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Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation S. Napier 9780312238636
SciFier: £92.99With the popularity of Pokemon still far from waning, Japanese animation, known as anime to its fans, has a firm hold on American pop culture. However, anime is much more than children's cartoons. It... -
Rosa By Starlight Hilary McKay 9781529074512
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £7.20From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary McKay, comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it.Rosa lives in a world where she... -
British Silent Cinema and the Great War M. Hammond 9780230292628
SciFier: £46.99This innovative book presents for the first time detailed histories of the impact of the Great War on British cinema in the silent period, from actual war footage to fiction filmmaking. In doing so... -
Docudrama on European Television by Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
SciFier: £24.49This book explores docudrama as a creative response to troubled times. With generic characteristics formed via traditions in theatre as well as film, and with claims to fact underscored by... -
Animated Documentary Annabelle Honess Roe 9781137017451
SciFier: £83.49Animated Documentary, the first book to be published on this fascinating topic, considers how animation is used as a representational strategy in nonfiction film and television and explores the ways... -
Animated Documentary Annabelle Honess Roe 9781349437092
RRP: £69.99SciFier: £67.49Animated Documentary, the first book to be published on this fascinating topic, considers how animation is used as a representational strategy in nonfiction film and television and explores the ways... -
Framing the Holocaust in Polish Aftermath Cinema by Matilda Mroz
SciFier: £114.63This book offers a unique perspective on contemporary Polish cinema's engagement with histories of Polish violence against their Jewish neighbours during the Holocaust. Moving beyond conventional... -
The Objects of Affection: Semiotics and Consumer Culture A. Berger 9780230103726
SciFier: £46.99In this book, pre-eminent semiotician Arthur Asa Berger decodes the meanings of common objects of consumption and their perceived 'sacredness' in consumerist cultures. Using semiotic theory, consumer... -
The Palgrave Handbook of Sound Design and Music in Screen Media: Integrated Soundtracks Liz Greene 9781137516794
SciFier: £113.99This book bridges the existing gap between film sound and film music studies by bringing together scholars from both disciplines who challenge the constraints of their subject areas by thinking about... -
Linguistics and the Study of Comics by Frank Bramlett
SciFier: £92.99Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? What is the impact of... -
Television Audiences Across the World: Deconstructing the Ratings Machine J. Bourdon 9781349466337
SciFier: £46.99This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and... -
Conjuring Science by Sofie Lachapelle
SciFier: £112.99Conjuring Science explores the history of magic shows and scientific entertainment. It follows the frictions and connections of magic and science as they occurred in the world of popular... -
Creativity: Unconventional Wisdom from 20 Accomplished Minds H. Meyers 9781349279814
SciFier: £46.99This book is about creativity in business, management and many professions. The authors have interviewed well known creative people to identify how creative methods work. Their analysis shows that... -
From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Help: Critical Perspectives on White-Authored Narratives of Black Life C. Garcia 9781137446251
SciFier: £92.99This book surveys the cultural, literary, and cinematic impact of white-authored films and imaginative literature on American society from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to Kathryn... -
Lore Olympus: Volume One: The multi-award winning Sunday Times bestselling Webtoon series Rachel Smythe 9781529150452
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £16.10Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love - witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology's best-known stories.'Steamy, often... -
Re-Framing the Theatrical: Interdisciplinary Landscapes for Performance A. Oddey 9781349357086
SciFier: £46.99Oddey questions the role of the spectator and director, and the nature of art works and performance. She provocatively demonstrates the spectator as centre of the artistic experience, a new kind of... -
The Objects of Affection: Semiotics and Consumer Culture A. Berger 9780230103733
SciFier: £46.99In this book, pre-eminent semiotician Arthur Asa Berger decodes the meanings of common objects of consumption and their perceived 'sacredness' in consumerist cultures. Using semiotic theory, consumer... -
Film as Philosophy by R. Read
SciFier: £61.99A series of essays on film and philosophy whose authors - philosophers or film studies experts - write on a wide variety of films: classic Hollywood comedies, war films, Eastern European art films,... -
Burning Midnight Will McIntosh 9781509803569
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £9.99For fans of The Maze Runner and The 5th Wave, this debut YA novel from Hugo Award-winner Will McIntosh pits four teens against an evil billionaire in the race of a lifetime. Sully is a sphere dealer... -
How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy S. Totman 9780230618695
SciFier: £46.99This book examines US foreign policy toward the so-called 'rogue states' and the products of the Hollywood film industry in relation to these states, which promises to make a significant contribution... -
Aesop's Fables Oversized Padded Board Book by Aesop
SciFier: £14.39Revive your childhood wonder and fascination with the most exquisitely illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables -featuring breathtaking original artwork by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator... -
Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity S. Short 9781349515646
SciFier: £46.99This book breaks new ground in providing an in-depth critical assessment of cyborg cinema, arguing that it remains one of the most intriguing and provocative cycles to have emerged in contemporary... -
New Documentaries in Latin America Vinicius Navarro 9781137291332
SciFier: £46.99Examining the vast breadth and diversity of contemporary documentary production, while also situating nonfiction film and video within the cultural, political, and socio-economic history of the... -
Queer Italia: Same-Sex Desire in Italian Literature and Film by G. Cestaro
SciFier: £46.99Queer Italia gathers essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern. The volume's chronological organization reflects its intention to define a queer tradition in Italian culture. While... -
SuburbiaNation by R. Beuka
SciFier: £46.99The expansion of the suburban environment is a fascinating cultural development. In fact, the United States is primarily a suburban nation, with far more Americans living in the suburbs that in... -
From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Help: Critical Perspectives on White-Authored Narratives of Black Life C. Garcia 9781349495955
SciFier: £92.99This book surveys the cultural, literary, and cinematic impact of white-authored films and imaginative literature on American society from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin to Kathryn... -
Road Movies: From Muybridge and Melies to Lynch and Kiarostami D. Orgeron 9780230601277
SciFier: £46.99Road Movies engages with two foundational twentieth century technologies: cinematic and automotive. It is a book about road movies, a genre burdened by its own seductiveness. It is also, however, a... -
Lore Olympus Rachel Smythe 9781529150445 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £4.80Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love - witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology's best-known stories.'Steamy, often... -
The Melodramatic Public by R. Vasudevan
SciFier: £93.49What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do film audiences engage with socio-political issues? What role has cinema played in the emergence of new economic forms, consumer... -
Tragic Time in Drama, Film, and Videogames by Rebecca Bushnell
SciFier: £39.99This book explores how classical and Shakespearean tragedy has shaped the temporality of crisis on the stage and in time-travel films and videogames. In turn, it uncovers how performance and new... -
Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation S. Napier 9780312238629
SciFier: £92.99With the popularity of Pokemon still far from waning, Japanese animation, known as anime to its fans, has a firm hold on American pop culture. However, anime is much more than children's cartoons. It... -
Atmosphere, Architecture, Cinema by Michael Tawa
SciFier: £112.99Atmosphere, Cinema, Architecture: Thematic Reflections on Ambiance and Place explores cinema and architecture as ambient and affective settings or circumstances that can enable the emergence of... -
The Digital Television Revolution: Origins to Outcomes M. Starks 9781137273345
SciFier: £46.99This account of the global switch to digital television, from its origins to its emerging outcomes, provides an understanding of how digital television is converging with the Internet. It pictures a... -
Memories of Resistance and the Holocaust on Film by Mercedes Camino
SciFier: £83.49This book investigates cinematic representations of the murder of European Jews and civilian opposition to Nazi occupation from the war up until the twenty-first century. The study exposes a... -
Digital Media Worlds by Giuditta De Prato
SciFier: £46.99Digital Media Worlds tracks the evolution of the media sector on its way toward a digital world. It focuses on core economic and management issues (cost structures, value network chain, business... -
World Cinema's 'Dialogues' With Hollywood P. Cooke 9781403998958
SciFier: £46.99Paul Cooke looks at Hollywood's interaction with national and transnational cinemas, from German Expressionism to Bollywood and Chinese film. While Hollywood has had a huge impact on the medium -... -
Lore Olympus: Volume One: The multi-award winning Sunday Times bestselling Webtoon series Rachel Smythe 9781529150445
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £18.88Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love - witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology's best-known stories.'Steamy, often... -
The Astounding Broccoli Boy Frank Cottrell Boyce 9781405054676 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £2.72Find out why it's not easy being green in the hilarious story from Frank Cottrell Boyce: The Astounding Broccoli Boy! Illustrated throughout by Steven Lenton. Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for... -
Satyajit Ray's The Chess Players and Postcolonial Film Theory: Postcolonialism and Film Theory Reena Dube 9781403946294
SciFier: £46.99Indispensable for students of film studies, in this book Reena Dube explores Satyajit Ray's films, and The Chess Players in particular, in the context of discourses of labour in colonial and... -
Screening the Dark Side of Love: From Euro-Horror to American Cinema Karen A. Ritzenhoff 9780230341548
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...