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The Films of Douglas Sirk: Exquisite Ironies and Magnificent Obsessions Tom Ryan 9781496822376
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £22.56Best known for powerful 1950s melodramas like All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, The Tarnished Angels, and Imitation of Life, Douglas Sirk (1897-1987) brought to all his work a distinctive... -
The Modern Fairies Clare Pollard 9780241672464
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.58'A novel with oodles of charm' The Times'Elegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark' Sarah Perry, author of EnlightenmentVersailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis... -
Inventing Iron Man by E. Paul Zehr (University of Victoria)
RRP: £24.00SciFier: £17.44Tony Stark has been battling bad guys and protecting innocent civilians since he first donned his mechanized armor in the 1963 debut of Iron Man in Marvel Comics. Over the years, Stark's suit has... -
The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne by John Hanhardt
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £64.29The provocative pop artist's on-screen experiments, newly brought to light in this essential reference work In the 1960s, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) produced hundreds of film and video works-short and... -
The White Ribbon by Dr. Fatima Naqvi (Customer)
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £17.87Explores Haneke's historically complex film as a reflection on purity, ideology, violence, and child-rearing. White ribbons and black pedagogy - Michael Haneke's award-winning film The White... -
The Modern Library by Carmen Callil
SciFier: £20.49For Colm Toibin and Carmen Callil there is no difference between literary and commercial writing - there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, compelling. In their selection of the best... -
Black Lenses, Black Voices by Mark A. Reid
SciFier: £39.99Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written_and sometimes produced_by African Americans, as well as black-oriented films whose directors or screenwriters are not... -
Weird to Exist: Simple Comics about Complex Emotions Alison Zai 9781529148381
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.74A vibrantly coloured yet darkly humorous comic collection about the absurdity and beauty of being alive.We've all felt the pain that comes from realising a beautiful moment will soon become a distant... -
The Fatal Tree by Stephen R Lawhead
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Kit stared at this fellow questors. "Is this it : the End of Everything?" Set in 17th century and 21st century London, the Enlightenment-era court of the Hapsburgs, China during the Qing Dynasty and... -
Dao De Jing by Laozi
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.60From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightfully illustrated version of the classic work of Daoist philosophyC. C. Tsai is one of Asia's most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the... -
Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design Geraint D'Arcy 9781138636507
SciFier: £38.53The analysis of scenic design in film and television is often neglected, with visual design elements relegated to part of the mise-en-scene in cinema or simply as "wallpaper" in television. Critical... -
The Science of Harry Potter by Roger Highfield
RRP: £27.00SciFier: £20.39Behind the magic of Harry Potter-a witty and illuminating look at the scientific principles, theories, and assumptions of the boy wizard's world, newly come to life again in Harry Potter and the... -
Hollywood Stars Who Died Too Young Katherine Bebo 9781399004022
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £18.00Katharine Hepburn... Sean Connery... James Earl Jones... These Hollywood stars died in their 90s, having enjoyed long, abundant lives. Others weren't so lucky, and made their departure from the red... -
Blob Anne Appert 9780063036123
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.32A humorous picture book featuring a blob (n. a creature that can be anything they want) about embracing who we are and the many things we can be. Blob is a creature of indeterminate kind. Blob can... -
The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmakers Sloan De Forest 9780762498932
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £15.75For well over a century, those who create motion pictures have touched our hearts and souls; they have transported and transformed our minds, intoxicated and entranced our senses. One artist's vision... -
Halo and Philosophy by Luke Cuddy
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £14.49Since the Doom series, First Person Shooter (FPS) videogames have ricocheted through the gaming community, often reaching outside that community to the wider public. While critics primarily lampoon... -
Storyteller Skye: Teachings from My Ojibway Grandfather Lindsay Christina King 9781778540073
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Have you ever wondered why Rabbit has such long ears? Or why Raccoon is wearing a mask? In this collection of funny and unique short stories, young Skye enlightens us in a number of Indigenous... -
Jetavana (Buddha, Book 8) Osamu Tezuka 9780007224586
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.74The eighth book in the classic eight volume graphic novel series retelling the story of Buddha, from the godfather of the genre. In book eight, Buddha finally travels home to Kapiluvastu... -
Folktales from Northern India by Sadhana Naithani
SciFier: £44.99The first single volume collection of classic Hindi folktales by translators William Crooke and Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.In 1891, at a time when the study of India was primarily based on ancient... -
American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961-1973 Christopher P. Lehman 9780786428182
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21In the first four years of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War (1961-64), Hollywood did not dramatize the current military conflict but rather romanticized earlier ones. Cartoons reflected only... -
Tapestries from the Burrell Collection by Elizabeth Cleland (MET Museum)
RRP: £125.00SciFier: £108.46Lavishly illustrated, this book presents comprehensive entries for each of the tapestries in the Burrell Collection New research by an international team of experts details how, where, when and... -
The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide: The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema Jake Cunningham 9781802792881
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82Explore the magical world of anime through 30 classic films in this new book from the authors of Ghibliotheque.From box office hits such as Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Your Name to a host of deeper... -
The Right to Play Oneself by Thomas Waugh
SciFier: £31.08The Right to Play Oneself collects for the first time Thomas Waugh's essays on the politics, history, and aesthetics of documentary film, written between 1974 and 2008. The title, inspired by Walter... -
Celestial: An alternative history set at the height of the space race M.D. Lachlan 9780575115262
GollanczRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.341977. THE SPACE RACE IS FAR FROM OVER.Ziggy Da Luca is a linguist recruited by NASA for reasons she can't quite fathom. After seeing the video they've intercepted, it becomes clear her work is far... -
Consuming Gothic: Food and Horror in Film Lorna Piatti-Farnell 9781137450500
SciFier: £103.49This book offers a critical analysis of the relationship between food and horror in post-1980 cinema. Evaluating the place of consumption within cinematic structures, Piatti-Farnell analyses how... -
Odd Bodies and Visible Ends in Medieval Literature by S. Shimomura
SciFier: £46.99This study traces how medieval audiences judge bodies from Doomsday visions to beauty contests. Employing cultural and formalist approaches, this study breaks new ground on the historical obsession... -
Lunar Gothic: The Influence of the Moon on the Gothic Imagination Elana Gomel 9783031926204
SciFier: £112.99This book explores the captivating intersection of lunar influence and the Gothic imagination, revealing how the moon has shaped narratives of horror, mystery, and transformation across cultures and... -
Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices Catherine Russell 9780822370574
SciFier: £22.56In Archiveology Catherine Russell uses the work of Walter Benjamin to explore how the practice of archiveology-the reuse, recycling, appropriation, and borrowing of archival sounds and images by... -
Amy Schumer and Philosophy by Charlene Elsby
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74Why read a book about Amy Schumer and philosophy? After all, Amy Schumer is primarily known as a comedian, though she is also an actor, writer, and producer. One reason is that it will be... -
Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance by Lea Gerhards (Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Germany)
SciFier: £31.99In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring... -
The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks 9781804942833
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.76'Genuinely thought-provoking' THE TIMES'Extraordinary' WILLIAM BOYD'Faulks is an enviably graceful and economical writer' GUARDIANA CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHINGTech billionaire Lukas... -
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds Jess Zafarris 9781399809184
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.94Did you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasure trove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left-handed"? Have you... -
The Twelve Tribes by John Morris
SciFier: £11.89The Twelve Tribes, continues the compelling story of Jack's life. The beginning introduces several new characters, most notably Kay, The Dark Elf. She and Jack discover much about the Ancestors,... -
The Poetics of Radical Hope in Abderrahmane Sissako's Film Experience by Olivier-Jean Tchouaffe
SciFier: £92.99The Poetics of Radical Hope: The Abderrhamane Sissako Experience communicates pieces of evidence that Sissako is the most talented and the most sophisticated filmmaker of his generation. This... -
The Lives of Others by Annie Ring (University of Cambridge, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71This study offers a fresh approach to the remarkable German film The Lives of Others (2006), known for its compelling representation of a Stasi surveillance officer and the moral and ethical turmoil... -
Mountain of Full Moons by Irene Kessler
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.74Thirteen-year-old Elisha lives in a village near Shechem in the Land of Canaan in ancient Palestine. She wants to be like other girls but is unmarried, speaks to an angel, and composes and sings... -
Sargassa Sophie Burnham 9780756420246
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £12.86In an alternate present where the Roman Empire never fell, Roma Sargassa-or North America-is under Roman rule, and always has been. And the Imperial Historian has just been murdered. His low-caste... -
Harry Potter and Beyond by Tison Pugh
RRP: £16.95SciFier: £14.78Harry Potter and Beyond explores J. K. Rowling's beloved best-selling series and its virtuoso reimagining of British literary traditions. Weaving together elements of fantasy, the school-story novel,... -
Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance by Lea Gerhards
SciFier: £110.98In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring... -
Feeling Cinema: Emotional Dynamics in Film Studies Tarja Laine 9781623561505
SciFier: £31.99There is an upsurge of interest in contemporary film theory towards cinematic emotions. Tarja Laine's innovative study proposes a methodology for interpreting affective encounters with films, not as...