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The Films of Nicolas Winding Refn by David Sweeney
SciFier: $154.39Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. This critical study engages with the films of the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, from his first feature... -
Black Image Making and Whiteness Prof Thomas Austin (Professor of Film Studies, University of Sussex, UK) 9781399545068
RRP: $127.30SciFier: $117.37How have image-makers of colour explored white societies, cultures and practices? This book takes as its case studies films, TV shows and photography that treat whiteness, in all its complexities,... -
Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood A. Winch 9780230348752
SciFier: $62.97From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in postfeminist popular culture. Focusing on a range of media forms, Alison Winch reveals how women are... -
BEASTARS, Vol. 17 Paru Itagaki 9781974719969
Viz MediaRRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.84At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey.At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships... -
BEASTARS, Vol. 1 Paru Itagaki 9781974707980
Viz MediaRRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.03At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey. At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it's personal... -
BEASTARS, Vol. 11 by Paru Itagaki
Viz MediaRRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.59At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey.At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships... -
Humour and Politics in Africa: Beyond Resistance Daniel Hammett (University of Sheffield) 9781529219715
RRP: $64.31SciFier: $52.30Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour theory by... -
Mike Leigh Tony Whitehead 9780719072369
RRP: $113.90SciFier: $84.09Mike Leigh may well be Britain's greatest living film director; his worldview has permeated our national consciousness. This book gives detailed readings of the nine feature films he has made for... -
Introducing Buddha by Jane Hope
RRP: $12.05SciFier: $6.69Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic... -
Gary Cooper by Jeffrey Meyers
SciFier: $22.90Published to coincide with his centennial in May 2001, this definitive biography of a Hollywood icon portrays actor Gary Cooper as a man of complex and sophisticated tastes, as well as large... -
A Tour of Fabletown by Neta Gordon
RRP: $29.47SciFier: $26.14In 2002, Vertigo/DC Comics published the first issue of Bill Willingham's Fables. The series imagined the lives of fairly tale figures-Snow White, the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella and the ubiquitous... -
Nothing Sacred Tom Flynn 9781591021278
RRP: $46.83SciFier: $37.51If Harlan Ellison, Tom Clancy, James Morrow, and Friedrich Nietzsche co-wrote a novel, they might produce. This sequel to Tom Flynn's critically acclaimed first novel, "Galactic Rapture" takes place... -
Provocation in Popular Culture Bim Mason (Circomedia, UK) 9781138852501
SciFier: $57.43What role can provocation play in the process of renewal, both of individuals and of societies? Provocation in Popular Culture is an investigation into the practice of specific provocateurs and the... -
Drip Drip by Paru Itagaki
Viz MediaRRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.84A one-shot graphic novel starring very human characters from the unique imagination of Paru Itagaki, creator of Beastars!Whenever Mako Higari comes in contact with something she perceives as dirty,... -
Representing Middle-earth: Tolkien, Form and Ideology Robert T. Tally Jr. 9780786470372
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $33.78J. R. R. Tolkien's classic works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion comprise a legendarium with a complex world-system presented through an array of poetic forms. Through... -
Marker Rendering for Fashion, Accessories, and Home Fashion Bina Abling (Santa Fe Community College, USA) 9781501353680
SciFier: $98.48With the growing trend of licensing apparel, accessories, and home fashions under a single logo, today's students must expand their portfolios to include concepts with broader applications. Marker... -
Julio Medem Robert Stone 9780719072000
RRP: $113.90SciFier: $84.09This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red... -
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Trilogy Nick Browne (University of California, Los Angeles) 9780521559508
RRP: $21.43SciFier: $21.24The Godfather trilogy is among the most significant works of Hollywood cinema of the last quarter century. They provide a richly complex look at a whole segment of American life and culture spanning... -
It's Just a Dream... Right?! (Comic) Vol. 1 White Eared 9798895612118
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: $30.81SciFier: $22.08When 24-year-old Jungoh answers an ad seeking an assistant for a shaman, he expects a straightforward part-time gig. The ad called for someone strong, patient, and quick on their feet - perfect for... -
Twin Jades of Jiangdong (Novel) Vol. 2 Fei Tian Ye Xiang 9798895611241
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: $24.11SciFier: $17.23From their days of childhood innocence to their time fighting in war, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce never forgot the promise they made to one another. Yet, as they faced the terror of war both together and... -
The Runaways Victor Canning 9781788423489
RRP: $17.41SciFier: $12.58One is a 15-year-old boy, Samuel Miles, a.k.a. 'Smiler', wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a young offenders institution. The other is a cheetah, Yarra, a restless resident of Longleat Wildlife... -
The Culture of Digital Fighting Games: Performance and Practice Todd Harper (University of Baltimore, USA) 9781138710115
SciFier: $58.60This book examines the complex network of influences that collide in the culture of digital fighting games. Players from all over the world engage in competitive combat with one another, forming... -
The Monster Joke Book by Shoo Rayner
SciFier: $10.88Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level "What do monsters eat for breakfast? Dreaded Wheat!" is just one joke from this extended collection of monster... -
Cinema and Fascism by Stephen Ricci
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $38.73This study considers Italian filmmaking during the Fascist era and offers an original and revealing approach to the interwar years. Steven Ricci directly confronts a long-standing dilemma faced by... -
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland by Lisa Schneidau
RRP: $14.73SciFier: $12.84The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants... -
Cartoon Guide to the Environment by Larry Gonick
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $15.21Do you think that the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock club? Or that the Food Web is an on-line restaurant guide? Or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland? Then you need The Cartoon Guide to the... -
Something Wicked Draws Near Ted Tayler 9781036700553
RRP: $16.07SciFier: $12.56In a world where vengeance knows no bounds, two newlyweds fight for survival. In the seventh installment of Ted Tayler's electrifying Phoenix series, "Something Wicked Draws Near," newlyweds... -
Theorizing Film Through Contemporary Art: Expanding Cinema Jill Murphy 9781041189503
RRP: $64.31SciFier: $58.60As the cinematic experience becomes subsumed into today's ubiquitous technologies of seeing, contemporary artworks lift the cinematic out of the immateriality of the film screen and separate it into... -
It's Just a Dream... Right?! (Comic) Vol. 2 White Eared 9798895612125
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: $30.81SciFier: $22.08When 24-year-old Jungoh answers an ad seeking an assistant for a shaman, he expects a straightforward part-time gig. The ad called for someone strong, patient, and quick on their feet-perfect for... -
A Glance Backward Pierre Paquet 9781942367109
RRP: $24.11SciFier: $24.00"Paquet and Sandoval together offer up a gorgeously illustrated, nightmarish dreamscape of a young boy experiencing traumatic emotional turmoil." - Booklist (Starred)Eleven-year-old Pepe's world ... -
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette Faurot 9780684811970
RRP: $18.75SciFier: $16.07Exotic, clever, and poignant, Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends invites you into a magically distinctive world. Originating from the far corners of the globe-China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, the... -
The Traitor by Seth Dickinson
RRP: $22.77SciFier: $19.01Shortlisted for the 2016 David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut[Published as The Traitor Baru Cormorant in the US]Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people -... -
Full Tilt Boogie Alex De Campi 9781781089071
RebellionRRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.37Pedal to the metal!Tee, along with her grandmother and cat, is a wannabe bounty hunter, odd-jobbing across the galaxy in her ship the Full Tilt Boogie, constantly on the lookout for the bigger,... -
Francois Truffaut and Friends by Robert Stam
RRP: $41.54SciFier: $32.15One of Francois Truffaut's most poignantly memorable films, Jules and Jim, adapted a novel by the French writer and art collector Henri-Pierre Roch. The characters and events of the 1960s film were... -
Alex + Ada Volume 1 by Jonathan Luna
Image ComicsRRP: $16.07SciFier: $11.51"Though this is a fairly classic sci-fi story line, Luna and Vaughn's sensitive plot and careful pacing keep it exciting, especially as they strip away preconceived notions and use the tale to... -
Polar Ice Meltdown: A Max Axiom Super Scientist Adventure Carol Kim 9781398233874
RRP: $12.05SciFier: $11.87Earth's Arctic ice is disappearing! But why are ice caps, glaciers and icebergs melting, and how does it impact the planet? In this non-fiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super... -
Beneath the Waves: Two Ghost Stories: Band 18/Pearl (Collins Big Cat) Harriet Goodwin 9780007428304
SciFier: $11.82Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Two touching, ghostly tales by Harriet Goodwin and Leon Rosselson. In the first, Joe, struggling to come to... -
Perplexed and Still by Gillian Coleby
SciFier: $24.25By the end of Knocking On The Moonlit Door, the Martians have landed! As this story unfolds, nothing is happening quite as anyone would expect. Joe Mortimer is Britain's former leading astronaut... -
A Certain Realism by Maurizio Viano
RRP: $41.54SciFier: $39.52Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was arguably the most complex director of postwar Italian cinema. His films--Accattone, The Canterbury Tales, Medea, Salo--continue to challenge and entertain new... -
Montage by Sam Rohdie
SciFier: $26.91Montage enters into a dialogue with the cinema, probing and playing with its language of motion and stillness, continuity and discontinuity, constraint and openness, time and duration. Comprised of...