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The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: A New Morte D'Arthur John Matthews 9780008445805
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £22.44The most famous and influential work of English fantasy ever published, reimagined for a new generation of readers by John Matthews, one of the world's leading Arthurian experts, and... -
Basquiat-isms by Jean-Michel Basquiat
SciFier: £12.19A collection of essential quotations and other writings from artist and icon Jean-Michel BasquiatOne of the most important artists of the late twentieth century, Jean-Michel Basquiat explored the... -
From Underground to Independent: Alternative Film Culture in Contemporary China Paul G. Pickowicz 9780742554382
SciFier: £44.99This groundbreaking book presents a critical introduction to the cultural and political dimensions of contemporary Chinese cinema. Leading Western and Chinese scholars trace the changing dynamics of... -
The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz by Jules Verne
SciFier: £14.19Widely rumored to exist, then circulated in a corrupt form, Jules Verne's final and arguably most daring and hauntingly beautiful novel-his own "invisible man"-appears here for the first time in a... -
A Cut Below by Scott Drebit
SciFier: £32.63Horror films have been around for more than 100 years, and they continue to make a large impact on popular culture as they reflect their contemporary zeitgeist. Between the mid-1950s and mid-1980s,... -
Conquest Nina Allan 9781529420791
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97Rachel's boyfriend Frank is different from other people. His strangeness is part of what she loves about him: his innocence, his intelligence, his passionate immersion in the music of JS Bach. As a... -
Distributing Silent Film Serials: Local Practices, Changing Forms, Cultural Transformation Rudmer Canjels (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 9781138653658
RRP: £45.99SciFier: £42.00Tracing the international consumption, distribution, and cultural importance of silent film serials in the 1910s and 1920s, Canjels provides an exciting new understanding of the cultural dimension... -
Canto Bight (Star Wars) by Saladin Ahmed
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.33As seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to... -
Hollywood by Hollywood: The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies Steven Cohan (Professor Emeritus of Film, Professor Emeritus of Film, Syracuse University) 9780190865771
SciFier: £35.33The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, is a staple of Hollywood film production harking back to the silent era and extending to the present day. What gives backstudios their... -
The Dark Library by Cyrille Martinez
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.59Libraries are magical places. But what if they're even more magical than we know? In Cyrille Martinez's library, the books are alive: not just their ideas or their stories, but the books... -
Collecting Fashion by Alexandra Carl
RRP: £57.95SciFier: £40.69In order for fashion to march forward, it must possess the ability to look back. For the fashion obsessed, one s archive is surely a testament to the act of preservation and, of course, a... -
Working in the Global Film and Television Industries by Dr. Andrew Dawson (Principal Lecturer and University Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities, University of Greenwich)
SciFier: £31.99Like many other cultural commodities, films and TV shows tend to work in such a way as to obscure the conditions under which they are produced, a process that has been reinforced by dominant trends... -
A History of Greek Cinema Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia) 9781441194473
SciFier: £37.99The book is a detailed historical survey of Greek cinema from its very beginning (1905) until today (2010). The history of Greek cinema is a rather obscure and unexamined affair. Greek cinema started... -
The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations Arthur Machen 9781554815043
RRP: £19.95SciFier: £16.01First published in the height of the yellow nineties and in the shadow of the Oscar Wilde trials, Arthur Machen's The Three Impostors (1895) remains a relatively obscure text even as Machen receives... -
The Logos Mark de Silva 9781955904223
RRP: £31.99SciFier: £24.39Jaded and adrift, a young painter in New York joins his fate to a mercurial titan of industry in the hopes of finding a new artistic form-and quite possibly a new life. Cutting-edge intoxicants, the... -
The Big Bundle Max Allan Collins 9781789098549
Titan BooksRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.04True Crime detective Nathan Heller returns in a brand new case that connects a millionaire's kidnapped child to Robert F. Kennedy's campaign to bring down union boss Jimmy Hoffa. Nathan Heller,... -
Frances and the Monster by Refe Tuma
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.32"A joy to read!" - New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix What would you do if you accidentally brought a monster to life and set him loose on your town? Adventurous and charming,... -
The Mangy Parrot Jose Joaquin Fernandez De Lizardi 9780872206694
RRP: £42.99SciFier: £32.44Repeatedly imprisoned for his printed attacks on the Spanish administration, Mexican journalist and publisher JosA (c) JoaquA n FernA ndez de Lizardi attempted, in 1816, to make an end-run around... -
The Mangy Parrot Jose Joaquin Fernandez De Lizardi 9780872207356
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £19.23Repeatedly imprisoned for his printed attacks on the Spanish administration, Mexican journalist and publisher JosA (c) JoaquA n FernA ndez de Lizardi attempted, in 1816, to make an end-run around... -
Witch`s List, The by Andrew Cairns
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Sandy Beech doesn't believe in witches and the supernatural. However, certain strange events occur which put his scepticism to the test: a burning book, a falling crucifix, a mysterious illness, and... -
Chasing Time: An Action Adventure Techno Thriller Brandt Legg 9781036705282
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.00You are out of time. Survival is impossible. The only choice remaining . . . Who else is going to die with you. Twenty-four hours ago, Chase and Wen, a fugitive billionaire and a former... -
The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed. by John Kenneth Muir
SciFier: £31.49It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen! This expanded and updated edition of the 2004 award-winning encyclopedia covers important developments... -
The Story of Film by Mark Cousins
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £23.33An updated edition - with completely new chapters - of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film... -
Horror Film: A Critical Introduction Murray Leeder (University of Calgary, Canada) 9781501314438
SciFier: £41.51Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical... -
Washington's Gay General by Josh Trujillo
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £14.19A graphic novel biography of Baron von Steuben , the soldier, immigrant, and flamboyant homosexual who influenced the course of US history during the Revolutionary War despite being omitted from our... -
Prophet: 'Fabulous...a page-turner' NEIL GAIMAN Helen Macdonald 9781787334298
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.41YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.'Fabulous... Present-day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' NEIL GAIMAN, author of CoralineThis is Prophet. It knows when you... -
Ere Roosevelt Came by Duse Mohamed Ali
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.62Ere Roosevelt Came is a short novel by early pan-Africanist Duse Mohamed Ali. Originally serialised in Ali's Nigerian magazine The Comet in 1934, it grapples with the rise of global fascism and white... -
Myths and Legends (Boxed Set) 2: The Old English Exodus, Finn and Hengest, The Story of Kullervo, The Lay of Aotrou & Itroun, & The Battle of Maldon J. R. R. Tolkien 9780008795184
RRP: £100.00SciFier: £71.85A stunning hardcover boxed set celebrating J.R.R. Tolkien's work inspired by the myths and legends of Europe, featuring double-sided dustjackets. This unique set contains Finn and... -
Xanadu Talisman: (Modesty Blaise) Peter O'Donnell (Book Reviews) 9780285636439
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.00* THE TENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * 'The finest escapist thrillers ever written' THE TIMES 'Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was... -
Those We Drown Amy Goldsmith 9781785305917
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72An ocean-drenched, atmospheric horror debut! Liv's best friend disappears on their first night aboard their dream semester-at-sea program - but is he really sick, like everyone says, or is something... -
Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter J. E. Smyth 9780231215282
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.24A screenwriter, novelist, labor leader, Hollywood insider, and feminist, Mary C. McCall Jr. was one of the film industry's most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s. She was elected the... -
Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful Screenwriter J. E. Smyth 9780231215275
RRP: £100.00SciFier: £81.12A screenwriter, novelist, labor leader, Hollywood insider, and feminist, Mary C. McCall Jr. was one of the film industry's most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s. She was elected the... -
The Plant Hunter: 'A great adventure' William Boyd T.L. Mogford 9781787399389
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL 2022 A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022 'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON 'A great adventure. Dripping with... -
The Deading Nicholas Belardes 9781645661290
RRP: £26.00SciFier: £24.02Stephen King's Under the Dome meets The Last of Us in this harrowing dystopian novel about the downward spiral of a seaside town that becomes infected by a mysterious ocean-borne contagion.If you... -
The Diviners: Number 1 in series Libba Bray 9781907410406
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.97It's 1920s New York City. It's flappers and Follies, jazz and gin. It's after the war but before the depression. And for certain group of bright young things it's the opportunity to party like never... -
Making the White Man's Indian: Native Americans and Hollywood Movies Angela Aleiss 9780313361333
SciFier: £29.99The image in Hollywood movies of savage Indians attacking white settlers represents only one side of a very complicated picture. In fact sympathetic portrayals of Native Americans stood alongside... -
Reel Women by Jane Sloan
SciFier: £93.99In the last several decades, the number of films featuring female protagonists has increased significantly. Many of these films reflect the vast cultural and sociological changes that have taken... -
Musicking Shakespeare by Daniel Albright (Royalty Account)
SciFier: £111.49Demonstrates how Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten, responding to Shakespeare's juxtaposition of contrasting theatrical styles, devised music dramas that call opera into question. In this book,... -
Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb Kenneth Goldsmith 9780231186957
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £18.97In 1996, during the relatively early days of the web, Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb to post hard-to-find works of concrete poetry. What started out as a site to share works from a relatively... -
Music in Cinema Claudia Gorbman 9780231198899
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £23.39Michel Chion is renowned for his explorations of the significance of frequently overlooked elements of cinema, particularly the role of sound. In this inventive and inviting book, Chion considers how...