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Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films in a Global Era Natalia Pinazza 9781349463343
SciFier: $107.61Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the... -
Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films in a Global Era Natalia Pinazza 9781137336033
SciFier: $107.61Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the... -
Vesselless Cortney L. Winn 9780008764562
RRP: $45.80SciFier: $32.22The sensational enemies-to-lovers romantasy debut following the heir to a fantasy kingdom, and the seductive spirit sent to claim her soul. ... -
Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism: Depression and the Politics of Existence Adam Szymanski 9781041176985
RRP: $105.32SciFier: $96.18The hegemonic meaning of depression as a universal mental illness embodied by an individualized subject is propped up by psychiatry's clinical gaze. Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism turns to the work... -
In the Name of National Security: Hitchcock, Homophobia, and the Political Construction of Gender in Postwar America Robert J. Corber 9780822313861
SciFier: $51.66In the Name of National Security exposes the ways in which the films of Alfred Hitchcock, in conjunction with liberal intellectuals and political figures of the 1950s, fostered homophobia so as to... -
Hshouma by Zainab Fasiki
RRP: $34.33SciFier: $27.37'In my country, Morocco, it's hshouma (shameful) to discuss certain subjects, notably sexuality and the body, and even more so to want to experience these things. To understand what we're going... -
The Rhetoric of Violence by Kamal Abdel-Malek
SciFier: $107.61Despite the urgent need to develop understandings of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the light of the current situation in the Middle East, the role of violence and reconciliation in Palestinian... -
Picturing the Family: Media, Narrative, Memory Silke Arnold-de Simine 9781474283601
SciFier: $256.64Whether pasted into an album, framed or shared on social media, the family photograph simultaneously offers a private and public insight into the identity and past of its subject. Long considered a... -
The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining Rebecca Gibson (Independent scholar) 9781350295193
SciFier: $246.50Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly... -
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In the Name of National Security: Hitchcock, Homophobia, and the Political Construction of Gender in Postwar America Robert J. Corber 9780822313809 [USED COPY]
RRP: $210.68SciFier: $23.36In the Name of National Security exposes the ways in which the films of Alfred Hitchcock, in conjunction with liberal intellectuals and political figures of the 1950s, fostered homophobia so as to... -
Science Fiction Film: A Critical Introduction Keith M. Johnston 9781847884763
SciFier: $82.42Science Fiction Film develops a historical and cultural approach to the genre that moves beyond close readings of iconography and formal conventions. It explores how this increasingly influential... -
Celluloid Mischief: Deviance and Crime on the Silver Screen Erich Goode 9781032341361
SciFier: $98.15Celluloid Mischief examines the portrayal of wrongdoing and "deviant" behavior in film. The premise is that films are material products of both individual and collective imagination that reflect the... -
Killer Images: Documentary Film, Memory, and the Performance of Violence Joram ten Brink 9780231163354
RRP: $50.38SciFier: $45.04Cinema has long shaped not only how mass violence is perceived but also how it is performed. Today, when media coverage is central to the execution of terror campaigns and news anchormen serve as... -
Stan Brakhage: Interviews Suranjan Ganguly 9781496823328
RRP: $57.14SciFier: $44.56In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the... -
The Human Rights Graphic Novel: Drawing it Just Right Pramod K. Nayar 9780367626822
SciFier: $110.06This book studies human rights discourse across a variety of graphic novels, both fiction and non-fiction, originating in different parts of the world, from India to South Africa, Sarajevo to... -
Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives by Dav Pilkey
RRP: $25.17SciFier: $18.07The perfect present for Dog Man fans - starring some of your favourite characters from the series! Cat Kid Comic Club is back in session in this groundbreaking graphic ... -
Wong Kar-wai: Interviews Silver Wai-ming Lee 9781496820259
RRP: $60.69SciFier: $44.56Fans and critics alike perceive Wong Kar-wai (b. 1958) as an enigma. His dark glasses, his nonlinear narrations, and his high expectations for actors all contribute to an assumption that he only... -
Stan Brakhage: Interviews Suranjan Ganguly 9781496810694
RRP: $208.39SciFier: $208.37In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks, his theoriesof vision and sound, the... -
The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining Rebecca Gibson (Independent scholar) 9781350295186
SciFier: $67.01Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly... -
Victims, Perpetrators and Professionals by Tingting Hu
SciFier: $252.08This book examines the representation of women in relation to violence in Chinese crime films made on the mainland, and in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It introduces a new trajectory in the investigation of... -
Darwin's Children Greg Bear 9780007132386
RRP: $34.33SciFier: $29.17Evolution is no longer just a theory - and nature is more of a bitch goddess than a kindly mother - in this tense science thriller from the author of the Nebula Award-winning Darwin's Radio ... -
Gender is Really Strange by Teddy G. Goetz
RRP: $25.17SciFier: $22.88What does it mean to be trans? Non-Binary? Gender Expansive?What parts of gender come from society? What parts come from within?How much is biology, and how much is socialization?Part of the Really... -
Neosentience by Bill Seaman (Rhode Island School of Design)
SciFier: $57.57The study addressed in this 'book' puts forward a project that is twofold. Firstly, it discusses the conceptual basis within which it would be possible for the construction of a 'neosentient' system,... -
The Objects of Affection: Semiotics and Consumer Culture A. Berger 9780230103733
SciFier: $107.61In 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... -
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The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen 9781782691037 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.01SciFier: $4.81When Kai is cursed by a magic mirror, he can no longer perceive goodness in anything - not his best friend Gerda, nor the roses in the garden. One wintry evening, he is kidnapped by the wicked Snow... -
The Dead Zone Stephen King 9781444708097
RRP: $25.17SciFier: $21.09Stephen King's fan-favourite thriller. Also available in audio for the first time, read by Academy Award nominee James Franco.The two things that conjured up that horrible night, were his run of luck... -
Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition Alan Moore 9781401238964
DC ComicsRRP: $82.44SciFier: $54.59In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect. Watchmen begins as... -
The Objects of Affection: Semiotics and Consumer Culture A. Berger 9780230103726
SciFier: $107.61In 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 Broken Bubble Philip K Dick 9780575133082
GollanczRRP: $22.88SciFier: $18.25Four people's lives intertwine and collide in this early novel from one of the SF greatsSan Francisco in the 1950s, a turning point in American culture: the rise of rock and roll and the teenage... -
Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell
RRP: $22.88SciFier: $18.82Bernard Cornwell's brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great temple. One... -
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Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC Bernard Cornwell 9780007550890 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.88SciFier: $8.40Bernard Cornwell's brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great temple. One... -
Over the Top Judaism by Elliot B. Gertel
SciFier: $178.60Over the Top Judaism offers criticism of scores of television episodes and films, mainly between 1980 and 2002, that highlight the beliefs and practices of Judaism, real or perceived. Author Elliot... -
Parallel Lines: Post-9/11 American Cinema Guy Westwell 9780231172035
RRP: $50.38SciFier: $43.44Parallel Lines describes how post-9/11 cinema, from Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002) to Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012), relates to different, and competing, versions of US national identity in... -
Rushmore Kristi Irene McKim (Hendrix College, USA) 9781839024498
RRP: $29.75SciFier: $26.82Earning critical acclaim and commercial success upon its 1998 release, Rushmore-the sophomore film of American auteur Wes Anderson-quickly gained the status of a cult classic. A melancholic... -
Embodied Politics in Visual Autobiography Sarah Brophy 9781442616097
RRP: $73.28SciFier: $58.81From reality television to film, performance, and video art, autobiography is everywhere in today's image-obsessed age. With contributions by both artists and scholars, Embodied Politics in Visual... -
The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age Jake S. Friedman 9780913705179
RRP: $41.11SciFier: $28.51An essential piece of Disney history has been largely unreported for eighty years. Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That... -
Women and Turkish Cinema: Gender Politics, Cultural Identity and Representation Eylem Atakav (University of East Anglia, UK) 9781138843882
SciFier: $102.13Since 2000, there has been a considerable effort in Turkish cinema to come to terms with the military's intervention in politics and subsequent national trauma. It has resulted in an outpouring of... -
Embodied Politics in Visual Autobiography Sarah Brophy 9781442646605
RRP: $137.40SciFier: $109.67From reality television to film, performance, and video art, autobiography is everywhere in today's image-obsessed age. With contributions by both artists and scholars, Embodied Politics in Visual... -
The Cosmic Puppets Philip K Dick 9780575076709
GollanczSciFier: $23.70A typically unsettling tale of different realities from a master of the genreYielding to a compulsion he can't explain, Ted Barton interrupts his vacation in order to visit the town of his birth,... -
Best Served Cold: Chilling Short Stories of Crime & Revenge Paul Kane 9781835626009
RRP: $38.91SciFier: $35.01From the very beginning, the theme of revenge has been a major part of crime fiction. Whether it's perceived slights, rifts within families or sibling rivalry, jealous lovers, business competitors or...