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Lily takes a walk by Satoshi Kitamura
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.20When Lily takes a walk with her dog Nicky, she notices many lovely things. But poor Nicky only sees monsters lurking at every turn... By interpreting the pictures, the reader can understand that... -
Writing Diverse Characters For Fiction, TV or Film by Lucy Hay
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.12We're living in a time of unprecedented diversity in produced media content, with more characters appearing who are Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender... -
Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema Colin Williamson 9780813572543
RRP: £124.00SciFier: £98.71What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as "movie magic," to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a "trick"? The heyday of stage illusionism was over a century... -
Where Film Meets Philosophy: Godard, Resnais, and Experiments in Cinematic Thinking Hunter Vaughan 9780231161336
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £27.31Hunter Vaughan interweaves phenomenology and semiotics to analyze cinema's ability to challenge conventional modes of thought. Merging Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception with Gilles... -
From Box Office to Ballot Box by M. Keith Booker
SciFier: £51.99Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature a political process. Moreover, given the power and persuasiveness of the cinema as... -
Popular Culture in Indonesia: Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics Ariel Heryanto 9780415572705
SciFier: £46.33This book examines popular culture in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, and the third largest democracy. It provides a full account of the key trends since the collapse of the... -
Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers Alena Amato Ruggerio 9780739193044
SciFier: £51.99Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors... -
Book of Numbers Joshua Cohen 9780099597384
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.59FROM PULITZER PRIZEWINNER JOSHUA COHEN'Dazzling and engrossing' Colm Toibin, Guardian'Untainted and unique' Rachel Kushner'Intensely perceptive' Independent Book of Numbers is a novel about two men... -
The Family Fortuna Lindsay Eagar 9781529518016
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Lindsay Eagar's dazzling YA debut welcomes us backstage at the Family Fortuna circus, where wonders lurk in wait to steal your breath away. You won't believe your eyes!Beaked. Feathered. Monstrous... -
Ruby's Worry: A Big Bright Feelings Book Tom Percival 9781408892152
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £6.49A reassuring and sensitive book - the perfect springboard for talking to children about sharing their hidden worries. From the Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival Be open, be honest, be you!... -
All The Truth I Can Stand by Mason Stokes
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £14.03Juniper, Wyoming high school student Ash is still reeling from his mother's death and ostracization by his friends when his father signs him up to join the crew for a college production of Oklahoma!... -
Real Vampires, Night Stalkers And Creatures From The Darkside Brad Steiger 9781578592555
RRP: £31.99SciFier: £24.99A chilling chronicle of the often-ignored history of vampirism as it has surfaced repeatedly in news articles, historical accounts, and first-person interviews, this shocking account of occultist... -
Remembering the Occupation in French film: National Identity in Postwar Europe L. Hewitt 9780230601307
SciFier: £92.99When collective memory is a source of national debate, the public representation of history quickly becomes a locus of controversy and ideological struggle. This work shows how French film has... -
Rebel Without a Cause Glyn Davis (University of St Andrews, UK) 9781839027765
SciFier: £11.71Nicholas Ray's 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause is a globally recognised landmark of post-war American cinema. The film follows twenty-four hours in the life of troubled teen Jim Stark (James Dean),... -
When the Museum is Closed Emi Yagi 9781787304642
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.59A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus'Filled with movement and passion - a luminous story that reveals a whole world of desire and... -
Operation: Make a Splash: Volume 2 Tate Godwin 9781524890247
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £14.29Nick, Sy, and Violet have the perfect vacation planned, but nothing is going according to plan. Now, they'll have to think fast, get creative, and make a splash in ways they never expected! A... -
Gamer Nation: Video Games and American Culture John Wills (Senior Lecturer in American History, Rutherford College, University of Kent and Malt Cottage) 9781421428703
RRP: £37.95SciFier: £35.66Explores how games actively influence the ways people interpret and relate to American life.In 1975, design engineer Dave Nutting completed work on a new arcade machine. A version of Taito's Western... -
An Introduction to Virtual and Augmented Reality: Designing Impactful Experiences Marco Gillies (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) 9781032971261
RRP: £67.99SciFier: £61.06This book is an introduction to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), equipping learners with a deep understanding of these media and enabling them to create impactful experiences... -
Design for Motion: Fundamentals and Techniques of Motion Design Austin Shaw 9781138318656
SciFier: £47.87Combining art and design principles with creative storytelling and professional savvy, this book covers everything a serious motion designer needs to make their artistic visions a reality and... -
Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics Ryan Pierson (Assistant Professor of Film, Assistant Professor of Film, University of Calgary) 9780190949754
SciFier: £113.88How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation. By looking for... -
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 9781784871444
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.76** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The TestamentsNOW AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES STARRING... -
Andre Bazin's Film Theory: Art, Science, Religion Angela Dalle Vacche 9780190067304
SciFier: £45.99Through metaphors and allusions to art, science, and religion, Andre Bazin's writings on the cinema explore a simple yet profound question: what is a human? For the famous French film critic, a human... -
Recording Reality, Desiring the Real by Elizabeth Cowie
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.90Documentary has once again emerged as one of the most vital cultural forms, whether seen in cinemas or inside the home, as digital, film, or video. In Recording Reality, Desiring the Real, Elizabeth... -
Moment of Action: Riddles of Cinematic Performance Murray Pomerance 9780813564968
RRP: £124.00SciFier: £91.49There are hundreds of biographies of filmstars and dozens of scholarly works on acting in general. But what about the ephemeral yet indelible moments when, for a brief scene or even just a single... -
Between the Pipes by Albert McLeod
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £9.83Thirteen-year-old Chase's life and identity should be simple. He's the goalie for his hockey team, the Eagles. He's a friend to Kevin and Jade. He's Kookum's youngest grandchild. He's a boy. He... -
Visions of England: Class and Culture in Contemporary Cinema Paul Dave 9781845202934
SciFier: £33.99Visions of England is a provocative and original exploration of Englishness, in particular English class, in contemporary cinema. Class has been a central part, whether consciously or not, of much... -
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The Loney: the contemporary classic Andrew Michael Hurley 9781473619852 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £1.30THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD. THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016.A brilliantly unsettling and atmospheric debut full of unnerving horror -... -
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Casander Darkbloom and the Threads of Power P. A. Staff 9781529506280 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £4.04The first in an extraordinary middle-grade fantasy series that takes the traditional "chosen one" narrative and flips it on its head. Think Nevermoor and The School for Good and Evil, but with a... -
Equal Rites: Discworld: The Witches Collection Terry Pratchett 9781473200203
GollanczRRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46A laugh-out-loud, perceptive and thought-provoking fantasy romp dismantling the ridiculousness of gender inequality'Granny Weatherwax is one of my favourite characters of Pratchett's' Patrick... -
A Brief History of Living Forever Jaroslav Kalfar 9781529368789
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.24'Ambitious, exciting . . . touches of Don DeLillo' Daily Telegraph'A Kurt Vonnegut-like satirical touch' New York Times'Inventive and heartfelt . . . packs a walloping punch' EsquireWhen Adela... -
American Comics: A History Jeremy Dauber (Columbia University) 9781324036098
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £14.61Comics have conquered America. From our cinemas, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular... -
Projected Art History: Biopics, Celebrity Culture, and the Popularizing of American Art Doris Berger (Academy Museum in Los Angeles, USA) 9781501315732
SciFier: £40.99Biopics on artists influence the popular perception of artists' lives and work. Projected Art History highlights the narrative structure and images created in the film genre of biopics, in which an... -
A Wild Swan by Michael Cunningham
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.93Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and... -
Totally Truffaut: 23 Films for Understanding the Man and the Filmmaker Anne Gillain (Professor Emerita of Film, Professor Emerita of Film, Wellesley College) 9780197536308
SciFier: £102.67In Totally Truffaut, author Anne Gillain answers two complex riddles: How is experience imprinted into films? What draws audiences to theaters? Francois Truffaut, like Fellini, Bergman or Scorsese,... -
Werner Herzog by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £29.35Werner Herzog came to fame in the 1970s as the European new wave explored new cinematic ideas. With films like Signs of Life (1968), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser... -
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 2: Mythical Thinking Ernst Cassirer 9781138907201
SciFier: £93.70"The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is one of the landmarks of twentieth century philosophy. Drawing from the influential work of Wilhelm Dilthey, it transformed neo-Kantianism into a new robust... -
Interactive Design by Behnaz Farahi
RRP: £47.00SciFier: £40.38Designers and forward thinkers in the field of interactive design share their reflections and show examples of different models of a responsive future environment. Interactive design has exploded in... -
Science Fiction and Narrative Form by Professor David Roberts (Monash University, Australia)
SciFier: £31.99Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the... -
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 9781784874872
SciFier: £8.56** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ****A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ**Discover the cultural phenomenon behind the award-winning TV series that feels all the more powerful and prescient... -
Mad, Bad and Dangerous? by Christopher Frayling
SciFier: £23.57Since its origin cinema has had an uneasy relationship with science and technology: scientists are almost always impossibly mad or impossibly saintly, and technology is nearly always very bad for you...