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Rock Hudson by John Mercer (Birmingham City University, UK)
SciFier: £28.95Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an... -
Protective Armor Engineering Design Magdi El Messiry 9781774634646
RRP: £82.99SciFier: £74.65There is increasing interest in the area of protective vests, either for protection against bullets or protection from the most realistic threats within domestic frontline operations: edged weapon,... -
Abracadabra! by HarperCollins Children's Books
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.64A magical new picture book based on the award-winning TV series The Adventures of Paddington! With the help of his friend, Mr Gruber, and a new magic set, Paddington turns into Paddington the... -
Too Soon Too Late: History in Popular Culture Meaghan Elizabeth Morris 9780253211880
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £17.12What good is history to cultural studies? Meaghan Morris looks at struggles over "history" in social settings created by capitalism: in tourist landscapes and in television time. The materials of her... -
Ono-isms Yoko Ono 9780691239224
RRP: £16.95SciFier: £11.56A powerful collection of quotations from iconic artist and activist Yoko OnoOno-isms is a collection of provocative and powerful quotations from influential artist, musician, songwriter, and peace... -
Not Your Mother's Mammy: The Black Domestic Worker in Transatlantic Women's Media Tracey L Walters 9781978808584
RRP: £124.00SciFier: £98.71Not Your Mother's Mammy examines how black artists of the African diaspora, many of them former domestics, reconstruct the black female subjectivities of domestics in fiction, film, and visual and... -
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Carter Beats the Devil Glen David Gold 9780340794999 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £2.57Charles Carter, dubbed Carter the Great by Houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness. But in... -
The Bedtime Ballet Kallie George 9780759554702
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46Ease the wind-down to sleep with this graceful, playful rhyme that will have children gliding into bed!Two satin slippers with bunny-ear toes and stripy pajamas are dreamy dance clothes.... When the... -
Not Your Mother's Mammy: The Black Domestic Worker in Transatlantic Women's Media Tracey L Walters 9781978808577
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £23.34Not Your Mother's Mammy examines how black artists of the African diaspora, many of them former domestics, reconstruct the black female subjectivities of domestics in fiction, film, and visual and... -
Death Warrant Bryan Johnston 9780744305081
RRP: £21.95SciFier: £18.77Death Makes Great TV.Frankie Percival is cashing in her chips. To save her brother from financial ruin, Frankie-a single stage performer and mentalist who never made it big-agrees to be assassinated... -
Python beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture Paul N. Reinsch 9783319846361
SciFier: £111.71This collection of original, interdisciplinary essays addresses the work of Monty Python members beyond the comedy show, films, and live performances. These men are prolific creators in a variety of... -
Acts of Dramaturgy by Michael Pinchbeck (University of Lincoln)
RRP: £82.95SciFier: £75.36A case study of one specific substantial three-part project inspired by the work of William Shakespeare. Three interconnected performances that interrogate roles in the theatre-making process, along... -
Conjuring For Amateurs: A Practical Treatise On How To Perform Modern Tricks Ellis Stanyon 9781018812809
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781018812809Author Ellis StanyonFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare... -
The Art of Voice Acting: The Craft and Business of Performing for Voiceover James R. Alburger 9781032370682
RRP: £31.99SciFier: £30.35Now in its seventh edition, The Art of Voice Acting covers all aspects of the craft and business of performing voiceover. Starting with the basics of voice acting, every aspect of the craft and... -
Costume in Performance by Donatella Barbieri (Victoria and Albert Museum and London College of Fashion, UK)
SciFier: £37.49Winner of Best Performance Design and Scenography Publication Award, Prague Quadrennial 2019 This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding... -
Making Believe: Screen Performance and Special Effects in Popular Cinema Lisa Bode 9780813579986
RRP: £124.00SciFier: £98.71In the past twenty years, we have seen the rise of digital effects cinema in which the human performer is entangled with animation, collaged with other performers, or inserted into perilous or... -
Precocious Charms: Stars Performing Girlhood in Classical Hollywood Cinema Gaylyn Studlar 9780520274242
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.09In Precocious Charms, Gaylyn Studlar examines how Hollywood presented female stars as young girls or girls on the verge of becoming women. Child stars are part of this study but so too are adult... -
Textile Product Performance: A Practical Guide for Designers and Buyers Dr Angela Davies (De Montfort University, UK) 9781350105577
RRP: £32.99SciFier: £30.65Discover the fundamentals of selecting and testing textiles in the apparel industry. Covering 80+ fibres and fabrics, Angela Davies explains how designers, technologists and buyers can effectively... -
Textile Product Performance: A Practical Guide for Designers and Buyers Dr Angela Davies (De Montfort University, UK) 9781350105584
SciFier: £113.74Discover the fundamentals of selecting and testing textiles in the apparel industry. Covering 80+ fibres and fabrics, Angela Davies explains how designers, technologists and buyers can effectively... -
Conjuring For Amateurs: A Practical Treatise On How To Perform Modern Tricks Ellis Stanyon 9781018822051
RRP: £12.95SciFier: £12.74Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781018822051Author Ellis StanyonFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare... -
Isabelle Huppert: Stardom, Performance, Authorship Darren Waldron (University of Manchester, UK) 9781501348914
SciFier: £103.99Featuring a lineup of distinguished academics, this collection remedies the absence of scholarly attention to French cinematic legend Isabelle Huppert. This volume deconstructs Huppert's star persona... -
The Improv Illusionist: Using Object Work, Environment, and Physicality in Performance David Raitt 9781350326378
SciFier: £21.82Object work, environment and physicality are essential for improvisational theatre. Skilled improvisers can draw audiences into the performance by helping them see things that aren't there. The... -
Jeff Chandler: Film, Record, Radio, Television and Theater Performances Jeff Wells 9780786420018
SciFier: £25.42Ruggedly handsome Jeff Chandler won over fans with his versatile acting in film, television, radio, and theatre. He was particularly respected for his roles in Westerns. Chandler got an Oscar... -
Behind the Mask: The Secrets of Hollywood's Leading Creature Suit Performers Joe Nazzaro 9798887718620
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £28.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887718620Author Joe NazzaroFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor... -
Showing and Telling: Film Heritage Institutes and Their Performance of Public Accountability by Nico De Klerk
SciFier: £39.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622732401Author Nico De KlerkFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon Press -
Isabelle Huppert: Stardom, Performance, Authorship Darren Waldron (University of Manchester, UK) 9781501372438
SciFier: £33.99Featuring a lineup of distinguished academics, this collection remedies the absence of scholarly attention to French cinematic legend Isabelle Huppert. This volume deconstructs Huppert's star persona... -
Performing in Comedy: A Student's Guide Ian Wilkie (University of London Institute for Education) 9781138913882
SciFier: £37.66Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset. By exploring the ways in which performance choices and improvised moments can work in conjunction... -
Game Audio Mixing: Insights to Improve Your Mixing Performance Alex Riviere 9781032397351
SciFier: £35.06Highly accessible approach to game audio mixing, ideal for professional users, but also suitable as supplementary reading for students. Game Audio continues to be a massively hot topic in audio, and... -
Literary Art in Digital Performance by PhD Francisco J. Ricardo (Independent scholar, USA)
SciFier: £30.18"Literary Art in Digital Performance" examines a dozen works of digital literature, a category comprising creative works that are principally (but not exclusively) textual in character, and which... -
The Improv Illusionist: Using Object Work, Environment, and Physicality in Performance David Raitt 9781350326385
SciFier: £61.99Object work, environment and physicality are essential for improvisational theatre. Skilled improvisers can draw audiences into the performance by helping them see things that aren't there. The... -
Python beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture Paul N. Reinsch 9783319513843
SciFier: £112.93This collection of original, interdisciplinary essays addresses the work of Monty Python members beyond the comedy show, films, and live performances. These men are prolific creators in a variety of... -
Folk Theatres of North India: Contestation, Amalgamation and Transference Karan Singh (Computer and System Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) 9781032176383
SciFier: £41.13This book examines folk theatres of North India as a unique performative structure, a counter stream to the postulations of Sanskrit and Western realistic theatre. In focusing on their historical,... -
On the High Wire: With an introduction by Paul Auster Philippe Petit 9781474622431
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72'A book of instructions to those who will dare one day the impossible. I bow my head in reverence' Werner Herzog'Petit is an artist whose theatre is the sky' Robin Williams'Fascinating. You will... -
The Spectaculars: The Wild Song Contest by Jodie Garnish
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £5.58Secrets and sabotage plunge Harper into danger in her second year at the Wondria, a magical travelling theatre school. Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The Greatest Showman.Harper can't wait for her... -
Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind Of Andy Kaufman Bill Zehme 9781841152301
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74First biography of the comedian Andy Kaufman, soon to be played by Jim Carrey in Milos Forman's new film Man On The Moon. In the 1970s a handful of young American comedians revolutionised... -
Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong: Image, Performance and Identity Leung Wing-Fai 9780415709125
RRP: £41.99SciFier: £38.53This book details original research into the practices and discourse of multimedia stardom alongside changing social and cultural landscapes in Hong Kong since 1980. It examines the cultural and... -
Performing Noncitizenship: Asylum Seekers in Australian Theatre, Film and Activism Emma Cox 9781783084012
SciFier: £25.57This exacting study examines the theatre, film and activism engaged with the representation or participation of asylum seekers and refugees in the twenty-first century. Cox shows how this work has... -
Film Clowns of the Depression: Twelve Defining Comic Performances Wes D. Gehring 9780786428922
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81The 1930s are routinely considered sound film's greatest comedy era. Though this golden age encompassed various genres of laughter, clown comedy is the most basic type. This work examines the... -
Contemporary Gothic Drama: Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage Kelly Jones 9781349959310
SciFier: £67.49This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from... -
Stars, Fans, and Consumption in the 1950s: Reading Photoplay Sumiko Higashi 9781137433992
SciFier: £46.99As the leading fan magazine in the postwar era, Photoplay constructed female stars as social types who embodied a romantic and leisured California lifestyle. Addressing working- and...