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The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak
SciFier: $225.54Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. His pioneer work in developing a truly American musical sound inspired many... -
Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain by John Sedgwick
RRP: $171.75SciFier: $146.54In the 1930s there were close to a billion annual admissions to the cinema in Britain and it was by far the most popular paid-for leisure activity. This book is an exploration of that popularity... -
The Butcher by Laura Kat Young
Titan BooksRRP: $20.59SciFier: $16.76A suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish - Shirley Jackson meets Never Let Me Go with the wild west setting of Westworld. When Lady Mae turns 18, she'll... -
Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming's World of Intelligence by Nigel West
SciFier: $261.04Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful movie series in cinematographic history, watched... -
The Visual Effects Arsenal: VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker Bill Byrne 9780240811352
SciFier: $74.77Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access, step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies... -
Testimony by Steven Spielberg
SciFier: $72.00Few films have resonated through the years as Schindler's List has. Released in December 1993, it not only won seven Oscars - including Best Film and Best Director, and is now ranked numbered 8 on... -
The Many Lives of Catwoman by Tim Hanley
RRP: $38.82SciFier: $31.90For more than 75 years, Catwoman has forged her own path in a clear-cut world of stalwart heroes, diabolical villains and damsels in distress. Sometimes a thief, sometimes a vigilante, sometimes... -
Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition Peter Hames 9780748620821
RRP: $66.39SciFier: $63.68This 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... -
Selling Women's History: Packaging Feminism in Twentieth-Century American Popular Culture Emily Westkaemper 9780813576329
RRP: $70.99SciFier: $58.81Only in recent decades has the American academic profession taken women's history seriously. But the very concept of women's history has a much longer past, one that's intimately entwined with the... -
Selling Women's History: Packaging Feminism in Twentieth-Century American Popular Culture Emily Westkaemper 9780813576336
RRP: $283.96SciFier: $231.15Only in recent decades has the American academic profession taken women's history seriously. But the very concept of women's history has a much longer past, one that's intimately entwined with the... -
Fluent in Fantasy by Bonnie Kunzel
SciFier: $145.39It's no secret that the fantasy genre has undergone a tremendous renaissance since the publication of the Harry Potter books and the recent successes of the film versions of The Lord of the Rings... -
The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972: Volume 11 Charles M. Schulz 9780857864079
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $34.35Peanuts surges into the 1970s with Schulz at the peak of his powers and influence: a few jokes about Bob Dylan, Women's Liberation and "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" aside, these... -
Between Film, Video, and the Digital by Jihoon Kim (Chung-ang University, South Korea)
SciFier: $87.00Encompassing experimental film and video, essay film, gallery-based installation art, and digital art, Jihoon Kim establishes the concept of hybrid moving images as an array of impure images shaped... -
Science Fiction Authors by Maura Heaphy
SciFier: $105.32For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their... -
Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria Gabriele Mueller 9781554582259
SciFier: $192.34During the last decade, contemporary German and Austrian cinema has grappled with new social and economic realities. The ""cinema of consensus,"" a term coined to describe the popular and... -
A New History of Documentary Film: Second Edition Betsy A. McLane (Independent Scholar, USA) 9781441124579
SciFier: $88.35A New History of Documentary Film, Second Edition offers a much-needed resource, considering the very rapid changes taking place within documentary media. Building upon the best-selling 2005 edition,... -
The Picture of Health by Henri Colt
SciFier: $130.14Film and literature have long been mined for interesting examples and case studies in order to teach biomedical ethics to students. This volume presents a collection of about 80 very brief,... -
The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production Anthony Q. Artis 9780240814872
SciFier: $91.33The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide is an easy-read crash course in the ins and outs and hundred little details of creating video works for hire. This ultra-friendly visual field guide for... -
Understanding Manga and Anime by Robin E. Brenner
SciFier: $96.16Teens love it. Parents hate it. Librarians are confused by it; and patrons are demanding it. Libraries have begun purchasing both manga and anime, particularly for their teen collections. But the... -
Monty Python's Flying Circus, Episodes 1-26 by Darl Larsen
SciFier: $49.21In 1969, the BBC aired the first episode of a new comedy series titled Monty Python's Flying Circus, and the rest, as they say, is history. An instant success, the show ran until 1974, producing a... -
Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction James Gunn 9780810854208
SciFier: $130.51Harvard's George C. Simpson called the late Isaac Asimov "one of our natural wonders and national resources," for his hundreds of nonfiction works on science, mathematics, history, and literature... -
The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia by James M. Welsh
SciFier: $227.83Oliver Stone has written and directed many memorable films while also developing a reputation for tackling controversial subjects, such as the Turkish prison system (Midnight Express), the Vietnam... -
The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past Peter Rollins 9780231112239
SciFier: $83.65American history has always been an irresistible source of inspiration for filmmakers, and today, for good or ill, most Americans'sense of the past likely comes more from Hollywood than from the... -
100 Greatest Video Game Characters by Jaime Banks
SciFier: $109.90Though in existence for only a few decades, video games are now firmly established in mainstream culture all around the planet. Every year new games are produced, and every year new favorites emerge... -
Awakened by James S Murray
SciFier: $25.69*** #1 The Sunday Times bestseller*** Publishers Weekly bestseller"This book is no joke. Get ready to not sleep tonight. Awakened does exactly what it advertises. Scary amazing fun." -- Brad Meltzer,... -
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books: A Guide to the Illustrations Gail D. Nordstrom 9781442239227
SciFier: $212.95Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for... -
Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary N. Katherine Hayles 9780268030858
RRP: $36.62SciFier: $29.17A visible presence for some two decades, electronic literature has already produced many works that deserve the rigorous scrutiny critics have long practiced with print literature. Only now, however,... -
Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon Editors
RRP: $45.69SciFier: $29.31Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest artists - exclusively researched for this book. Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by... -
Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts by James L. Neibaur
SciFier: $178.60By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest ranked... -
Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary N. Katherine Hayles 9780268030841
RRP: $190.07SciFier: $133.94A visible presence for some two decades, electronic literature has already produced many works that deserve the rigorous scrutiny critics have long practiced with print literature. Only now, however,... -
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books: A Guide to the Illustrations Gail D. Nordstrom 9781442239234
SciFier: $119.06Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for... -
Concise Dictionary of Popular Culture by Marcel Danesi
SciFier: $225.54The Concise Dictionary of Popular Culture covers the theories, media forms, fads, celebrities and icons, genres, and terms of popular culture. From Afropop and Anime to Oprah Winfrey and the X-Files,... -
The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Jimenez Murguia
SciFier: $258.01Although the horror genre has been embraced by filmmakers around the world, Japan has been one of the most prolific and successful purveyors of such films. From science fiction terrors of the 1950s... -
Cinema and the Swastika by Kenneth A. Loparo
SciFier: $217.85This is the first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of Third Reich cinema. This volume investigates various attempts to infiltrate - economically,... -
The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook: (US Edition) Chris Jones 9780826414649
SciFier: $107.61The best-selling low-budget filmmaker's bible in the UK has now, at long last, been totally revamped for the US film industry. The two authors have interviewed hundreds of film industry insiders,... -
The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia by James M. Welsh
SciFier: $214.09Francis Ford Coppola's career has spanned five decades, from low budget films he produced in the early 1960s to more personal films of recent years. Because of the tremendous popular success of The... -
The Build a Bag Book: Satchels by Debbie Shore
RRP: $41.20SciFier: $30.69Praise for the Build a Bag series: "These books are ideal for those new to bag making and will help readers grow their bag-making skills and confidence as they work through the projects. The... -
Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches Jan Eaton 9781782216438
RRP: $34.33SciFier: $25.26This classic book has been the go-to embroidery reference work since it was first published in 1934, owing to its clear instructions and huge library of stitches. It includes full illustrated... -
Visual Journeys Through Wordless Narratives by Dr Evelyn Arizpe
SciFier: $93.87Winner of the Literacy Research Association's 2015 Edward B. Fry Book Award Immigration is an ongoing, global phenomenon and schools and teachers in host countries must continually find new ways... -
Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects Colm Mulcahy 9781466509764
RRP: $119.06SciFier: $111.07Mathematical card effects offer both beginning and experienced magicians an opportunity to entertain with a minimum of props. Featuring mostly original creations, Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two...