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Indigenous Cultural Translation: A Thick Description of Seediq Bale Darryl Sterk 9781032236391
SciFier: $58.60Indigenous Cultural Translation is about the process that made it possible to film the 2011 Taiwanese blockbuster Seediq Bale in Seediq, an endangered indigenous language. Seediq Bale celebrates the... -
Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices Andrew Knight-Hill 9780367271466
SciFier: $67.88Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices, applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both... -
Street Art by Simon Armstrong
RRP: $22.77SciFier: $14.73Street Art is a phenomenon and subcultural movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous international art fairs. Simon Armstrong examines how it evolved from its... -
Homosexuality and Italian Cinema by Mauro Giori
SciFier: $125.28This book is the first to establish the relevance of same-sex desires, pleasures and anxieties in the cinema of post-war Italy. It explores cinematic representations of homosexuality and their... -
Unsettling Scores: German Film, Music, and Ideology Roger Hillman 9780253217547
SciFier: $25.18"Hillman's groundbreaking study enables both serious and casual film students to approach these works with sharpened vision and improved hearing." -Klaus Phillips, Hollins UniversityUnsettling... -
Amateur Cinema: The Rise of North American Moviemaking, 1923-1960 Charles Tepperman 9780520279858
RRP: $107.20SciFier: $88.55From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work. It wasn't until Kodak introduced 16mm film in 1923, however, that amateur moviemaking became a widespread reality, and... -
Penny Bloods by Nicole C. Dittmer
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $17.34'Her cheeks were pale, and her eyes had the wild and stolid glare which Rodolph had observed when she awakened from the slumber of the grave; she quitted the castle, and after gazing around her, as... -
The Treason of Isengard by Christopher Tolkien
RRP: $14.73SciFier: $11.01The second part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue... -
Encyclopedia of Literature and Science by Pamela Gossin
SciFier: $111.88Science and literature have always been strange bedfellows. Like puzzle pieces, they fit because they're different. Some of the greatest works of world literature have been inspired by the marvels of... -
Revisionist Rape-Revenge: Redefining a Film Genre Claire Henry 9781137414168
SciFier: $62.97Considered a notorious subset of horror in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a massive revitalization and diversification of rape-revenge in recent years. This book analyzes the politics, ethics,... -
Romance Film by Norman Kagan
SciFier: $37.51Romance Film is a critical history of significant romance films from Hollywood and abroad. Kagan discusses, among others, Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, Rita Hayworth in Gilda, Marlon Brando in A... -
Hidden Universe Travel Guide - Star Trek: Vulcan by Dayton Ward
Titan BooksRRP: $20.09SciFier: $13.36Explore all that Vulcan has to offer in an interactive guidebook. Drawing on 50 years of Star Trek TV shows, films, and novels to present a comprehensive guide to Spock's iconic home world, it covers... -
Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema Andre Loiselle 9781442643529
RRP: $62.98SciFier: $50.52A groundbreaking collection of original essays, Stages of Reality establishes a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between stage and screen media. This comprehensive volume explores ... -
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age Professor Alexandra Palmer (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada) 9781350204591
SciFier: $50.50Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the pulsations of multiple and simultaneous styles, while... -
The Commitments by Nessa Johnston
SciFier: $27.24This book examines The Commitments (Parker, 1991) for the first time as a film, rather than an adaptation of Roddy Doyle's bestselling novel, and as a significant cultural event in 1990s Ireland.A... -
The Measure Of A Man by Sidney Poitier
RRP: $14.73SciFier: $11.51In this beautifully written, candid memoir, legendary actor Sidney Poitier reveals the spiritual depth, passion and intellectual fervour that has driven his remarkable life. Poitier credits his... -
The Pattern Base by Kristi O'Meara
RRP: $26.73SciFier: $20.62This book showcases textile and surface design by some of the most exciting up-and-coming designers worldwide and points to the future of this vibrant field. It includes illustrative, abstract,... -
Morgoth's Ring by Christopher Tolkien
RRP: $14.73SciFier: $11.01The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war. After The Lord of the Rings was at last... -
Hunt for the Skinwalker by Zac Thompson
Boom! StudiosRRP: $17.41SciFier: $16.40Based on the unbelievable true story that led to the U.S. government's investigation into paranormal and confront the most infamous nexus for the unexplainable!Unidentified flying objects. Animal... -
Frankenstein: New Edition of Mary Shelley's Science Fiction Masterpiece Mary Shelley 9781846976957
RRP: $10.71SciFier: $8.43One of the best-known works of English literature, Frankenstein gave rise to the science-fiction and horror genres and has enthralled generations of readers since its publication in 1818. The book... -
Timeless: A Fashion Anthology Hayley Edwards-Dujardin 9781958417683
RRP: $46.90SciFier: $33.27Timeless is an anthology of the most influential styles, looks, and garments from the past 200 years. Art and fashion historian Hayley Edwards-Dujardin offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at the... -
Presidents in the Movies: American History and Politics on Screen I. Morgan 9780230113282
SciFier: $124.61Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and politics on screen. Morgan and his contributors show... -
New Shoes by Chris Raschka
SciFier: $18.20Two-time Caldecott Medalist and New York Times-bestselling picture book creator Chris Raschka pays tribute to one of the most quintessential events of childhood-getting new shoes-in this boldly... -
Beyond Bagpuss by Chris Pallant (University of Greenwich, UK)
SciFier: $135.92Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, The Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a... -
Wild Renaissance: New Paradigms in Art, Ecology, and Philosophy Guillaume Loge (Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne) 9781835950555
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $30.98A Renaissance is underway. It can be seen as a response to environmental, societal and ethical issues so acute that human survival is in question. Artistic, philosophical and political, it builds on... -
Helliconia: Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, Helliconia Winter Brian Aldiss 9780575086159
GatewayRRP: $25.45SciFier: $22.39Helliconia is a planet that, due to the massively eccentric orbit of its own sun around another star, experiences seasons that lasts eons. Whole civilisations grow in the Spring, flourish in the... -
Charlie Chaplin by John W. Fawell
SciFier: $138.01Charlie Chaplin was a skilled comedian, filmmaker and composer, and the mission of this book is to educate readers on the wide variety of Chaplin's artistry: the subtlety of his mimetic satire, the... -
Language in Public Spaces in Japan Nanette Gottlieb (University of Queensland, Australia) 9780415818391
SciFier: $67.88This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts... -
Game Development Using Python by James R. Parker
RRP: $84.42SciFier: $54.95This book will guide you through the basic game development process using Python,covering game topics including graphics, sound, artificial intelligence, animation, game engines, etc. Real games are... -
Maria Felix by Niamh Thornton (Author)
SciFier: $132.30Maria Felix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted... -
Montgomery Clift by Mary Kalfatovic
SciFier: $91.78Post World War II America saw a return to prosperity and the rise of a significant youth-culture. Television began to replace movies as the chief source of entertainment for the general public, and... -
Museum Movies by Haidee Wasson
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $38.18Haidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transformation from a passing amusement to an enduring art form by mapping the creation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art... -
Boys, Boyz, Bois: An Ethics of Black Masculinity in Film and Popular Media Keith Harris (University of Ohio, Ohio, USA) 9780415996587
SciFier: $65.57Boys, Boyz, Bois concerns questions of ethics, gender and race in popular American images, national discourse and cultural production by and about black men. The book proposes an ethics of... -
Roman Myths by Martin J Dougherty
RRP: $26.79SciFier: $19.82In ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories... -
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Modern Age Ms Louise Peacock 9781350440838
SciFier: $42.05Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic... -
Clockworks by Thomas P. Dunn
SciFier: $91.78This volume provides an annotated list of works related to the interaction of humans and machines in SF, a field which includes science fiction, some fantasy and horror, and related types of... -
High Fashion by Emmanuelle Dirix
RRP: $25.39SciFier: $14.28From the Golden Age of Haute Couture in the 1900s to the lifestyle brands of the 1990s, this book looks, decade-by-decade, at the high fashion of the 20th century. Each chapter examines the... -
Cinematic Homelands by Mara Antic
SciFier: $151.41This book maps an emerging cycle of films made by Iranian diasporic women filmmakers and produced outside of Iran, focusing on five significant examples: Shirin Neshat's Women Without Men (2009),... -
Volatile Whiteness by Martin Repinecz
RRP: $71.02SciFier: $55.81The decades spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s in Spain were marked by a series of significant changes: a flourishing economy fuelled by tourism, widespread migration from rural areas to cities,... -
Karate-do Kyohan: The Master Text by Gichin Funakoshi
RRP: $53.60SciFier: $34.91Nineteen kata (forms') of karate-the art of self-defense without weapons-are presented here in complete detail. They are the ones selected by the great master and teacher, Gichin Funakoshi, to give...