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The Nickel Was for the Movies: Film in the Novel from Pirandello to Puig Gavriel Moses 9780520079434
RRP: $71.02SciFier: $66.32The cinephobic novelist who complains to Fitzgerald's tycoon that he will never get the hang of scriptwriting wouldn't give a nickel for the movies. Yet never before the appearance of film had human... -
3D Cinema and Beyond by Janine Marchessault (York University)
RRP: $54.87SciFier: $52.77This book brings together essays that engage with mainstream entertainment, experimental film and historical scholarship as part of a larger context for examining the grammar of 3D cinema, its... -
Pricksongs & Descants by Robert Coover
RRP: $17.41SciFier: $11.64In his carnivalesque and riotously inventive Pricksongs & Descants Robert Coover remakes old stories: of Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty (who married her Beast and spends a lifetime... -
Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 22 by Kenjiro Hata
Viz MediaRRP: $12.05SciFier: $9.00First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space...whether he likes it or not. His... -
The Pleasures of Computer Gaming by Melanie Swalwell
RRP: $29.47SciFier: $26.14This collection of essays situates the digital gaming phenomenon alongside broader debates in cultural and media studies. Contributors to this volume maintain that computer games are not simply toys,... -
Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation Steve Swink (Flashbang Studios, Tempe, Arizona, USA) 9780123743282
RRP: $60.29SciFier: $53.59"Game Feel" exposes "feel" as a hidden language in game design that no one has fully articulated yet. The language could be compared to the building blocks of music (time signatures, chord... -
Animal Activism On and Off Screen by Claire Parkinson
RRP: $36.17SciFier: $25.11Animal Activism On and Off Screen examines the relationship between animal advocacy and the film and television industries. Leading scholars, activists, and film industry professionals critically... -
The God Peak by Patrick Hemstreet
SciFier: $16.07"I can't wait to read what happens next."-James Rollins, New York Times bestselling authorThe thrilling speculative techno-science epic begun in Patrick Hemstreet's The God Wave continues in this... -
Gillian Wearing by Russell Ferguson
RRP: $37.45SciFier: $26.97British artist Gillian Wearing, winner of the 1997 Turner Prize, uses photography and video to explore the intimacies and complexities of everyday life. Borrowing from popular culture, her work is... -
All the Broken Places by Anise Eden
SciFier: $20.09Winner of the 2016 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance/Suspense Series "Those with an interest in parapsychology will be fascinated by this artfully... -
Killer App by Dr. James R. Gregory
RRP: $17.35SciFier: $12.31Under one cover, Dr. James R. Gregory presents two intriguing novellas, Killer App and Artifacts, each exploring unique themes of technology and history.Killer AppIn Killer App, journalist Bryce... -
Understanding Manga and Anime by Robin E. Brenner
SciFier: $56.27Teens love it. Parents hate it. Librarians are confused by it; and patrons are demanding it. Libraries have begun purchasing both manga and anime, particularly for their teen collections. But the... -
Poison Study (The Chronicles of Ixia, Book 1) Maria V. Snyder 9781848452398
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $8.94Choose: A quick death or a slow poison Found guilty of murder, Yelena Zaltana faces the ultimate punishment - execution. Imprisoned deep in the castle's dungeon, she awaits her fate until... -
Ninja Camp by Sue Fliess
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $14.02Pack your bags and grab your gear: you're going to Ninja Camp! Listen closely to the ninja master, who will teach you everything you need to know to become a ninja warrior-but it won't be easy... -
Best of the Britcoms by Garry Berman
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $18.48Best of the Britcoms celebrates the finest British television situation comedies to cross the Atlantic and grace American airwaves. The book, illustrated throughout with photographs of memorable... -
Unikkaaqtuat: An Introduction to Inuit Myths and Legends by Neil Christopher
RRP: $26.79SciFier: $19.86Unikkaaqtuat is the Inuktitut word meaning "to tell stories." This definitive collection of Inuit legends is thoughtfully introduced and carefully annotated to provide the historical and cultural... -
The Doctor Who Error Finder: Plot, Continuity and Production Mistakes in the Television Series and Films R.H. Langley 9780786419906
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $34.72In Episode Four of Doctor Who's ""Stones of Blood,"" 14 minutes and 22 seconds into the show, a crow lands on a large ""rock,"" causing it to shake. In Episode One of ""State of Decay,"" at 9:37, the... -
Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 26 by Kenjiro Hata
Viz MediaRRP: $12.05SciFier: $9.00First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space...whether he likes it or not. His... -
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Relax Kids: Aladdin's Magic Carpet Marneta Viegas 9781782798699 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.07SciFier: $6.86Using well known and loved fairy stories this is a gentle and fun way of introducing children to the world of meditation and relaxation. It is designed to counteract some of the tensions with which... -
Negative Media: Erasureand the Limits of Retention Ella Klik 9781503639768
RRP: $128.64SciFier: $105.35In a world inundated by an endless proliferation of texts, images, and data, the tension between the human desire to preserve and the economic incentive to retain collides with the finite nature of... -
Animal Activism On and Off Screen Claire Parkinson 9781761540363
RRP: $58.95SciFier: $46.89Animal Activism On and Off Screen examines the relationship between animal advocacy and the film and television industries. Leading scholars, activists, and film industry professionals critically... -
Codice Superga: An Italian Fashion Story Maria Luisa Frisa 9788891846075
RRP: $67.00SciFier: $49.83In its more than a century-long history, Superga has shaped the aesthetic and functional design of sports and leisure footwear, defining the imagery of a way of life that has always kept up with the... -
The Business of Television: Expanded and Updated Second Edition Ken Basin (Sony Pictures Television; Harvard Business School, USA) 9781032012988
SciFier: $54.52In this updated 2nd edition, esteemed television executive and Harvard lecturer Ken Basin offers a comprehensive overview of the business, financial, and legal structure of the U.S. television... -
Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 9 by Kenjiro Hata
Viz MediaRRP: $10.71SciFier: $8.17First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space...whether he likes it or not. His... -
Reuben and the Amazing Mind Machine by Jonathan M Hughes
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.72Retirement can be boring, but not so for Reuben's Gramps! In the time he now has to spare, this retired professor of neuroscience sets about to build a machine that can amazingly be programmed to... -
Batman and the Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture Chris Richardson (Young Harris College, Georgia USA) 9780367409210
SciFier: $82.76This cultural analysis of visual and narrative elements within Batman comics provides an important exploration of the ways readers and creators negotiate gender, identity, and sexuality in popular... -
Night Terrors Tim Waggoner 9780857669001
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $8.94Meet Detective Audra and her partner Mr Jinx, the clown who haunted her childhood dreams. Together they are working to protect the real world from Maelstrom, the world of dreams, but then things... -
Imitation of Life: Douglas Sirk, Director Lucy Fischer 9780813516455
RRP: $42.88SciFier: $33.49Douglas Sirk (Claus Detler Sierck) was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1900. He made nine films before fleeing Nazi Germany, eventually coming to America. His best-known films, made during the 1950s-all... -
More Board Game Education by Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh
SciFier: $30.14This book is a follow up to Board Game Education. However, unlike many of the board games discussed in Board Game Education, this book identifies and discusses five board games that each develop... -
Impossible and Hyper-Real Elements of Architecture by Carl Lostritto
RRP: $40.13SciFier: $27.30Impossible and Hyper-Real Elements of Architecture addresses how and why architects, artists, and designers manipulate reality. Front and centre in this discourse is the role of rendering. Most... -
Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli: Great Shakespeareans: Volume XVII Professor Mark Thornton Burnett (Queen's University Belfast, UK) 9781472579584
SciFier: $50.91In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of four major film directors to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Focusing on the work of Orson Welles, Akira... -
Understanding Comedy through College Comedies by Norman Kagan
SciFier: $52.25Understanding Comedy through College Comedies explains the nature of comedy through the study of college comedy films, including classics (College, The Freshman); romantic/screwball comedies (Where... -
Inner Monologue in Acting R. Roznowski 9781137354273
RRP: $60.29SciFier: $46.62What should an actor be thinking onstage? This overlooked, important question is the crux of this new book that combines psychological theory, numerous practical exercises, and a thorough and... -
Getting Started in 3D with Maya: Create a Project from Start to Finish-Model, Texture, Rig, Animate, and Render in Maya Adam Watkins (University of the Incarnate Word) 9780240820422
RRP: $57.61SciFier: $52.41Deliver professional-level 3D content in no time with this comprehensive guide to 3D animation with Maya. With over 12 years of training experience, plus several award winning students under his... -
Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 14 by Kenjiro Hata
Viz MediaRRP: $10.71SciFier: $8.17First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space...whether he likes it or not. His... -
Donald Shebib's 'Goin' Down the Road' by Geoff Pevere
RRP: $26.79SciFier: $21.91Since its release in July 1970, Donald Shebib's low-budget road movie about displaced Maritimers in Toronto has become one of the most celebrated Canadian movies ever made. In this study of Goin'... -
Roberto Rossellini Peter Brunette 9780520359376
RRP: $107.20SciFier: $87.61This is the first full-length study in any language of the most significant film director of Italian Neorealism. Peter Brunette combines close analyses of Roberto Rossellini's formal and narrative... -
Art Club (A Graphic Novel) Rashad Doucet 9780759556393
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $12.34Dale Donavan has heard the same lecture over and over again: Art will get you nowhere in life. A kid with a creative streak, Dale wants nothing more than to doodle, play video games, and create... -
Rated A by Darshana Sreedhar Mini
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $33.41A 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. In the 1990s, India's... -
The Wampas Baby Stars by Roy Liebman
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $33.78In 1922, an early association of film publicists known as the Western Associated Motion Picture Advertisers (Wampas) hit upon a strategy to call attention to their organization and their industry...