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Nonfiction Filmmaking for the Screen Charles Dye 9780367746223
SciFier: $52.78* Features over thirty contributors from a diverse range of backgrounds within the documentary and non-fiction filmmaking industry from across the world. * Illustrates how students and aspiring... -
Art Club (A Graphic Novel) Rashad Doucet 9780759556362
RRP: $33.49SciFier: $22.10Dale Donavan has heard the same lecture over and over again: Art will get you nowhere in life. A kid with a creative streak, Dale wants nothing more than to doodle, play video games, and create... -
The Capra Touch by Matthew C. Gunter
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $33.78During World War II, Academy Award-winning director Frank Capra (1897-1991) made propaganda films for the U.S. Government, such as Prelude to War, The Nazis Strike, The Battle of Britain, War Comes... -
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
RRP: $18.75SciFier: $14.11Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her... -
Relax Kids: The Wishing Star by Marneta Viegas
RRP: $17.41SciFier: $12.34Using guided meditations based around traditional stories this is a gentle and fun way of introducing older children to the world of meditation and relaxation. It is designed to counteract some of... -
Object-Oriented Game Development Julian Gold 9780321176608
RRP: $71.01SciFier: $69.80Games software has its roots in a "cottage" industry, ignoring formal methodologies, instead leaving the programmers to find homespun solutions to the technical problems faced. The picture has now... -
Maverick Movies by Daniel Herbert
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $33.59A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Maverick Movies tells the... -
Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora Anjali Prabhu (Wellesley College, USA) 9781405193047
RRP: $96.41SciFier: $92.73Analyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship... -
Taking, The by Dona Masi
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $14.02An unnatural silence and a feeling that you are all alone in the world. . . John and his daughter, Vera, grieve the loss of Vera's mother, who mysteriously disappeared when Vera was a baby. As John... -
McQueen by Christopher Sandford
RRP: $24.11SciFier: $22.69The biography of the original Mr. Cool, Steve McQueen. The actor who perhaps, first epitomised the Action Hero; a complex man, prone to casual affairs and violence, yet capable of helping those more... -
Wave, Listen to Me! 12 Hiroaki Samura 9798888777336
Kodansha AmericaRRP: $17.41SciFier: $11.73From the legendary creator of Blade of the Immortal comes something completely different: the wild ride of one disgruntled young woman down the rapids of talk radio!The MRS team launches their... -
Saban's Go Go Power Rangers Vol. 6 by Ryan Parrott
Boom! StudiosRRP: $17.41SciFier: $12.34The first year of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers concludes with an epic confrontation against an unexpected enemy and the arrival of a new student who'll change their lives forever - plus, a... -
Black Sands the Seven Kingdoms, vol 3 by Manuel P Godoy
SciFier: $16.74Black Sands is the most popular independent book series in the black community and it is clear why.War has broken out in the Mediterranean as Sparta invades mainland Minoa.Ausar realizes his original... -
The Screenwriter Activist: Writing Social Issue Movies Marilyn Beker 9780415897150
SciFier: $51.63Hotel Rwanda. Philadelphia. Silkwood. Some of the most important films ever made have tackled real-world social issues, from genocide to homophobia to corporate greed. As storytellers, activist... -
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 7 by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Viz MediaRRP: $12.05SciFier: $9.37Broke young man + chainsaw demon = Chainsaw Man!Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world. After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita and... -
Ten Count, Vol. 5 by Rihito Takarai
SuBLimeRRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.84Corporate secretary Shirotani suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. One day he meets Kurose, a therapist who offers to take him through a ten-step program to cure him of his compulsion. As the... -
DK Super Readers Level 3 Marvel Meet Ms. Marvel Pamela Afram 9780744070620
RRP: $6.69SciFier: $6.55Combining DK's four-level reading program with the ever-popular Marvel comics, this book will help kids learn how to read-and learn to love reading via Marvel's popular character Ms. Marvel.How did a... -
The Maker Magician's Handbook by Mario Marchese
RRP: $21.43SciFier: $16.78To get started, you'll need only what you can usually find in your home: items like paper, ziploc bags, index cards, coloring utensils, pencils, rubberbands, scissors, etc. As we progress in the... -
Storytelling in World Cinemas: Contexts Lina Khatib 9780231163361
RRP: $112.56SciFier: $91.82Storytelling in World Cinemas, Vol. 2: Contexts addresses the questions of what and why particular stories are told in films around the world, both in terms of the forms of storytelling used, and of... -
Beads on Bags: 1880s to 2000: 1880s to 2000 Lorita Winfield 9780764311383
RRP: $66.93SciFier: $48.64The antique beaded bag is a most exquisite and sought-after vintage collectible. Over 600 detailed color photographs display hundreds of mostly European (French, Italian, Austrian, and... -
Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Asian Exchange Philippa Gates 9781138641174
SciFier: $58.60This collection examines the exchange of Asian identities taking place at the levels of both film production and film reception amongst pan-Pacific cinemas. The authors consider, on the one hand,... -
Bluescreen Compositing: A Practical Guide for Video & Moviemaking John Jackman 9781578202836
SciFier: $60.41Master the art and technique of blue and greenscreen compositing with this comprehensive how-to course in creating effective and realistic composited scenes in video formats. You get clear,... -
The Crisis of Political Modernism by D. N. Rodowick
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $38.18D.N. Rodowick offers a critical analysis of the development of film theory since 1968. He shows how debates concerning the literary principles of modernism--semiotics, structuralism, psychoanalysis,... -
Weaving Designs by Bertha Gray Hayes by Norma Smayda
RRP: $49.57SciFier: $34.95This book features the original sample collection and handwritten drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature... -
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today FX 9780062225115
SciFier: $19.01Not for the easily offended, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is one dark and hilarious sitcom. Still, it garners critical praise and loyal fans with its smart writing. Rob McElhenney, Charlie... -
Trainspotting by John Hodge
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.16Mark Renton is an unrepentant drug abuser, doing his level best to elude the claims and responsibilities Life throws up to him. His pals - Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie - are devoted to much the... -
Understanding Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript 2: Basic techniques for creatives Andrew Rapo 9780240519913
RRP: $37.51SciFier: $34.10Andrew Rapo and Alex Michael explain all the important programming concepts from a designer's point of view, making them completely accessible to non-programmers. Completely revised and rewritten... -
Sitting Pretty by Clifton Webb
RRP: $28.07SciFier: $21.91More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the movie-going public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong,... -
Dealmakers: The Psychology of Legislative Compromise David C. Barker (Professor of Government, Professor of Government, American University) 9780197801390
RRP: $61.63SciFier: $58.77Compromise is critical to democratic policymaking, but it can be hard to find on Capitol Hill. In this era of routine legislative gridlock, however, some lawmakers do still cross the aisle. In... -
A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales by Vivian Ling
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $14.95The timeless wisdom of Chinese folktales presented in parallel English and Chinese texts!Switch up your bedtime reading with this memorable bilingual anthology. These traditional Chinese tales are... -
Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames Stephanie Boluk 9780816687152
RRP: $128.64SciFier: $105.35The 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 Turnip Princess by Franz Xaver von Schonwerth
SciFier: $13.39A rare discovery in the world of fairy tales - now for the first time in English. With this volume, the holy trinity of fairy tales - the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen... -
We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine by Deni Ellis Bchard
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $14.02A haunting novel exploring artificial intelligence and the meaning of human existence.Charged initially with a single task-"to never harm humans and to protect them"-the machine, an experimental AI,... -
Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames Stephanie Boluk 9780816687169
RRP: $32.15SciFier: $26.08The 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,"... -
Rise of the Governor Jay Bonansinga 9781509889921
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.84Based on the award-winning graphic novels created by Robert Kirkman, if you liked The Walking Dead TV series, you'll love this.The world has gone to hell - and that story starts here. Philip... -
The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro
RRP: $16.01SciFier: $15.80A collection that includes the Nebula Award-winning titular novella and "Light and Shadow," the story that begins the Saga of the Skolian Empire series. In "The Spacetime Pool," recent MIT grad... -
A Guide to (Short) Documentary Filmmaking: Creating Artful Short Documentary Films Jamie Meltzer 9781032603865
RRP: $58.95SciFier: $53.95Using examples and hard-earned experiences from the Author's courses and lectures at the esteemed MFA in Documentary Film Program at Stanford University, A Guide to (Short) Documentary Filmmaking:... -
A Great, Silly Grin by Humphrey Carpenter
SciFier: $28.13A Great, Silly Grin opens at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival, where a staggeringly inspired satirical revue called Beyond the Fringe startled a public steeped in the polite, bland banality of the 1950s... -
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Vol. 3 by Motoro Mase
Viz MediaSciFier: $12.41Dear Citizen: You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself: Why isn't anything being done to stop this... -
Transnational Trailblazers of Early Cinema: Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Rejane, Mistinguett Prof. Victoria Duckett 9780520382114
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $33.41A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. At the forefront of the...