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Rocket to the Moon! by Don Brown
SciFier: $15.80On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn't just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing... -
Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance Laura Poitras 9780300217650
RRP: $40.20SciFier: $35.83A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and government power by writers, artists, and others The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass... -
David Lynch by Dennis Lim
SciFier: $13.39At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch's work is primed to act... -
The Light in the Dark by Michael Peter Bolus
SciFier: $116.57Through an engaging and enlightening selection of readings and articles, The Light in the Dark: The Evolution, Mechanics, and Purpose of Cinema investigates cinema from a variety of diverse... -
Directory of African Film-Makers and Films by Keith Shiri
SciFier: $49.57The richness and color of African cinema have been neglected for too long and its many talented film-makers deserve full recognition. This new and unique book gives detailed information on over 300... -
Mathematics of Tabletop Games Aaron Montgomery 9781032468518
SciFier: $124.62Mathematics of Tabletop Games provides a bridge between mathematics and hobby tabletop gaming. Instead of focusing on games mathematicians play, such as nim and chomp, this book starts with the... -
Albert Brooks: Interviews Alexander Greenhough 9781496849977
RRP: $121.94SciFier: $96.82Albert Brooks: Interviews brings together fourteen profiles of and conversations with Brooks (b. 1947), in which he contemplates, expounds upon, and hilariously jokes about the connections between... -
The American Newsreel by Raymond Fielding
RRP: $48.23SciFier: $42.81For fifty years, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. Released twice a week, less than ten minutes long, each had news footage that combined journalism with entertainment. With... -
When Comedy Goes Wrong Christopher J. Gilbert (Assumption University) 9780253072511
RRP: $40.19SciFier: $32.32It's time to look at what is not so funny about funny business. While conventional wisdom has it that humor embodies a spirit of renewal and humility, a new, dispirited form of comedy has begun to... -
Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy, Volume 1 Susan Haarman 9781041076070
RRP: $79.05SciFier: $71.37Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy brings together scholars and educators who explore the educational potential of analog role-playing games (tabletop role-playing games and... -
Changing Fashion: A Critical Introduction to Trend Analysis and Meaning Annette Lynch 9781845203900
SciFier: $42.87Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. Changing Fashion presents for the first time a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change,... -
The Veil Unveiled: The Hijab in Modern Culture Faegheh Shirazi 9780813056463
RRP: $60.30SciFier: $39.11Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and cartoons gathered from popular culture, this provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within... -
Mihi Ever After Tae Keller 9781250814333
RRP: $12.05SciFier: $9.23Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she's not the princess type. But when she and her new friends, Savannah and Reese, discover a... -
Dickens on Screen John Glavin (Georgetown University, Washington DC) 9780521001243
SciFier: $48.23Television and film, not libraries or scholarship, have made Charles Dickens the most important unread novelist in English. It is not merely that millions of people feel comfortable deploying the... -
BBC Walking With Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secret Stories of Prehistoric Life Andrew Cohen 9798217128037
RRP: $53.60SciFier: $41.53Travel back in time to the prehistoric world of the dinosaurs, brought to life in spectacular detail.Revisit the spectacle of the incredible new season of BBC One's Walking With Dinosaurs in this... -
Zoomi and Zoe and the Tricky Turnaround Corey Ann Haydu 9781683694588
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $15.40The Princess in Black meets Monsters, Inc. in this zany, heartwarming new series for early readers 4 to 8 years old! Written by the acclaimed Corey Ann Haydu with sweet, quirky illustrations by Anne... -
Filmmaker's Journey by Severo Perez
RRP: $42.81SciFier: $28.39Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1941, acclaimed filmmaker Severo Perez moved to Los Angeles in 1972 to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. His films have won awards, including five CINE... -
Nova Samuel R. Delany 9781473211919
GatewayRRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.68The balance of galactic power in the 31st century revolves around Illyrion, the most precious energy source in the universe. Captain Lorq van Ray's varied and exotic crew know their mission is... -
The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel Mary Robinette Kowal 9780765378385
SciFier: $17.73A meteor decimates the U.S. government and paves the way for a climate cataclysm that will eventually render the earth inhospitable to humanity. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated... -
Proof of Concept by Gwyneth Jones
RRP: $16.07SciFier: $10.37On a desperately overcrowded future Earth, crippled by climate change, the most unlikely hope is better than none. Governments turn to Big Science to provide them with the dreams that will keep the... -
Children of Eden by Graceffa
SciFier: $15.42Rowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked for death. She can never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will mark her as a... -
Computer Games and Technical Communication: Critical Methods and Applications at the Intersection Jennifer deWinter 9781138710207
SciFier: $58.60Taking as its point of departure the fundamental observation that games are both technical and symbolic, this collection investigates the multiple intersections between the study of computer games... -
I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing by A. D. Jameson
SciFier: $19.28In I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing, A. D. Jameson takes geeks and non-geeks alike on a surprising and insightful journey through the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero franchises that now... -
The Tarnished Garden Alyssa Colman 9781250866523
RRP: $10.71SciFier: $8.90The Manhattan School for Magic is the newest kindling school in New York, but Maeve O'Donnell knows she doesn't deserve her place there. Though her sister, Izzy, is one of the school's founders and a... -
The Lighter Side of Teaching by Aaron Bacall
SciFier: $30.81A sense of humor is essential for effective teaching! As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with... -
Magnolia Christina Lane (University of Miami, USA) 9781405184618
SciFier: $27.59There are certain films and shows that resonate with audiences everywhere-they generate discussion and debate about everything from gender, class, citizenship and race, to consumerism and social... -
Mastering the Craft of Diverse and Inclusive Screenwriting: Find Your Screenwriting Superpower Karla Rae Fuller 9781032627069
SciFier: $49.30This accessible and informative textbook provides a guide to the craft of screenwriting with an emphasis on diverse perspectives, underrepresented groups and their screen stories. Readers will learn... -
Marayrasu: Stories Amy Therese Olen 9780810149434
RRP: $24.11SciFier: $20.85The first English-language collection of short stories by award-winning Peruvian author Edgardo Rivera MartInez The stories in Marayrasu stage fantastical, mysterious encounters that belie the... -
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror Becky Siegel Spratford 9780838948767
SciFier: $70.00Covering the latest in monsters and the macabre, horror expert Spratford's guide is ideal as both an introductory guide for novices and a fount of new ideas for horror-aware reference staff.Like the... -
The Theatre of Les Waters: More Like the Weather Scott T. Cummings (Boston College, Massachussets, USA) 9780367773229
RRP: $50.91SciFier: $46.98The Theatre of Les Waters: More Like the Weather combines original writings from Les Waters with short essays by a wide range of his collaborators, creating a personal and multi-faceted portrait of... -
Ida Lupino, Director, 2nd Edition: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition Therese Grisham 9781978846135
RRP: $128.64SciFier: $105.35The updated edition of Ida Lupino, Director: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition, an in-depth exploration of Lupino's film and television directing work, provides close readings of the... -
Blaze of Memory: Book 7 Nalini Singh 9780575100077
GollanczRRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.68Nalini Singh returns to the Psy/Changeling world as a woman without a past becomes the pawn of a man who controls her future ...Dev Santos discovers her unconscious and battered, with no memory of... -
Summer Sons Lee Mandelo 9781250790293
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $16.86Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before... -
A Dark and Hungry God Arises by Stephen Donaldson
GollanczSciFier: $31.48The third instalment in the GAP sequence: Stephen Donaldson's fascinating universe peopled with characters of a passion and intensity only he could create.After a terrifying encounter with the Amnion... -
University Babylon: Film and Race Politics on Campus Curtis Marez 9780520304581
RRP: $33.50SciFier: $28.26From the silent era to the present, film productions have shaped the way the public views campus life. Collaborations between universities and Hollywood entities have disseminated influential ideas... -
Everything but the Script by Jason Davids Scott
SciFier: $83.07Everything but the Script: Professional Writing in the Entertainment Industry introduces readers to the lesser known yet critically important forms of writing within the industry. The book offers... -
The Shawshank Experience by Maura Grady
RRP: $93.79SciFier: $47.69This book features an in-depth analysis of the world's most popular movie, The Shawshank Redemption, delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier... -
Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller
RRP: $17.41SciFier: $14.24Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she's not the princess type. But when she and her new friends, Savannah and Reese, discover a... -
The Lightborn Rebecca Zahabi 9781473234475
GollanczRRP: $29.48SciFier: $22.50Freed from his prison cell, the former slave known as Tatters is finally ready to face his past. Now his true nature is known to all, he can use his Lightborn powers freely. But they come at a price,... -
Movie Roadshows by Kim R. Holston
RRP: $48.23SciFier: $43.75This work examines a film distribution system paralleling the rise of early features and persisting until 1972, when Man of La Mancha was the final roadshow to require reserved seating. Synonymous...