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Phases of the Moon: A Cultural History of the Werewolf Film Craig Ian Mann 9781474441124
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £21.13Examines the cultural significance of the werewolf film Provides the first academic monograph dedicated to developing a cultural understanding of the werewolf film Reconsiders the... -
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.32Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly... -
Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage by Professor Ann Rea (Associate Professor, University of Pittsburg at Johnstown, USA)
SciFier: £92.99An exploration of how espionage narratives give access to cultural conceptions of gender and sexuality before and following the Second World War, this book moves away from masculinist assumptions of... -
The Complete Peanuts 1997-1998: Volume 24 Charles M. Schulz 9781782115212
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.00Peanuts goes noir when Charlie Brown gets caught up in a fake celebrity autograph ring and Linus starts his own church of the Great Pumpkin - until believers declare him a false prophet. In comedic... -
Green Tea by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.99'Well, a corpse is a natural thing; but this was the dreadfullest sight I ever sid...' Sheridan Le Fanu is one of the indispensable figures in the history of Gothic and horror fiction-the most... -
The Wild Party Art Spiegelman 9780241463857
RRP: £15.00SciFier: £11.33"Spiegelman's drawings are like demonic woodcuts: every angle, line, and curve jumps out at you. Stylishness and brutishness are in perfect accord." - The New York Times Art Spiegelman's sinister... -
Happy Accidents Tiffany Murray 9780007183678
SciFier: £9.99Coming of age in rural England in the eighties is far from straightforward for Kate Happy, in a hilarious, highly-praised debut novel of family, secrets and dead ancestors in the attic. ... -
The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.28'Wonderfully dark and magical. An absolute classic' Phil Hickes, author of The Haunting of Aveline Jones> The spine-chilling children's fantasy classic, from the author of The Whitby Witches ... -
Burma Chronicles Guy Delisle 9780224096188
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £14.24Guy Delisle's newest travelogue revolves around a year spent in Burma (also known as Myanmar) with his wife and son. Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control:... -
Studio Affairs by Vincent Sherman
SciFier: £42.80As a young Jewish boy growing up in Vienna, Georgia, Abe Orovitz could never have predicted the twists and turns his life would take. Many years later, as retired film director with more than thirty... -
Mr. Murder: A Thriller Dean Koontz 9780425238035
RRP: £24.00SciFier: £18.59#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers a gripping novel of a man accused of stealing not just someone's identity, but his entire life...A big house. A beautiful wife. Two happy and... -
The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.97'[A] terrifying thriller where suspense and psychological horror serve as perfect counterpoints to themes of forgiveness and growth. . . . Masterful storytelling . . . overflowing with twists.' -... -
The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments by Hesiod
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been... -
Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play Florence M. Chee 9781793601414
SciFier: £30.99Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play is a critical ethnographic investigation of media discourses surrounding online game addiction and the sociocultural roles fulfilled by games in... -
Pyongyang by Guy Delisle
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.91Famously referred to as part of the 'Axis-of-Evil', North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. A series of manmade and natural catastrophes have also... -
Dark City Dames by Eddie Muller
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £20.44Film noir was the dark side of the movies' happily-ever-after mythology. Sinister and sexy, it forged a new icon: the tough, independent dame. Determined, desirable, dangerous when cornered, she... -
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia by Hesiod
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been... -
Frankenstiltskin: Fairy Tales Gone Bad Joseph Coelho 9781406389678
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10The second story in a funny, deliciously dark, three-part series of twisted classics, written in verse by award-winning poet Joseph Coelho.Joining the family business, animal-lover Bryony proves to... -
Island Aldous Huxley 9780099477778
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.76For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with... -
Red Ants by Jose Pergentino
RRP: £13.00SciFier: £9.21A literary triumph by one of Mexico's most promising young authors, Red Ants is the first ever literary translation into English from the Sierra Zapotec. This vibrant collection of short stories by... -
Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function Chris Pallant (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) 9781501320118
SciFier: £40.99Winner of the 2017 McLaren-Lambart Award for Best Book on the Subject of Animation Studying landscape in cinema isn't quite new; it'd be hard to imagine Woody Allen without New York, or the French... -
The Library of Shadows Rachel Moore 9780063284630
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.93Funny, moving, and heart-achingly real, this romantic romp and paranormal romcom debut-through a haunted library with trapdoors, ghosts, and memories-is full of great love that triumphs over even... -
The Library of Shadows Rachel Moore 9780063284647
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.93Funny, moving, and heart-achingly real, this romantic romp and paranormal romcom debut-through a haunted library with trapdoors, ghosts, and memories-is full of great love that triumphs over even... -
Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability Scott T. Smith (Associate Professor of English, Penn State University) 9780271084756
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £27.16Superhero comics reckon with issues of corporeal control. And while they commonly deal in characters of exceptional or superhuman ability, they have also shown an increasing attention and sensitivity... -
The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema Geoffrey Macnab (journalist and critic, London, UK) 9781350140691
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £44.38The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against... -
The Art of Legend: The epic conclusion to the acclaimed War Arts Saga trilogy Wesley Chu 9781837840564
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.49Once in a faraway kingdom there was a prince prophesied to be the Chosen One, who would defeat a great villain, the Eternal Khan, and save the kingdom. But then the Eternal Khan died...and the... -
Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability Scott T. Smith (Associate Professor of English, Penn State University) 9780271084749
RRP: £93.95SciFier: £86.14Superhero comics reckon with issues of corporeal control. And while they commonly deal in characters of exceptional or superhuman ability, they have also shown an increasing attention and sensitivity... -
The British Film Industry in 25 Careers: The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema Geoffrey Macnab (journalist and critic, London, UK) 9781350140684
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £21.43The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against... -
The Night Sessions: A Novel Ken MacLeod 9781841496481
OrbitRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.97'As ever, MacLeod's depiction of the near future is achieved through solid characterisation and brilliant detail. His forte is the depiction of how belief systems can corrupt, and The Night Sessions... -
The Art of Legend Wesley Chu 9781837840540
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £15.32A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the epic conclusion to The War Arts Saga, an ode to martial arts and magic from the #1 New... -
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration Bryan Caplan 9781250316967 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £7.01Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction. American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how... -
The Camera Lies by Dan Callahan (Freelance Writer, Freelance Writer)
RRP: £32.49SciFier: £28.99Alfred Hitchcock is said to have once remarked, "Actors are cattle," a line that has stuck in the public consciousness ever since. For Hitchcock, acting was a matter of contrast and counterpoint,... -
Us in Ruins by Rachel Moore
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.50Margot is on the quest to uncover and reassemble an ancient-and cursed-vase, with the help of a boy who went missing in 1932, because it's the only way to put back together her broken heart in this... -
Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain John Wyver (Independent Scholar, UK) 9781839028199
SciFier: £106.94Magic Rays of Light is an original and ambitious history of the largely unknown early years of television in Britain. A detailed cultural study of the first demonstrations, of the extensive... -
The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood Alisa Perren (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9781844579426
SciFier: £90.41The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood traces the evolving relationship between the American comic book industry and Hollywood from the launch of X-Men, Spider-Man, and Smallville in the... -
Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of Television in Britain John Wyver (Independent Scholar, UK) 9781839028205
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £24.95Magic Rays of Light is an original and ambitious history of the largely unknown early years of television in Britain. A detailed cultural study of the first demonstrations, of the extensive... -
Us in Ruins Rachel Moore 9780063284692
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.93Margot is on the quest to uncover and reassemble an ancient-and cursed-vase, with the help of a boy who went missing in 1932, because it's the only way to put back together her broken heart in this... -
The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood Alisa Perren (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9781844579419
SciFier: £29.20The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood traces the evolving relationship between the American comic book industry and Hollywood from the launch of X-Men, Spider-Man, and Smallville in the... -
Reel Diversity by Shirley R. Steinberg
RRP: £31.65SciFier: £29.99The first edition of Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook won the 2009 Phillip C. Chinn Book Award of the National Association for Multicultural Education. This revised edition is an updated... -
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Pena
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £13.15When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true - she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands. Together, they travel through their...