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Global Art Cinema: New Theories and Histories Rosalind Galt 9780195385625
SciFier: £74.76Art cinema is a canonical term used in critical histories of postwar world cinema to carve out a space of aesthetic and commercial distinction that is neither mainstream nor avant-garde. For over... -
Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers Michael Berry (Book Review Editor, Modern Chinese Literature & Culture) 9780231133319
SciFier: £32.91"I always compare filmmaking to cooking. Shooting is like buying the groceries. You buy all kinds of ingredients and the better ingredients you get, the better chance you have of making the movie you... -
Semiotics for Screenwriters: Break Down Your Favorite Movies Then Write Your Own Michael Tierno 9781501390999
SciFier: £30.99You're trying to finish a screenplay, but there's a voice in your ear whispering, "You should know more about how cinema story works." Perhaps you've heard how many successful screenwriters... -
The Comics Form: The Art of Sequenced Images Dr Chris Gavaler (Washington and Lee University, USA) 9781350245952
SciFier: £31.99Answering foundational questions like "what is a comic" and "how do comics work" in original and imaginative ways, this book adapts established, formalist approaches to explaining the experience of... -
Worlds Built to Fall Apart by David Lapoujade
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £17.90Philosophically analyzing the work of one of the twentieth century's most popular, and peculiar, science fiction authors Despite his enduring popularity, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)-whose short... -
Fashion and Politics by Djurdja Bartlett
RRP: £37.50SciFier: £26.42A timely and splendidly illustrated global exploration of the complex intersections of fashion and politics from the mid-19th century to the present day Taking a multifaceted look at a topic of... -
Spanish Screen Fiction by Paul Julian Smith (Hispanic & Luso-Brazillian Languages, CUNY (United States))
SciFier: £28.89This pioneering book is the first to argue that cinema and television in Spain only make sense when considered together as twin vehicles for screen fiction. The Spanish audiovisual sector is now one... -
Minding Movies: Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking David Bordwell 9780226066981
RRP: £81.00SciFier: £80.21David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson are two of America's preeminent film scholars. You would be hard pressed to find a serious student of the cinema who hasn't spent at least a few hours huddled with... -
Microphone Fiends by Tricia Rose
SciFier: £38.36Microphone Fiends, a collection of original essays and interviews, brings together some of the best known scholars, critics, journalists and performers to focus on the contemporary scene. It includes... -
L by Jennifer Beals by Jennifer Beals
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £28.33Since its debut in 2004, The L Word has been a milestone of popular and queer culture. For six seasons, this iconic show broke barriers and brought on-screen visibility to the experiences of the... -
The New Old Style: Anachronism in Contemporary Comics Matthew Levay 9781496237620
SciFier: £35.19The New Old Style explores how the deliberate use of cartooning styles that mimic those of the early twentieth century has paradoxically become one of the most significant vehicles for formal... -
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures ND Stevenson 9780062278265
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.87From ND Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds him turning an important corner in his creative journey-and... -
Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies Dr Amanda Sikarskie 9781350134478
SciFier: £30.09Are you a researcher struggling to mine and make sense of a mountain of fashion data? Are you interested in learning about how digital methods and tools could enhance your research? Have you thought... -
Aesthetics, Disinterestedness, and Effectiveness in Political Art by Maria-Alina Asavei
SciFier: £87.99Should politically concerned and engaged artistic production disregard questions or/and requirements of aesthetic reception and value? Whether art should be "aesthetic" or "political" is not a new... -
Say Something (PB) by Peter H. Reynolds
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.06"A motivational must-have for every collection." - School Library Journal A New York Times Bestseller The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea... -
The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales by Professor of Chinese Studies Juwen Zhang
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £15.12A delightful collection of modern Chinese talesThe Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time in English. These... -
The Black Body in Ecstasy by Jennifer C. Nash
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £17.12In The Black Body in Ecstasy, Jennifer C. Nash rewrites black feminism's theory of representation. Her analysis moves beyond black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how... -
Swept Under the Rug by Kathy M'Closkey
SciFier: £30.39Collected and highly valued all over the world, Navajo weaving has been the subject of many aesthetic and historic studies. Grounded in archival research and cultural and economic approaches, this... -
Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts Jonathan Gray 9780814731949
SciFier: £92.99Highlights the trailers, merchandising and cultural conversations that shape our experiences of film and television It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived... -
Another Man: Men's Style Stories Alister Mackie 9780847843275
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £38.28From the editors of Another Man magazine, an epic journey into the world of men's style. Another Man magazine is revered around the world as the ultimate style bible for modern men. Elevating men's... -
Documenting the Black Experience by Novotny Lawrence
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21History taught at the elementary, middle, high school and even college levels often excludes significant events from African American history, such as the murder of Emmett Till or the murder of... -
Black in Fashion by WWD
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £39.89A stunning and comprehensive look at the indelible contribution of Black designers, models, scene-makers, and stylists to fashion history, from "the bible of fashion"-WWD.Black in Fashion is a... -
The Baby Dragon Bakery by A. T. Qureshi
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.58***Pre-order the charming follow up to the bestselling book The Baby Dragon Cafe!*** ... -
German Graphic Narratives and Trauma by Elisabeth Krimmer (Series Editor)
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £73.84This volume explores the representation of political, racial, sexual, and environmental trauma in German-language graphic narratives, which has thus far received little scholarly attention. In... -
The Black Body in Ecstasy: Reading Race, Reading Pornography Jennifer C. Nash 9780822356059
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £67.47In The Black Body in Ecstasy, Jennifer C. Nash rewrites black feminism's theory of representation. Her analysis moves beyond black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how... -
Busy Wheels Rebecca Atkinson 9781805700036
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.99Move the slider mechanism to answer funny questions about busy vehicles and lift five flaps to find hidden creatures! Explore things that go in this interactive and playful board book, which puts... -
Other Wise Hearts Hayley Graham 9781915641472
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.28What's it like to be Autistic? If you think it's all Rain Man and Big Bang Theory, then think again. Inspired by real life experiences, Other Wise Hearts is a series of gripping and heartfelt stories... -
The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News D. Michael Rivage-Seul 9781433149511
RRP: £102.75SciFier: £92.99D. Michael Rivage-Seul's eye-opening new book, The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News, invites readers to try out what Baba Dick Gregory calls the "magic... -
The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia by James M. Welsh
SciFier: £93.49Francis Ford Coppola's career has spanned five decades, from low budget films he produced in the early 1960s to more personal films of recent years. Because of the tremendous popular success of The... -
Fashion Lives by Fern Mallis
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £30.91This revealing volume provides unprecedented access to master designers and industry leaders. No topic is off-limits to Fern Mallis, award-winning creator of Fashion Week in New York, when she hosts... -
Wounded Little Gods by Eliza Victoria
SciFier: £13.49Regina was born and raised in the small town of Heridos, where gods and spirits walked the earth.Until they didn't.Ten years ago, the town's harvest failed utterly, and the people---believing the... -
Some Faraway Place: A Bright Sessions Novel Lauren Shippen 9781250297594
SciFier: £10.74Rose Atkinson's mother can see the future. Her father can move things he doesn't touch. Her brother Aaron can read minds. And Rose, well, she makes a mean spaghetti bolognese. Everyone else in her... -
The Hidden Game of Football: A Revolutionary Approach to the Game and Its Statistics Bob Carroll 9780226825861
RRP: £18.00SciFier: £16.25The 1988 cult classic behind football's data analytics revolution, now back in print with a new foreword and preface. Data analytics have revolutionized football. With play sheets informed by... -
Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace by Andrea Harriman
RRP: £43.95SciFier: £41.35It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others, new romantics, new wavers, the bats or the morbids. 'Goth' did not gain lexical currency until the... -
Stanley Kubrick by Gene D. Phillips
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46From his first feature film, Fear and Desire (1953), to his final, posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubrick excelled at probing the dark corners of human consciousness. In doing... -
The Making of Alternative Cinema Mario Falsetto 9780275994587
SciFier: £29.99The massive investments made in Hollywood today mandate tight studio controls on mainstream cinema. As a result, one must often look to alternative outlets in order to see a movie intended primarily... -
What the Band Wore by Alice Harris
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £28.93"Even the book's cover sparkles with gold, a brilliant visual cue -- at least for those of us of a certain age -- of what's in store: A traipse through that time in our lives when the sparkly flash... -
Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics Mark Heimermann 9781477311622
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.90Comics and childhood have had a richly intertwined history for nearly a century. From Richard Outcault's Yellow Kid, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo, and Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie to Herge's... -
Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics Mark Heimermann 9781477311615
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £55.88Comics and childhood have had a richly intertwined history for nearly a century. From Richard Outcault's Yellow Kid, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo, and Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie to Herge's... -
Reel Gender by Sa'ed Atshan
SciFier: £27.04Reel Gender is a groundbreaking collection that addresses the collective realities and the filmic representations of Palestinian and Israeli societies. The eight essays, by leading scholars,...