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Einstein Atomized: More Science Cartoons Sidney Harris 9780387946658
SciFier: £11.49Sidney Harris, acclaimed Dean of Scientific Humor, presents his most recent collection of cartoons. No scientific or technical topic is safe from the scope of his humor. Harriss cartoons have... -
Artistic Dress at Liberty & Co by Anna Buruma
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £26.99Exploring how the name of Liberty became synonymous with Aestheticism and the English Art Nouveau Movement, and its role in shaping contemporary late nineteenth and early twentieth century Artistic... -
Videogames James Newman (Bath Spa University, UK) 9780415669160
SciFier: £41.13In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms. Newman's volume... -
The Making of Gone With The Wind by Steve Wilson
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £39.61Gone With The Wind is one of the most popular movies of all time. To commemorate its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2014, The Making of Gone With The Wind presents more than 600 items from the archives... -
Gesture and Film: Signalling New Critical Perspectives Nicholas Chare (Universite de Montreal, Canada) 9780367595142
RRP: £38.99SciFier: £38.53Gesture has held a crucial role in cinema since its inception. In the absence of spoken words, early cinema frequently exploited the communicative potential of the gestures of actors. As this book... -
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 9781509808311 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £2.37The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent begin in the first volume of the 'trilogy of five', Douglas Adams' comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. On 12 October 1979 the... -
Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy Lucasfilm Ltd 9781419707742
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £30.33For the first time, Lucasfilm has opened its Archives to present the complete storyboards for the original Star Wars trilogy-the world-changing A New Hope and its operatic sequels, The Empire Strikes... -
Inventing Cinema by Benoit Turquety
SciFier: £117.34With machines mediating most of our cultural practices, and innovations, obsolescence and revivals constantly transforming our relation with images and sounds, media feel more unstable than ever. But... -
3 Women Justin Wyatt (University of Rhode Island, USA) 9781839026027
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Released after the large-scale frescos of Nashville (1975) and Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), 3 Women (1977) was seen as an intimate drama from director Robert... -
Bad Island Stanley Donwood 9780241983904
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.58'Bad Island is an extraordinary, unsettling document: a silent species-history in eighty frames, a mute future archive. I can imagine it discovered in the remnants of a civilisation; a set of runes... -
Terence Davies Screenplays, Volume 2: Adaptations Terence Davies 9781839029752
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £26.03This second volume of Terence Davies's screenplays brings together his adaptations of classic novels and plays, including his 1995 film of John Kennedy Toole's coming-of-age novel The Neon Bible; his... -
Modelling International Collaborations in Art Education Peter Sramek 9781789389258
RRP: £99.95SciFier: £91.49Based on over a decade of collective teaching, this volume explores the hybrid use of online and in-person collaboration as a means of offering international experience to university-level arts... -
The Art of Blue Sky Studios by Jake S. Friedman
Titan BooksRRP: £35.00SciFier: £25.00Enjoy the remarkable tale of Blue Sky's success, from its origins as a live-action vfx company to its reinvention as a driving force in computer-generated animation. With exclusive access to Blue... -
Rebecca by Patricia White (Swarthmore College, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71The 1940 film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance Rebecca begins by echoing the novel's famous opening line, 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.' Patricia White takes the... -
Screening the Dark Side of Love: From Euro-Horror to American Cinema Karen A. Ritzenhoff 9781349344406
SciFier: £46.99How can love be understood globally as a problematic transgression rather than the narrative of "happy endings" that Hollywood has offered? The contributors utilize varying methodologies of textual... -
Hokum! by Rob King
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £24.93A 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. Hokum! is the first book to... -
Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The Book of the Exhibition British Library 9781408890769
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £23.49Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling and the brilliant curators of the British Library. It... -
Orwell Subverted by Daniel J. Leab
SciFier: £27.99Since its release in 1954, scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency's involvement in the making of the controversial animated motion picture adaptation of George Orwell's Animal... -
Miami Graffiti Art by H. Love
RRP: £40.99SciFier: £29.56The verve of the South Florida graffiti art scene from the 1980s to present is captured in this landmark book. It offers unparalleled access to the most significant graffiti art works ever produced... -
LEGO The Art of the Minifigure by Brian Barrett
RRP: £26.00SciFier: £19.18This landmark volume explores the history, design, and cultural impact of the iconic LEGO (R) minifigure. Driven by compelling essays, lush full-color photography, infographics, and never-before-seen... -
The Films of Martin Scorsese, 1963-77: Authorship and Context L. Grist 9780312229917
SciFier: £92.99A study of Martin Scorsese's early career, from his student short films to New York, New York. As well as discussing the films in detail, they are considered in relation both to the issue of film... -
The Cognitive Impact of Television News: Production Attributes and Information Reception B. Gunter 9781349500314
SciFier: £46.99Research shows that, while people around the world consistently nominate television as their most important news source, much of the content of news bulletins is lost to viewers within moments. In... -
Wood Wood 2-22 by Wood Wood
RRP: £53.00SciFier: £43.93The Wood Wood 2-22 book is an introduction to, and a look back at, Wood Wood and the first 20 years of the brand's history. The label's archive has been delved into by Copenhagen/Milan-based ... -
Evacuee Cinema by Salma Siddique (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)
SciFier: £85.65This new history of partition and South Asian cinema is narrated through the careers of emigre film personnel, as well as through the distinctive genres and ancillary ventures that accompanied the... -
YSL LEXICON by Martina Mondadori
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £37.19Yves Saint Laurent (1936 2008) is credited with reviving French haute couture in the 1960s, with making ready-to-wear reputable, and with using non-European cultural references. In addition to the... -
Modelling International Collaborations in Art Education by Peter Sramek
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £33.99Based on over a decade of collective teaching, this volume explores the hybrid use of online and in-person collaboration as a means of offering international experience to university-level arts... -
Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film M. Tolini Finamore 9781349351176
RRP: £109.99SciFier: £106.99This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the... -
Magic Lantern Art: The American Screen's First Great Narrative Artist, Joseph Boggs Beale Terry Borton 9780861967582
RRP: £44.00SciFier: £36.91Magic Lantern Art celebrates the life and artistry of cinema pioneer, Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926). Beale was America's premier artist creating images for magic lantern shows - the projected... -
Produced by Irving Thalberg: Theory of Studio-Era Filmmaking Ana Salzberg 9781474451055
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £20.32Irving Thalberg was not just a critically important producer during Hollywood's Golden Age, but also an innovative theorist of studio-era filmmaking. Drawing on archival sources, this is the first... -
Art Cinema and India's Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the Postcolony Rochona Majumdar 9780231201049
RRP: £117.00SciFier: £94.31The project of Indian art cinema began in the years following independence in 1947, at once evoking the global reach of the term "art film" and speaking to the aspirations of the new nation-state. In... -
Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The Book of the Exhibition British Library 9781526607072
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.55Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the official book of the record-breaking British Library exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling and a team of brilliant... -
Magic Lantern Art: The American Screen's First Great Narrative Artist, Joseph Boggs Beale Terry Borton 9780861967599
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £26.98Magic Lantern Art celebrates the life and artistry of cinema pioneer, Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926). Beale was America's premier artist creating images for magic lantern shows - the projected... -
Digital Arts: An Introduction to New Media Prof Cat Hope 9781780933238
SciFier: £31.99Digital Arts presents an introduction to new media art through key debates and theories. The volume begins with the historical contexts of the digital arts, discusses contemporary forms, and... -
Hollywood's Cold War Tony Shaw 9780748625246
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £30.99Published at a point when American filmmakers are deeply involved in the War on Terror, this authoritative and timely book offers the first comprehensive account of Hollywood's propaganda role during... -
Left of Hollywood by Chris Robe
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £19.64In the 1930s as the capitalist system faltered, many in the United States turned to the political Left. Hollywood, so deeply embedded in capitalism, was not immune to this shift. Left of Hollywood... -
Harry Potter: Magical Places from the Films Titan Books 9781783296026
Titan BooksRRP: £24.99SciFier: £18.38The magical places that were brought to life for the blockbuster Harry Potter films make up the backbone of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world. This book grants a complete, unprecedented look at the... -
Star Wars by J.W Rinzler
Titan BooksRRP: £59.99SciFier: £42.09Star Wars: The Blueprints brings together the original technical drawings from deep within the Lucasfilm Archives. Combined with commentary from J. W. Rinzler, the collection maps in precise, vivid,... -
Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell
RRP: £5.99SciFier: £5.0190 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Beware the self-righteous man of faith, the wicked-eyed child, the jealous lover. For this is Salem, in 1691, where rumours fly on the wind... -
The Scrapbook Of Life And Death by J Webster Sharp
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46'Dentist Robs Women of Teeth' - 'Death Chair for Nice Old Man' - 'Mother Feeds Son Like Bird' The British newspaper clipping collection of egalitarian George Ives, collected between 1892 and 1949,... -
Brown Fleming and the Haarlem Collection by Helen Elands
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £29.62This book details how copies of Indonesian batik, manufactured in Europe and initially intended for the South-East Asian market, enjoyed unexpected success on the west coast of Africa at the end of...