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Folktales of Ireland by Sean O'Sullivan
RRP: £33.00SciFier: £18.51Few countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and... -
The Witches Roald Dahl 9780241677667
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.94As far as children are concerned, a REAL WITCH is easily the most dangerous of all the living creatures on Earth.This beautiful edition of The Witches, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection,... -
Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger
SciFier: £28.13Eisenstein's last, unfinished masterpiece is a strange, complex and haunting film. Commissioned personally by Stalin in 1941, the project placed Eisenstein in the paradoxical situation of having to... -
Gothic Modernisms A. Smith 9781349423651
SciFier: £46.99This is the first full length exploration of the relationship between Gothic fiction and Modernism in fiction and film. The Gothic's fascination with images of the fragmented self is echoed in the... -
Victorians on Screen by Iris Kleinecke-Bates
SciFier: £46.99Victorians on Screen investigates the representation of the Victorian age on British television from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Structured around key areas of enquiry specific to British... -
French Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 1: A History/Anthology, 1907-1939. Volume 1: 1907-1929 Richard Abel 9780691000626
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £42.24These two volumes examine a significant but previously neglected moment in French cultural history: the emergence of French film theory and criticism before the essays of Andre Bazin. Richard Abel... -
Marvel Comics For Dummies by Troy Brownfield
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £15.78Explore the iconic super heroes and storylines from Marvel Comics You may be familiar with heroic characters from Marvel Comics like Black Panther, Iron Man, and Wolverine, or villains like Loki and... -
Guillermo Calles by Rogelio Agrasanchez, Jr.
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21In 1912, Guillermo Calles (1893-1958) became the first Mexican actor to appear in films made in California. Despite limited resources, he began directing and producing his own movies, and in 1929... -
Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema Ian Christie 9780415115957
SciFier: £52.40This is the first collection to be inspired and informed by the new films and archival material that glasnost and perestroika have revealed, and the new methodological approaches that are developing... -
Hathaway Shirts by Douglas Congdon-Martin
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £20.93From its founding in 1837 Hathaway Shirts has been the bellweather for quality and style. Ironically for their 120 years or so they did little or no advertising to the general public, promoting their... -
Tie Dye: Fashion From Hippie to Chic Kate McNamara 9780789345035
RRP: £9.98SciFier: £8.00From hippy to hipster, this spirited style bible is an intoxicating survey of tie-dye, featuring high-fashion photographs as well as archival photographs of style icons ... -
Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema and Culture by J. Suarez
SciFier: £46.99An expanded translation of the groundbreaking book on Colombian cinema, this work addresses not only the inadequate distribution of criticism on Colombian cinema outside Latin America, but also... -
Hollywood Behind the Wall: The Cinema of East Germany Daniela Berghahn 9780719061721
SciFier: £22.99This book is a representative history of East German film culture from 1946 to the present, examining both DEFA's celebrated classics and the most acclaimed post-unification feature films by East... -
Confessions of a Serial Biographer by Carl Rollyson
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £13.61Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers. The author of this book, a self-described member of the Samuel Johnson school, doesn't share this view. An account of a life, he... -
Hats!: Style and Statement in Global Headwear Yona Lesger 9781529443196
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £17.96Hats! is an exploration of headwear from around the world. Divided into four parts reflecting the key reasons why we make and wear hats - Practical, Symbolic, Aesthetic and Transformative - the book... -
Stop That Robot! by Alison Sage
SciFier: £5.55Every child's dream; a robot that tidies your room! But in this wordless picture book, the advantage-taking boy discovers his wised-up robot messing everything up again! Hiding the mess, the boy goes... -
Halloweird by Johnny Mains
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.94In the flickering candlelight of pitchy Autumn nights, malevolent spirits crowd the gloom and weird, terrible things come to pass. Ever since the days of the druidic Samhain, storytellers have... -
A Teller's Tale Nicki Pary 9781835744031
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.69When struggling author Dina falls through a portal into the mythical and forgotten land of Zagras, she's thrust into a world of danger, magic and buried truths. With the help of Greg, a cynical,... -
Calvin Klein Calvin Klein 9780847860142
RRP: £100.00SciFier: £76.65Few names in fashion are as recognisable as that of Calvin Klein. This unique book presents a stunning archive of images that reveal his timeless influence as a designer. From founding the company... -
Marc Jacobs: Unseen Robert Fairer 9780500021606
RRP: £48.00SciFier: £43.08Entering fashion history in 1993 with his notorious 'grunge' collection for Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs would soon be hailed by American Vogue as 'the dauphin of grungy, understated cool'. He quickly... -
Shadow Cinema: The Historical and Production Contexts of Unmade Films James Fenwick (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 9781501370960
SciFier: £33.99Filmmakers and cinema industries across the globe invest more time, money and creative energy in projects and ideas that never get produced than in the movies that actually make it to the screens. ... -
John Akomfrah Dr James Harvey (University of Hertfordshire, UK.) 9781839023217
SciFier: £28.83The films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and... -
Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism Michael E. Birdwell 9780814713389
SciFier: £92.99During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. Yet, the Warner Bros. film studio embarked on a virtual crusade to... -
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... -
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... -
Grassroots Artmaking: Political Struggle and Activist Art in the UK, 1960-Present Maryam Ohadi-Hamadani (Edinburgh College of Art, UK) 9781350453630
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £67.50Grassroots Artmaking is a pioneering, open-access historical survey that compiles diverse studies, artist interviews, case studies, and roundtable discussions to explore how UK-based art activism has... -
The Color of Pixar by Tia Kratter
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £16.81Bold and beautiful, this volume presents hundreds of film stills from the Pixar archives in a glorious spectrum of color. Starting with bright white images and seamlessly flowing through the colors... -
A Divided World by Nick Smedley
SciFier: £30.29Roosevelt's New Deal introduced sweeping social, political and cultural change across the United States, which the Hollywood film community embraced enthusiastically. When the heady idealism of the... -
The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo del Toro A. Davies 9781349488261
SciFier: £112.99Offering a multifaceted approach to the Mexican-born director Guillermo del Toro, this volume examines his wide-ranging oeuvre and traces the connections between his Spanish language and English... -
Paul Robeson by Scott Allen Nollen
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81This is the first book-length study of the 12 films starring African American Renaissance man Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Singer, actor, author, lawyer, athlete, pacifist and civil rights activist,... -
Liberty by Kassia St Clair
RRP: £50.00SciFier: £35.99Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Liberty, this book celebrates the extraordinary range of innovative fabric designs that have been at the forefront of the business and its... -
Jim Henson's A Tale of Sand HC Jim Hensen 9781936393091
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £22.66Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson''s career in a celebration of his creative process. Discovered in the Archives of the The Jim Henson Company, A Tale of Sand is an original... -
The Troyes Memoire: The Making of a Medieval Tapestry Christine R Kane (Royalty Account) 9781843835707
SciFier: £84.76First English translation of a late fifteenth century manuscript containing instructions for designing a medieval tapestry - the only such to survive. The "Troyes Memoire", a late... -
Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers by Lesley Jackson
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £33.51Edinburgh Weavers was one of the most important textile companies of the twentieth century. Alastair Morton, visionary art director of the company, commissioned a remarkable series of textiles from... -
Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann Vincent M. Gaine 9781349336722
SciFier: £46.99Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral , The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform... -
Scenes of Instruction by Dana Polan
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.99This engaging book chronicles the first classes on the art and industry of cinema and the colorful pioneers who taught, wrote, and advocated on behalf of the new art form. Using extensive archival... -
Cinema and Fascism by Stephen Ricci
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.90This study considers Italian filmmaking during the Fascist era and offers an original and revealing approach to the interwar years. Steven Ricci directly confronts a long-standing dilemma faced by... -
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell 9781783789924
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £21.01George Orwell's dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative has never been more essential reading. Winston Smith obeys the Party, rewriting history at the... -
Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 David L. Craddock 9781032066776
RRP: £74.99SciFier: £70.11Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 are a collection of interviews from renowned author David L. Craddock as he explores all corners of the video game... -
Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comic Books Volume 2 by Jerry Iger Studio
RRP: £53.99SciFier: £39.59Before Fredric Wertham and The Seduction of the Innocent (SOTI), before the Kefauver Hearings, and before the infamous Comics Code the comic book racks at local drug stores and newsstands boasted a...