out between a waking life that feels muted and a world of lucid dreams... -
Breaking the Frames by Marc Singer
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £22.56A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019Comics studies has reached a crossroads. Graphic novels have never received more attention and legitimation from scholars, but new canons and new critical... -
The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King by Rebecca Frost
SciFier: £33.99The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King: Murder, Sickness, and Plots examines over thirty of King's works and looks at the character deaths within them, placing them first within the... -
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History Nathalia Holt 9780316439152
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £17.96Behind the beloved animated films of Walt Disney Studios, which have moved and entertained millions of viewers, was an incredibly influential group of women who have slipped under the radar for... -
British Film Noir Guide by Michael F. Keaney
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21This work presents 369 British films produced between 1937 and 1964 that embody many of the same filmic qualities as those "black films" made in the United States during the classic film noir era...