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Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction Derek J. Thiess 9781786942227
RRP: £109.50SciFier: £36.41Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction examines fantastic representations of sport in science fiction, both cataloguing this almost entirely unexamined literary tradition and arguing that the... -
Masculinity and Film Performance: Male Angst in Contemporary American Cinema D. Peberdy 9780230283787
SciFier: £46.99A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Peberdy examines... -
The Leveling Dan Mayland 9781612183367
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.99These days, Mark Sava spends more time in tutoring sessions than in cloak-and-dagger rendezvous. The former CIA station chief of Azerbaijan has settled into the modest life of a professor in Baku..... -
Luck by Chris Coppel
SciFier: £14.69Power is a dangerous thing in the wrong hands... Luck is the story of Daniel - a man born with the gift of being able to influence others. He learns that he can both charm as well as destroy. As... -
Intellectual Properties and the Protection of Fictional Characters by Dorothy J. Howell
SciFier: £77.99In this pioneering volume, Howell addresses the extent to which fictional characters are legally recognized and protected as intellectual property. Through a judicious selection of cases chosen for... -
Warlord by Ted Bell
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £23.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062002242Author Ted BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 804Imprint -
Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord by Louis de Bernieres
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £6.32'Sharp, funny, engaging' Financial Times ... -
The Prime Minister's Affair: The gripping historical thriller based on real events Andrew Williams 9781529368307
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £6.10The gripping and immersive historical thriller from the author of Witchfinder, based on the true events of a scandalous blackmail plot hidden in the shadows...'A compelling story of power, passion... -
Spira Mirabilis: The Wave Trilogy Book 3 Aidan Harte 9781780871554
SciFier: £25.49Darkness is falling and only Contessa Sofia can turn the tide in this thrilling final installment of the Wave trilogy.In the 1347th year of Our Lady the engineers of Concord defeated the fractious... -
Destiny Express Howard A. Rodman 9781644285534
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £15.87Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "daringly imagined and darkly romantic-a moral thriller," Destiny Express captures both the glamour and the terror of an era, dramatizing the perilous moment when art,... -
Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £14.72A telepath acquires a powerful alien consciousness-and must run to escape corporate assassins and angry mobs-in this novel by the author of Way Station. Space travel has been abandoned in the... -
Day of the Dead in the USA, Second Edition: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon Regina M Marchi 9781978821637
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £20.23Honoring relatives by tending graves, building altars, and cooking festive meals has been a major tradition among Latin Americans for centuries. The tribute, "El Dia de los Muertos," has enjoyed... -
The Films of Oshima Nagisa by Maureen Turim
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £29.49This study of the films of Oshima Nagisa is both an essential introduction to the work of a major postwar director of Japanese cinema and a theoretical exploration of strategies of filmic style. For... -
Before Sunrise: Young Love on the Move Maria del Mar Azcona (University of Zaragoza, Spain) 9781032123929
SciFier: £61.061. The book will publish around the 25th anniversary of the film's release. 2. It brings fresh perspectives on the intersection of romance, comedy and transnational cinema. 3. Ideal for students and... -
The Prime Minister's Affair: The gripping historical thriller based on real events Andrew Williams 9781529368260
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.12A compelling story of power, passion and intrigue based on real events, The Prime Minister's Affair is a terrific read - Nick Robinson, Presenter, BBC Today programme Andrew Williams has fashioned a... -
How Superheroes Model Community: Philosophically, Communicatively, Relationally Nathan Miczo 9781498516822
SciFier: £38.99From the perspectives of positive psychology and positive communication, superheroes are often depicted as possessing virtues and serving as inspirational exemplars. However, many of the virtues... -
Screening the Tortured Body by Mark de Valk
SciFier: £47.99Inspired by Michel Foucault's examination of state subjugation and control, this book considers post-structuralist notions of the 'political technology of the body' and 'the spectacle of the... -
Rebellious Scots to Crush by Ron Culley
SciFier: £12.49Substantial amounts of 'dark money' provided to British Unionists from unknown sources and used for illegal political purposes in order to subvert the right of Scots to choose independence, is awash... -
Zero Sum by Barry Eisler
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.99Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half-Russian, half-Japanese sociopath... -
Clint Eastwood's America Sam B. Girgus (Vanderbilt University, USA) 9780745650401
RRP: £55.00SciFier: £49.81The steady rise of Clint Eastwood's career parallels a pressing desire in American society over the past five decades for a figure and story of purpose, meaning, and redemption. Eastwood has not only... -
Activist Film Festivals by Sonia Tascon
RRP: £52.95SciFier: £41.49Film festivals are an ever-growing part of the film industry, but most considerations of them focus almost entirely on their role in the business of filmmaking. This book breaks new ground by... -
Doing Their Bit by Michael S. Shull
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21The golden age of animation stretched from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, with movie cartoons reaching an extraordinarily high level of artistry and technique--far higher than today's TV... -
Revelation Nick Pease 9781803780252 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.11Life after death fascinates us all. So what would happen if someone could 100% prove it to be a scientific fact? Set in Iraq and Washington D.C., Jack and Marty are two brilliant scientist friends... -
Rattle and Hum Robot Detectives (Jets) Frank Rodgers 9780006751717
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.99Rattle and Hum, robot detectives, are on the case of a mysterious robbery. The list of suspects is small. Who, besides a toothless pirate, would want to steal a cutlass and a pair of false teeth... -
Computer Games and the Social Imaginary Graeme Kirkpatrick 9780745641119
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £14.35In this compelling book, Graeme Kirkpatrick argues that computer games have fundamentally altered the relation of self and society in the digital age. Tracing the origins of gaming to the revival of... -
Valuing Films: Shifting Perceptions of Worth L. Hubner 9781349311040
SciFier: £46.99This volume gets to the heart of what films mean to people on personal, political and commercial levels. Exploring value judgements that underpin social, academic and institutional practices, it... -
Shooting the Truth by James McEnteer
SciFier: £46.99Political documentaries are more popular now than ever- Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), the top-grossing documentary film of all time, is one of many such recent films. In this incisive book,... -
The Films of Jesus Franco, 1953-1966 Francesco Cesari 9781476694313
RRP: £42.99SciFier: £37.75With more than 180 films during a career spanning several decades, Jesus Franco (1930-2013) was an extraordinarily prolific and chameleon-like Spanish director, covering virtually every genre from... -
Fantasy Film Post 9/11 F. Pheasant-Kelly 9780230392120
SciFier: £46.99Examining a range of fantasy films released in the past decade, Pheasant-Kelly looks at why these films are meaningful to current audiences. The imagery and themes reflecting 9/11, millennial... -
The Ecstacy of Agony by Wrath James White
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £12.86The heavyweight of hardcore horror returns with ten hard hitting new short stories and seven brutal epic poems exploring the darkest soul of humanity and the cruelty of life without pulling punches... -
Television Audiences Across the World: Deconstructing the Ratings Machine J. Bourdon 9781349466337
SciFier: £46.99This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and... -
The Vienna Assignment Olen Steinhauer 9780007210886
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £9.99A powerful and atmospheric thriller set during the Cold War, from the internationally acclaimed author of 'The Bridge of Sighs.' Vienna, 1966. To be wrongly accused of murder once is a... -
Computer Games and the Social Imaginary Graeme Kirkpatrick 9780745641102
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £41.14In this compelling book, Graeme Kirkpatrick argues that computer games have fundamentally altered the relation of self and society in the digital age. Tracing the origins of gaming to the revival of... -
The Machinery (The Machinery Trilogy, Book 1) Gerrard Cowan 9780008120740
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.74The Machinery knows all. For ten millennia, the leaders of the Overland have been Selected by the Machinery, an omnipotent machine gifted to the world in darker days. The... -
Look Both Ways Linwood Barclay 9780008525613 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £2.49They think as one. They act as one. They kill as one. 'Look Both Ways is devilishly good - exciting, thrilling - Barclay at his best!' SHARI LAPENA, No. 1 internationally... -
By The Rivers Of Babylon Nelson DeMille 9780751541793
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97They were forced to meet by the rivers of Babylon...In Israel, two Concorde jets take off for a UN conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied... -
These Divided Shores Sara Raasch 9780062471543
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.98A thrilling sequel to These Rebel Waves-full of deadly magic, double crosses, and a revolution-from Sara Raasch, the New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series. Perfect for fans... -
Thronebreakers Rebecca Coffindaffer 9780062845207
SciFier: £9.49Perfect for fans of Aurora Rising, The Hunger Games, and Three Dark Crowns, this electrifying duology closer is jam-packed with tension and thrills that will hook readers from its first page. Alyssa... -
Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925 Aaron Gerow 9780520254565
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £24.93Japan has done marvelous things with cinema, giving the world the likes of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. But cinema did not arrive in Japan fully formed at the end of the nineteenth century, nor was... -
Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925 Aaron Gerow 9780520256729
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £73.49Japan has done marvelous things with cinema, giving the world the likes of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. But cinema did not arrive in Japan fully formed at the end of the nineteenth century, nor was...