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Music and the Broadcast Experience: Performance, Production, and Audiences Christina Baade (Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, McMaster University) 9780199314713
RRP: $92.20SciFier: $90.08Music and the Broadcast Experience explores the complex ways in which music and broadcasting have developed together throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. It brings into... -
Producing by Jon Lewis
SciFier: $67.33Of all the job titles listed in the opening and closing screen credits, producer is certainly the most amorphous. There are businessmen (and women)-producers, writer-director- and... -
India's New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid Ashvin Immanuel Devasundaram (Queen Mary University of London, UK) 9781138319721
SciFier: $97.86This is the first-ever book on the rise of the new wave of independent Indian films that is revolutionising Indian cinema. Contemporary scholarship on Indian cinema so far has focused asymmetrically... -
TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution Neil Landau 9781138905269
SciFier: $79.48TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution explores the new and exploding universe of on-demand, OTT (Over the Top) networks: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Crackle, CW Seed,... -
Shadowmagic by John Lenahan
RRP: $16.94SciFier: $13.31A Lord of the Rings for the 21st century. Only a lot shorter. And funnier. And completely different. Conor thought he was an average teenager. OK, so his father only had one hand, spoke to... -
The Patient by Jasper DeWitt
RRP: $38.14SciFier: $31.57In a series of online posts, Parker H., a young psychiatrist, chronicles the harrowing account of his time working at a dreary mental hospital in New England. Through this internet message board,... -
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 2: Mythical Thinking Ernst Cassirer 9781138907201
SciFier: $156.03"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... -
From Gods to God by Avigdor Shinan
RRP: $46.62SciFier: $37.95The ancient Israelites believed things that the writers of the Bible wanted them to forget: myths and legends from a pre-biblical world that the new monotheist order needed to bury, hide, or... -
World Walkers Neal Asher 9781035038008
RRP: $23.30SciFier: $16.90He can jump between worlds. But can he save his own?As the totalitarian Inspectorate tightens its grip, one man discovers the power to slip through the gaps and traverse alternate universes. World... -
The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology Tom Shippey 9780261102750
RRP: $23.30SciFier: $17.43A 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... -
Riven by Mindee Arnett
RRP: $31.78SciFier: $24.06From acclaimed fantasy author Mindee Arnett comes an epic, adventurous story of a young mercenary magic-user trying to escape the oppressive island of Riven-and a young noblewoman trying to change it... -
Later ... With Jools Holland by Mark Cooper
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $39.39'You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later...' Nick Cave 'Later... is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers' Dave Grohl Dave... -
100 Symbols That Changed the World by Colin Salter
RRP: $46.64SciFier: $33.77100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world's most recognizable symbols. Universal symbols have been used as a form of communication from the Bronze... -
The Cinema of the Precariat: The Exploited, Underemployed, and Temp Workers of the World Thomas Zaniello (Northern Kentucky University, USA) 9781501385841
SciFier: $74.18The Cinema of the Precariat is the first book to lay out the incredible range of the precariat (the social class suffering from precarity) as well as a detailed report on the cinematic record of... -
The Rise of Victorian Caricature Ian Haywood 9783030346614
RRP: $190.78SciFier: $175.94This book serves as a retrieval and reevaluation of a rich haul of comic caricatures from the turbulent years between the Reform Bill crisis of the early 1830s and the rise and fall of Chartism in... -
Miranda July by Miranda July
RRP: $84.78SciFier: $66.74From her early rarely seen Riot Grrrl-influenced fanzines and performances to a career that has produced seminal films, fiction, sculptures, public art, and even a smartphone app, Miranda July has... -
Spacewear by Barbara Brownie (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
SciFier: $76.30Today, we are living in the New Space Age, where mass commercial space travel is almost within our grasp. This otherworldly possibility has opened up new cultural images of space, both real and... -
Single-Camera Video Production by Robert B. Musburger, PhD.
RRP: $76.30SciFier: $74.75Learn everything you need to know about producing single-camera video, from preproduction planning to setting up, rehearsing, shooting, editing, and delivering. Master lighting, audio, and editing... -
The Science Fiction of Poetics and the Avant-Garde Imagination by Michael Golston
RRP: $71.97SciFier: $54.44How the tropes of science fiction infuse and inform avant-garde poetics and many other kindred arts. This insightful, playful monograph from Golston does exactly what it advertises: modeling poetics... -
Japanese Role-Playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG Rachael Hutchinson 9781793643568
SciFier: $80.54Japanese Role-playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG examines the origins, boundaries, and transnational effects of the genre, addressing significant formal elements as well... -
The Infographic History of the World Valentina d' Efilippo 9780007506156
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $39.39'The book is a delight' The Economist The History of the World, but not as you know it. A new type of history is here - all 13.8 billion years of it,... -
Middle-earth: From Script to Screen: Building the World of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Daniel Falconer 9780007544103
RRP: $159.00SciFier: $118.59The epic, in-depth story of the creation of one of the most famous fantasy worlds ever imagined, a richly illustrated compendium that reveals the breathtaking craftsmanship, artistry,... -
Translation and Localisation in Video Games: Making Entertainment Software Global Miguel A. Bernal-Merino 9781138731462
SciFier: $108.88This book is a multidisciplinary study of the translation and localisation of video games. It offers a descriptive analysis of the industry - understood as a global phenomenon in entertainment - and... -
Reeling with Laughter by Michael V. Tueth
SciFier: $72.06Film comedy has been around as long as cinema itself. Over the years, particular forms of the genre have emerged, evolved, and spawned other branches of comedy. While these subgenres may vary in... -
The Whispering Fog Landra Jennings 9780063308756
SciFier: $20.75In this spooky and atmospheric debut contemporary fantasy, Snow White and Rose Red meets the modern world after sisters Neve and Rose's lives are upended when a swamp witch kidnaps Rose. Perfect for... -
Hell Breaks Loose (Skulduggery Pleasant) Derek Landy 9780008601249
RRP: $19.06SciFier: $14.82Travel back to 1703 with Skulduggery Pleasant in this standalone story featuring all your favorite characters. So many enemies, so little time . . . ... -
The Girl On The Landing by Paul Torday
RRP: $21.18SciFier: $16.90'The best book of the year... truly astonishing' Sunday Express'An exciting novel - part love story, part psychological thriller' Mail on Sunday'Surprising and suspenseful' Observer A GHOST STORY, A... -
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Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games Edward Castronova 9780226096278 [USED COPY]
RRP: $38.16SciFier: $2.14From EverQuest to World of Warcraft, online games have evolved from the exclusive domain of computer geeks into an extraordinarily lucrative staple of the entertainment industry. People of all ages... -
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Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem Mark Cooper 9780008424374 [USED COPY]
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $2.86'You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later...' Nick Cave 'Later... is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers' Dave Grohl Dave... -
Designing with Algorithms: A Mathematical Guide Arash Soleimani 9781032704395
RRP: $93.26SciFier: $85.35Computing is revolutionizing the creative process, transforming how designers approach ideation, prototyping, fabrication, communication, and representation. Yet many lack the foundational knowledge... -
Comic Connections: Reflecting on Women in Popular Culture Sandra Eckard 9781475828054
SciFier: $59.34With the popularity of comic adaptations on television and at the movies, these current topics can be a great way to engage students by bringing characters and stories they connect with into the... -
Comic Connections: Reflecting on Women in Popular Culture Sandra Eckard 9781475828047
SciFier: $120.82With the popularity of comic adaptations on television and at the movies, these current topics can be a great way to engage students by bringing characters and stories they connect with into the... -
The Auditory Setting by Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
RRP: $44.50SciFier: $43.08Analyses the sonic environment mediated and crafted within the film and audiovisual media arts Defines the generally underexplored but well-used terms ambient sound" and "ambience" terms that... -
Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice Dr. Max Schleser (Senior Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) 9781501360329
SciFier: $68.82Mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking is a global phenomenon with distinctive festivals, filmmakers and creatives that are defining an original film form. Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and... -
Ride, Boldly Ride by Mary Lea Bandy
RRP: $72.08SciFier: $62.92This comprehensive study of the Western covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as "No Country for Old Men", "There Will Be Blood", "True Grit", and... -
The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely' Religious Film Dr Sheila J. Nayar (Greensboro College, North Carolina, USA) 9781472533029
SciFier: $86.90For more than half a century now, scholars have debated over what comprises a 'genuinely' religious film-one that evinces an 'authentic' manifestation of the sacred. Often these scholars do so by... -
Contesting Identities by Aaron Baker
RRP: $42.38SciFier: $34.66Analysis of race, class and gender in American sports films Since the earliest days of the silent era, American filmmakers have been drawn to the visual spectacle of sports and their compelling... -
Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! by Eric Schaefer
RRP: $55.10SciFier: $46.03Unashamed nudists, high-flying hopheads, brazen strippers, vicious vice lords, and high school girls who find themselves "in trouble" comprise the population of exploitation films. In the first... -
Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games Edward Castronova 9780226096278
SciFier: $39.24From EverQuest to World of Warcraft, online games have evolved from the exclusive domain of computer geeks into an extraordinarily lucrative staple of the entertainment industry. People of all ages... -
Fashioning Japanese Subcultures: Decentralization and Diversification as Neotribes Yuniya Kawamura (Fashion Institute of Technology, USA) 9781350436626
RRP: $52.98SciFier: $49.50This second edition brings the definitive empirical work on Japanese youth fashion subcultures up-to-date for the 2020s, featuring three new chapters and essential updates in light of new fieldwork...