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The Cambridge Quintet by John L. Casti
SciFier: £16.19In this narrative tour de force, gifted scientist and author John L. Casti contemplates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquiry--a sort of "My Dinner with" not Andre, but five of the most... -
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 1) Derek Landy 9780008667368
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.08Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. ... -
Supernatural, Humanity, and the Soul: On the Highway to Hell and Back Susan A. George 9781349489619
SciFier: £46.99Through nine seasons the TV show Supernatural has delved into social, philosophical, literary, and theological themes that not only add depth to the show, but reflect our era's intellectual concerns... -
The Soundies by Mark Cantor
RRP: £88.99SciFier: £75.07The 1940s saw a brief audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons could insert a dime, then listen to and watch such popular entertainers as Nat "King" Cole, Gene... -
The Art of Fantasy by Meng Zi
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £22.07The ultimate guide to fantasy character design from renowned illustrator, Meng Zi. This comprehensive manual, packed with breathtaking illustrations, is your key to crafting the most extraordinary... -
The Fake Food Cookbook Volume 2: Prop Foods You Can Eat for Theatre, Film, And TV Karestin Harrison 9781032550565
RRP: £43.99SciFier: £40.26The Fake Food Cookbook Volume 2: Prop Foods You Can Eat for Theatre, Film, and TV provides step-bystep instructions to create realistic edible prop food. Developed by props artisans worldwide, these... -
Nike Football Boots Caleb Azumah Nelson 9781837291496
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £24.43The first book to chart the unprecedented history of Nike's iconic football boots, from the evolution of their design to the legendary stars who have worn them Football (or soccer) is surrounded by... -
Top Hook Gordon Kent 9780006512967
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.59From the acclaimed author of Night Trap, the third exhilarating tale of modern espionage and military adventure featuring US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik - sure to appeal to the many fans of... -
Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook Professor Peter Parr (Arts University Bournemouth) 9781350087095
RRP: £37.99SciFier: £32.73Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories, characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of... -
The Engines of God (Academy - Book 1) by Jack McDevitt
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97'No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas' Washington Post Book WorldTwo hundred years ago, humans made a stunning discovery... -
The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov: Figures of Paradox Jeremi Szaniawski 9780231167345
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £65.99One of the last representatives of a brand of serious, high-art cinema, Alexander Sokurov has produced a massive oeuvre exploring issues such as history, power, memory, kinship, death, the human... -
The Empty Cabin: A Choose Your Path Mystery Deb Mercier 9781940647784
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £11.60Identify suspects, gather clues, navigate puzzles, and solve the mystery in this interactive Choose Your Path thriller. The secluded cabin resort your parents own won't make any "best destination"... -
Playin' to Win: A Surgeon, Scientist and Parent Examines the Upside of Video Games Butch 9781600373619
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.74At the edge of one of America's most defining eras in its history, salvation comes from the most unlikely source: video games. Playin' To Win: A Surgeon, Scientist and Parent Examines the Upside of... -
Necromedia Marcel O'Gorman 9780816695713
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.90In Necromedia, media activist Marcel O'Gorman takes aim at "the collusion of death and technology," drawing on a broad arsenal that ranges from posthumanist philosophy and social psychology to... -
Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users Sam Kauffmann (Boston University's College of Communication, Boston. MA, USA) 9781138930537
SciFier: £51.10Completely updated for current HD, UHD, 2K, and 4K workflows, Avid Editing blends the art and aesthetics of motion picture editing with technical, hands-on instruction. Appropriate for beginners and... -
Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.21New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp... -
Supernatural, Humanity, and the Soul: On the Highway to Hell and Back Susan A. George 9781137412553
SciFier: £46.99Through nine seasons the TV show Supernatural has delved into social, philosophical, literary, and theological themes that not only add depth to the show, but reflect our era's intellectual concerns... -
Morality and the Movies by Professor Dan Shaw (Late of Lock Haven University, USA)
SciFier: £29.99This is an introduction to ethical theories and contemporary moral issues through film. "A Filmgoer's Guide to Ethics" presents the ideal introduction to philosophical ethics for film lovers. Dan... -
Designing Fashion's Future: Present Practice and Tactics for Sustainable Change Dr Alice Payne (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia) 9781350092457
SciFier: £83.49How do fashion designers design? How does design function within the industry? How can design practices open up sustainable pathways for fashion's future? Designing Fashion's Future responds to these... -
Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames Stephanie Boluk 9780816687169
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £19.46The greatest trick the videogame industry ever pulled was convincing the world that videogames were games rather than a medium for making metagames. Elegantly defined as "games about games,"... -
The Fox and the Star Coralie Bickford-Smith 9781846148507
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £12.64***Waterstones Book of the Year 2015***From an award-winning designer comes an original fable about need and lossOnce there was a Fox who lived in a deep, dense forest. For as long as Fox could... -
The History and Allure of Interactive Visual Novels by Dr. Mark Kretzschmar (University of Wyoming, USA)
SciFier: £97.99Visual novels (VNs), a ludic video game genre that pairs textual fiction stories with anime-like images and varying degrees of interactivity, have increased in popularity among Western audiences in... -
Directing Single Camera Drama Mike Crisp 9780240514789
SciFier: £59.30Directing drama for the single camera is like no other form of Filmmaking, or any other medium involving actors. Experience in documentary or theatre may provide useful clues, but the techniques for... -
The Mercenary Paul Vidich 9780857304452
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.50From acclaimed spy novelist Paul Vidich comes a taut new thriller following the attempted exfiltration of a KGB officer from the ever-changing - and always dangerous - USSR in the mid-1980s. Moscow,... -
Film Music: The Basics Kenneth Lampl (Australian National University, Australia) 9781032267456
SciFier: £22.89A comprehensive introduction to film music, this book provides a concise and illuminating summary of the process of film scoring, as well as a succinct overview of the rich history of contemporary... -
The Edentians by Gissele Trussell
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £14.99With celestial war on the horizon, and the failure of Earth Project 606 (the rehabilitation of fallen angels and their offspring), the Edentian Council is set to abandon humanity. Only Danielle... -
Designing Fashion's Future: Present Practice and Tactics for Sustainable Change Dr Alice Payne (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia) 9781350092464
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £22.29How do fashion designers design? How does design function within the industry? How can design practices open up sustainable pathways for fashion's future? Designing Fashion's Future responds to these... -
Designing with Smart Textiles by Sarah Kettley (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
SciFier: £43.79If you want to understand, and be a part of, the creative revolution in materials design, then Designing with Smart Textiles is the complete toolkit you need to get started. Beginning by... -
Introduction to Cinematography: Learning Through Practice Tania Hoser 9781032408842
SciFier: £56.13Introduction to Cinematography offers a practical, stage-by-stage guide to learning, combining and using the creative and technical aspects of cinematography. Building from a skills-based approach... -
The Cambridge Quintet John L. Casti 9780738201382 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £3.89In this narrative tour de force, gifted scientist and author John L. Casti contemplates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquiry--a sort of "My Dinner with" not Andre, but five of the most... -
Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convergence Michael Kackman (University Of Texas @ Austin, Austin, Tx,USA University Of Texas at Austin, USA University Of Texas @ Austin, USA The University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9780415992237
SciFier: £39.39From viral videos on YouTube to mobile television on smartphones and beyond, TV has overflowed its boundaries. If Raymond Williams' concept of flow challenges the idea of a discrete television text,... -
How to Queer the World: Radical Worldbuilding through Video Games Bo Ruberg 9781479831999
RRP: £74.00SciFier: £58.25What video games teach us about building a better world What does it mean to build a world? Worldbuilding is traditionally understood as an expression of storytelling across media forms. Yet, as... -
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Heather Fawcett 9780356525785
OrbitRRP: £22.00SciFier: £16.07All strays are welcome here.From Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Heather Fawcett comes a healing and heart-warming fantasy with magic shops, rescue cats and a second chance at love... -
The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production Anthony Q. Artis 9780240814872
SciFier: £39.88The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide is an easy-read crash course in the ins and outs and hundred little details of creating video works for hire. This ultra-friendly visual field guide for... -
The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology Tom Shippey 9780261102750
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.22A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible... -
The Black Hawks (Articles of Faith, Book 1) David Wragg 9780008331412
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.22Dark, thrilling, and hilarious, The Black Hawks is an epic adventure perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie and Scott Lynch. Life as a knight is not what Vedren Chel... -
Letter from an Unknown Woman by James Naremore (Indiana University, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.61James Naremore's study of Max Ophuls' classic 1948 melodrama, Letter from an Unknown Woman, not only pays tribute to Ophuls but also discusses the backgrounds and typical styles of the film's many... -
In Conversation with Cinematographers by David A. Ellis
SciFier: £87.99Although cinematographers are vital to the filmmaking process, they don't always get the recognition they deserve. Directors of cinematography often are responsible for the look of a film and its... -
Mastering Screenplay Form and Style Mick Hurbis-Cherrier (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA) 9781138666429
SciFier: £40.26Mastering Screenplay Form and Style shows you how professional screenwriters actually write scripts. This reference manual explores all aspects of the form, from essential format requirements to the... -
The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology Tom Shippey 9780261102750 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £6.04A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible...