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Where Should Grace the Witch Live? by Sulan Tang
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £6.97Age range 5 to 8 On the hillside is a small, beautiful house where Grace the Witch lives. Anyone who stumbles upon this house would love it, so unsurprisingly, Ant, Rat, Snake and Frog all want to... -
Filming the Everyday: Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First-Century China Paul G. Pickowicz 9781442270244
SciFier: £40.99This cutting-edge book examines the rapidly developing scene of Chinese independent documentary, arguably the most courageous player in contemporary Chinese visual culture. The authors explore two... -
Filming the Everyday: Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First-Century China Paul G. Pickowicz 9781442270237
SciFier: £92.99This cutting-edge book examines the rapidly developing scene of Chinese independent documentary, arguably the most courageous player in contemporary Chinese visual culture. The authors explore two... -
Marvel: Powers of a Girl: 65 Marvel Women Who Changed The Universe Lorraine Cink 9781787415553
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.20This is the Marvel Universe. Where the personalities, powers, and straight-up legends of countless heroic women have captured readers for generations. This unique book is the perfect start-or... -
The Hong Kong Widow: The haunting gothic thriller, perfect for Halloween Kristen Loesch 9780749032890
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.001953. Mei's 'gift' of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury while fighting to survive as a refugee in post-war, post-revolution Hong Kong. When former silent film star Holly... -
Twin Jades of Jiangdong (Novel) Vol. 2 Fei Tian Ye Xiang 9798895611241
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: £17.99SciFier: £16.19From their days of childhood innocence to their time fighting in war, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce never forgot the promise they made to one another. Yet, as they faced the terror of war both together and... -
Slow Movies: Countering the Cinema of Action Ira Jaffe 9780231169783
RRP: £88.00SciFier: £71.67"In all film there is the desire to capture the motion of life, to refuse immobility," Agnes Varda has noted. But to capture the reality of human experience, cinema must fasten on stillness and... -
Memory, Subjectivity and Independent Chinese Cinema by Qi Wang
SciFier: £93.71A historically informed examination of independent moving image works made between 1990 and 2010 in China Showcasing an evolving personal mode of narrating memory, documenting reality, and inscribing... -
Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy by Zhen Ni
SciFier: £22.99After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou transformed Chinese cinema with Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other... -
Disney Princess: Tales of Courage and Kindness: A stunning new Disney Princess treasury featuring 14 original illustrated stories Walt Disney 9781800781238
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.21A stunning new Disney Princess title featuring 14 original stories and illustrations. This beautiful collection of brand-new stories explores the courage and kindness of all 12 Disney Princesses, as... -
Cinema and Colour: The Saturated Image Paul Coates (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 9781844573141
SciFier: £34.99Cinema and Colour: The Saturated Image is a major new critical study of the use of colour in cinema. Using the dialectic of colour and monochrome as a starting point, Paul Coates explores the... -
Blitz Vol 2 by Cedric Biscay
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.59As seen in the pages of Shonen Jump, BLITZ is a new shonen manga exploring the elite world of chess! Immerse yourself deep into the chess world, where intuition and mental agility are precious assets... -
The Hong Kong Widow: The haunting gothic thriller, perfect for Halloween Kristen Loesch 9780749032944
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £13.79'A stunning, addictive, genre-bending book that will sink its claws into you from the very first page' C.J. Cooke 1953. Mei's 'gift' of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury... -
Independent Filmmaking across Borders in Contemporary Asia Ran Ma 9781041181361
RRP: £45.99SciFier: £42.00Independent Filmmaking across Borders in Contemporary Asia examines an array of auteur-driven fiction and documentary independent film projects that have emerged since the turn of the millennium from... -
Slow Movies: Countering the Cinema of Action Ira Jaffe 9780231169790
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £19.99"In all film there is the desire to capture the motion of life, to refuse immobility," Agnes Varda has noted. But to capture the reality of human experience, cinema must fasten on stillness and... -
Godzilla: King of the Monsters: The Official Movie Novelization Greg Keyes 9781789090925
Titan BooksRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.27The official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the latest film in the MonsterverseTM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken... -
The Hong Kong Widow: The haunting gothic thriller, perfect for Halloween Kristen Loesch 9780749032791
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £13.99'A stunning, addictive, genre-bending book that will sink its claws into you from the very first page' C.J. Cooke 1953. Mei's 'gift' of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury... -
Dunhuang Dream by Xu Xiaobin
SciFier: £9.99Searching, Escaping, and Longing for True Love. Set in Dunhuang, China, a city on the ancient Silk Road and home to thousands of painted cave murals, Dunhuang Dream magically blends the stories of... -
Post-War Cinema and Modernity John Orr 9780814762028
SciFier: £31.99Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative... -
Adapted for the Screen
RRP: £56.00SciFier: £46.99Contemporary Chinese films are popular with audiences worldwide, but a key reason for their success has gone unnoticed: many of the films are adapted from brilliant literary works. This book is the... -
Dior Lady Art Herve Mikaeloff 9780847842100
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £52.46Named after Lady Diana, Princess of Wales, the Lady Dior is one of the few truly iconic accessories instantly recognizable. First introduced in 1995, it became a symbol of elegance and craftsmanship,... -
Close-ups and Long Shots in Modern Chinese Cinemas Hsiu-Chuang Deppman 9780824882907
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £55.88Two of the most stylized shots in cinema - the close-up and the long shot - embody distinct attractions. The iconicity of the close-up magnifies the affective power of faces and elevates film to the... -
The Girl Who Couldn't Lie by Radhika Sanghani
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £5.58A fresh, funny story about white lies, brutal honesty and a bangle with special powers, from award-winning journalist and author Radhika Sanghani.Priya Shah lies. A lot. She pretends everything in... -
Post War Cinema & Modernity John Orr 9780814762035
SciFier: £93.99Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative... -
Close-ups and Long Shots in Modern Chinese Cinemas Hsiu-Chuang Deppman 9780824885809
RRP: £27.95SciFier: £17.90Two of the most stylized shots in cinema - the close-up and the long shot - embody distinct attractions. The iconicity of the close-up magnifies the affective power of faces and elevates film to the... -
Film World: The Directors' Interviews Julie Rose 9781845204587
SciFier: £41.49Film World brings together key interviews with cinema's leading directors. The directors chosen represent many of the most influential film-makers of the last 50 years. All have been selected because... -
Ghost Circus Adrienne Kress 9781454948292
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £9.29For fans of Kelly Barnhill and Sheets, here is a middle-grade graphic novel tale of mystery, supernatural action, and friendships that cross the line between life and death. Casey is a young boy... -
Richards & Klein by Guy Haley
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97From Warhammer 40,000 author Guy Haley, his first original series remastered and collected together in this new omnibus edition! Meet Richards & Klein - the Holmes and Watson of the 22nd century... -
Sino-Enchantment: The Fantastic in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas Kenneth Chan 9781474460859
SciFier: £22.31Approaches the recent resurgence of the fantastic in Chinese cinemas Offers the framework of 'Sino-enchantment' as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage elements of the fantastic... -
Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema Kyle Barrowman (DePaul University, USA) 9781350365742
SciFier: £27.04Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars. Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie... -
Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema Kyle Barrowman (DePaul University, USA) 9781350365759
SciFier: £79.30Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars. Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie... -
Star Wars Women of the Galaxy Updated and Expanded by Amy Ratcliffe
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £15.85Now in paperback, fully revised and updated with characters from Disney+ shows including The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and The Acolyte, as well as The High Republic, Jedi:Fallen Order, and more, this is... -
Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second by Julien R. Fielding
SciFier: £115.49Traditionally, university students have gained access to world religions by reading primary texts. Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second takes students beyond the written page, offering... -
Van Gogh on Demand: China and the Readymade Winnie Wong 9780226024899
SciFier: £34.99In the Guangdong province in southeastern China lies Dafen, a village that houses thousands of workers who paint Van Goghs, Da Vincis, Warhols, and other Western masterpieces, producing an... -
Alice, Curiouser and Curiouser Kate Bailey 9781838510046
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £25.52Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is a cultural phenomenon. First published in 1865, it has never been out of print and has been translated into 170 languages. But why does it have such enduring... -
Chinese Film Stars Mary Farquhar 9780415690270
RRP: £53.99SciFier: £53.26This volume of original essays fills a significant research gap in Chinese film studies by offering an interdisciplinary, comparative examination of ethnic Chinese film stars from the silent period... -
Where There Was Fire John Manuel Arias 9781035041374
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.29Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde's family... -
Outlawed: The Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick Anna North 9781474615365
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKMAJOR TV ADAPTATION IN DEVELOPMENT BY AMY ADAMS'Calling it The Handmaid's Tale crossed with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid goes... -
Cinema Approaching Reality by Victor Fan
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £19.83In Cinema Approaching Reality, Victor Fan brings together, for the first time, Chinese and Euro-American film theories and theorists to engage in critical debates about film in Shanghai and Hong Kong... -
Where There Was Fire John Manuel Arias 9781035041381
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97Where there was fire, ashes remain . . .Costa Rica, 1968.A deadly fire rips through the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation, destroying all evidence of a massive cover-up.That...