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D. W. Griffith by Anthony Slide
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. As director of The Birth of a Nation, he is also one of the most controversial. He raised the... -
Myrna Loy by Emily W. Leider
SciFier: £28.19From the beginning, Myrna Loy's screen image conjured mystery, a sense of something withheld. "Who is she?" was a question posed in the first fan magazine article published about her in 1925. This... -
Walking Distance Lizzy Stewart 9781910395813
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, the author examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by... -
Stan Lee by Jeff McLaughlin
SciFier: £27.99Stan Lee (b. 1922), co-creator of The Amazing Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, and The Uncanny X-Men, is one of the most successful writers and publishers of comics. During the... -
Howard Chaykin: Conversations Brannon Costello 9781604739756
SciFier: £72.95One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b. 1950) has earned a reputation as a visionary formal innovator and a compelling storyteller whose comics... -
Sly Moves by Sylvester Stallone
SciFier: £19.92Are you ready to be a contender? Sylvester Stallone's action-oriented program for getting fit and eating right is also a revealing portrait of one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Sly Moves is more than... -
Victoria Wood Unseen on TV Jasper Rees 9781398707474 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £2.33'There was none like her before and there's been none like her since' Dawn FrenchIn the five years since Victoria Wood's death, one great sadness has been the realisation that we will never again be... -
Abraham Polonsky: Interviews Andrew Dickos 9781617036606
RRP: £33.95SciFier: £27.43Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society... -
Martin Scorsese by Peter Brunette
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46From the moment he captured the film world's attention with Mean Streets (1973), a portrait of life at the fringes of the Mob, it was clear that a dazzling cinematic talent had arrived on the scene... -
Claire Trevor by Derek Sculthorpe
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81As cute as lace pants..."" An alluring blonde with a uniquely seductive voice, Claire Trevor is chiefly remembered now for her many femme fatale roles in a series of iconic noirs such as Murder, My... -
Conversations with Steve Martin by Robert E. Kapsis
RRP: £31.50SciFier: £19.64Conversations with Steve Martin presents a collection of interviews and profiles that focus on Martin as a writer, artist, and original thinker over the course of more than four decades in show... -
Hshouma by Zainab Fasiki
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.95'In my country, Morocco, it's hshouma (shameful) to discuss certain subjects, notably sexuality and the body, and even more so to want to experience these things. To understand what we're going... -
Crossing the Heart of Africa by Julian Smith
SciFier: £12.59"The amazing true story of Julian Smith, who retraced the journey of legendary British explorer Ewart The Leopard Grogan, the first man to cross the length of Africa, in hopes of also winning the... -
Walt Disney Treasures by Walter E.D. Miller
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £29.62Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum chronicles the legacy of the legendary American artist, storyteller, filmmaker, and visionary through iconic... -
Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids by Elizabeth Haidle
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.45What makes a writer? What inspires them? Where do their stories come from? Striking illustrations and a popular graphic novel format bring to life this anthology of literary legends and their... -
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir Robin Ha 9780062685094
SciFier: £9.38Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062685094Author Robin HaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
The Witch Of Willow Hall by Hester Fox
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.05'This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness' The Times 'Beautifully written... The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every... -
Daniel Clowes by Ken Parille
SciFier: £90.99Daniel Clowes (b. 1961) emerged from the ""alternative comics"" boom of the 1980s as one of the most significant cartoonists and most distinctive voices in the development of the graphic novel. His... -
George Lucas by Sally Kline
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46A director, producer, and writer, George Lucas is the power behind ""The Force."" The son of a conservative small-town businessman, he grew up to become arguably the most identifiable and popular... -
Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work Susan L. Mizruchi 9780393351200
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.16When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the film star, the hunk and the scandals. Susan L. Mizruchi finds the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four thousand books; the... -
A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan Carl Rollyson 9781496862198
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £16.35Walter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in The Real McCoys. He appeared in... -
Anthony Minghella: Interviews Mario Falsetto 9781617038204
RRP: £42.50SciFier: £27.43Anthony Minghella: Interviews is an illuminating anthology of in-depth conversations with this important contemporary film director and producer. The collection explores Minghella's ideas on every... -
Art Spiegelman: Conversations Joseph Witek 9781934110126
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.64When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream audiences recognized that a comic... -
The Films of D. W. Griffith Scott Simmon 9780521388207
SciFier: £20.04The Films of D. W. Griffith serves as an introduction to, and a cultural argument for, the work of the first widely acknowledged master filmmaker. Situating D. W. Griffith within film history and... -
Mandela by Button Books
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.41Great Lives in Graphics: Mandela is a graphic retelling of Mandela's story which gives children a visual snapshot of his life and long fight for freedom, whileeducating them on everything from the... -
She Could Be Chaplin! by Anthony Slide
RRP: £25.95SciFier: £17.90Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies... -
The Manga Guide To Microprocessors Michio Shibuya 9781593278175
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £17.33Hailed as stimulus for the next generation of scientists by Scientific Computing, each volume in the highly acclaimed Manga Guide series teaches complex math and science topics with the aid of... -
Nam June Paik by John G. Hanhardt
RRP: £65.00SciFier: £51.59Paik is considered the founder of video art and was one of the first artists to bring television into the realm of art, treating it as a tactile and multisensory mediumAbout the AuthorThe current... -
Paris Hollywood by Peter Wollen
SciFier: £25.79In this new collection of essays on film, all written over the last ten years, Peter Wollen explores an extraordinarily wide range of topics, stretching from an analysis of 'Time in Film and Video... -
Matthew Barney: Secondary by Eric Banks
RRP: £90.00SciFier: £68.39SECONDARY is a five-channel video installation, performed in Barney s Long Island City studio in 2023, then in London, Paris, and Los Angeles in 2024. The plot revolves around an accident that... -
Let Me Be Frank: Comics 2010-2019 Sarah Laing 9781785631672
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.57Let Me Be Frank brings Sarah Laing's popular autobiographical comic series together for the first time. Sarah Laing began blogging her comics in 2009 as a way to shed light on her fiction writing and... -
Starting Point: 1979-1996 by Hayao Miyazaki
Viz MediaRRP: £15.99SciFier: £9.93A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is... -
Garry Trudeau by Kerry D. Soper
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £22.56Since 1968, Garry Trudeau (b. 1948) has brought his brand of political satire to bear on public figures, movie stars, heads of state, and even on himself. Trudeau has also advocated for artists'... -
Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work Susan L. Mizruchi 9780393082869
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £20.21When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... -
South Sea Tales Jack London 9781513205274
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.49Featuring eight works of short fiction, South Sea Tales by Jack London is an adventurous collection with a nautical theme. With settings on islands or ships, South Sea Tales tell the exciting, but... -
Who Is the Man in the Air?: Michael Jordan: A Who HQ Graphic Novel Gabe Soria 9780593385920
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.72"Pulse-pounding, both as a sports highlight and a tribute to the character and determination of one of the game's unexcelled greats." - KirkusDiscover the story behind Michael Jordan's incredible... -
London Underground Serial Killer: The Life of Kieran Kelly by Geoff Platt
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.05The full story of the life and times of Kieran Patrick Kelly, the London Underground Serial Killer, who wandered up and down the Northern Line of the London Underground between 1960 and 1983, pushing... -
Introducing Nietzsche by Laurence Gane
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.23Why must we believe that God is dead? Can we accept that traditional morality is just a 'useful mistake'? Did the principle of 'the will to power' lead to the Holocaust? What are the limitations of... -
The Magic Behind the Voices by Tim Lawson
SciFier: £29.99The Magic Behind the Voices is a fascinating package of biographies, anecdotes, credit listings, and photographs of the actors who have created the unmistakable voices for some of the most popular... -
A Short History of 'Cahiers du Cinema' Emilie Bickerton 9781844677603
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £13.99Cahiers du Cinema was the single most influential project in the history of film. Founded in 1951, it was responsible for establishing film as the 'seventh art,' equal to literature, painting or...