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Bollywood's India: A Public Fantasy Priya Joshi 9780231169608
SciFier: £88.18Bollywood is India's most popular entertainment and one of its most powerful social forces. Its blockbusters contest ideas about state formation, capture the nation's dispersed anxieties, and... -
Under the Dome Stephen King 9780340992586
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.91Now with a stunning new cover look, King's 'propulsively intriguing . . . staggeringly addictive' (USA Today) No. 1 bestseller, that inspired the hit television series, centres on a small town... -
Apparel Quality: A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products - Studio Access Card Janace E. Bubonia (Texas Christian University, USA) 9781501359613
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.79Apparel Quality: A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products, Second Edition is a user-friendly guide for evaluating apparel quality to ensure quality products that meet customer expectations. This book... -
Abridged Classics by John Atkinson
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £15.32A collection of irreverent summations of more than 100 well-known works of literature, from Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights, cleverly described in the fewest words possible and accompanied with... -
Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico Anne Rubenstein 9780822321088
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £73.85In Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation, Anne Rubenstein examines how comic books-which were overwhelmingly popular but extremely controversial in post-revolutionary... -
Art as Social Practice: Technologies for Change xtine burrough (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA) 9780367758462
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £34.95With a focus on socially engaged art practices in the twenty-first century, this book explores how artists use their creative practices to raise consciousness, form communities, create change, and... -
Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics Paul Gravett 9780500292433
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £22.36This beautiful and engaging volume charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late 19th-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons and animation created throughout... -
The Films of Wes Anderson: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon P. Kunze 9781349486922
RRP: £119.99SciFier: £112.99Wes Anderson's films can be divisive, but he is widely recognized as the inspiration for several recent trends in indie films. Using both practical and theoretical lenses, the contributors address... -
Before Video by Anthony Slide
SciFier: £78.49The video revolution in the 1980s affected all areas of the American entertainment industry; its impact was most dramatic--ultimately devastating--to the non-theatrical film field. Non-theatrical... -
Film and Video Intermediality: The Question of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Moving Images Dr. Janna Houwen (Leiden University, The Netherlands) 9781501349003
SciFier: £39.99In Film and Video Intermediality, Janna Houwen innovatively rewrites the concept of medium specificity in order to answer the questions "what is meant by video?" and "what is meant by film?" How are... -
With Great Power by Sean O'Connell
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £17.55This is the Golden Age of comic-book blockbusters. Since his introduction in August 1962, Spider-Man's pop culture reach has extended from comic books and clothing to video games, toys, and... -
It's a Wonderful Life by Michael Newton
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the... -
Tribal and the Cultural Legacy of Streetwear by G. James Daichendt (Point Loma Nazarene University)
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £23.99Tribal Streetwear is lifestyle streetwear brand that seeks to represent a variety of southern California sub-cultures that includes graffiti, street art, skateboarding, surfing, tattoos, hip hop,... -
A History of Mass Communication: Six Information Revolutions Irving Fang (University of Minnesota, USA) 9780240802541
SciFier: £59.30This exciting new text traces the common themes in the long and complex history of mass communication. It shows how the means of communicating grew out of their eras, how they developed, how they... -
The Secret of the Island Jules Verne 9781513134352
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46After escaping from their captors in a giant air balloon, five prisoners of the Civil War find themselves stranded on a deserted island. Despite their different backgrounds, they decide to band... -
The Sm;)e Book by DB Burkeman
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £16.39Celebrate the smiley face's 60 year impact on art, music, pop and counter culture with The Sm;)e Book. In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a... -
Finding Mr. Trunks by Annemarie Riley Guertin
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.59Annemarie Riley Guertin's heartwarming picture book Finding Mr. Trunks highlights the positive impact of social media and brings people together to help #FindMrTrunks. Somewhere between the security... -
Transgender On Screen J. Phillips 9781403912435
SciFier: £46.99This is an exploration of the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream films and on shemale... -
It's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis
SciFier: £13.18Ever since his mother was killed in the line of duty in Iraq, Derrick has been absolutely certain that the apocalypse is coming. And he's prepared: he's got plenty of canned goods, he's fully... -
Dress and Identity in British Literary Culture, 1870-1914 by Rosy Aindow
SciFier: £53.26Rosy Aindow examines the way fiction registered and responded to the emergence of a modern fashion industry during the period 1870-1914. She traces the role played by dress in the formation of... -
Science Fiction Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck College, University of London) 9780745628929
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £54.85In this new and timely cultural history of science fiction, Roger Luckhurst examines the genre from its origins in the late nineteenth century to its latest manifestations. The book introduces and... -
Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico Anne Rubenstein 9780822321088 [USED COPY]
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £12.25In Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation, Anne Rubenstein examines how comic books-which were overwhelmingly popular but extremely controversial in post-revolutionary... -
I Hold Your Heart by Karen Gregory
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.64The tense, tender must-read book of the summer - perfect for fans of Louise O'Neill and Sara Barnard 'You make me feel like there's something good in the world I can hold on to,' Aaron says. He... -
The Animation Smears Book: Uncovering Film's Most Elusive Technique Christian Avender 9781032724348
SciFier: £45.46Throughout cinema, there have been various techniques to depict motion, and one style in particular is the fascinating use of smears in animation. Incredibly popular and captivating to artists, these... -
The Last Seed Keeper by Paul Russell
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34The first instalment in a gripping new trilogy, The Last Seed Keeper is an empowering read about corruption, environmentalism, and what we would do if nature gave us a second chance.Ivy is a... -
Wholesale Couture by Liz Tregenza (London College of Fashion, UK)
SciFier: £33.54Offering a new perspective on British fashion history, Wholesale Couture demonstrates that these couturiers were vital in cementing London's status as a ready-to-wear fashion centre. The first... -
Irish and African American Cinema: Identifying Others and Performing Identities, 1980-2000 Maria Pramaggiore 9780791470961
RRP: £25.51SciFier: £21.93How these two cinemas portray complex and changing notions of national and racial identity.Focusing on two film traditions not normally studied together, Maria Pramaggiore examines more than two... -
The New Italian Cinema of Precarity Fiona Handyside 9781803741215
RRP: £48.00SciFier: £43.99"This is an excellent and innovative study of one of the most crucial topics of today. Using gender, sexuality, and race as theoretical frameworks, The New Italian Cinema of Precarity brilliantly... -
Fractured Gaming Cultures: Marginalized Gamers and New Identities Christine Tomlinson 9781666960228
SciFier: £77.99This book demonstrates how embracing and engaging with personal identity-both positively and negatively-has led gaming culture to evolve and fracture past the monolith of the stereotypical "gamer"... -
Digital Textile Printing Professor Susan Carden (Assistant Professor, Northumbria Univeristy, UK) 9781472535672
SciFier: £33.99The development of digital textile printing at the end of the twentieth century has had a profound effect on the design, creation, use and understanding of textiles. This new technology - combined... -
EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game Prof Raiford Guins (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) 9781501375347
SciFier: £112.44If there is anything close to a universal game, it is association football, also known as soccer, football, fussball, futbol, fitba, and futebol. The game has now moved from the physical to the... -
Gay Directors, Gay Films?: Pedro Almodovar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters Emanuel Levy 9780231152778
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £21.25Through intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors, this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of... -
Women Do Genre in Film and Television Mary Harrod 9780367889845
SciFier: £43.73Winner of first Prize in the BAFTSS Best Edited Collection competition, this volume examines how different generations of women work within the genericity of audio-visual storytelling not necessarily... -
Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism Terri Simone Francis 9780253223388
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.56Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating between allure and colonialist stereotyping. ... -
SPIKE by Spike Lee
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £14.31Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. His prolific career has included... -
King Bullet by Richard Kadrey
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.58The incredible finale of the page-turning, high-octane Sandman Slim series filled with an explosive ending and intense kick-ass action from New York Times bestselling author Richard... -
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Beyond the Grid by Ryan Parrott
Boom! StudiosRRP: £18.99SciFier: £13.49A NEW TEAM OF POWER RANGERS IS HERE! After the stunning conclusion to the hit comic book event Power Rangers: Shattered Grid, an all-star team of Power Rangers are drawn together from across time and... -
Wormhole Eric Brown 9780857669964
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.342110. Earth is suffering major resource shortages, and the impact of climate change is peaking,with much of the planet's equatorial regions turned to lifeless desert and populations displaced... -
Mighty Morphin / Power Rangers #1 Limited Edition by Ryan Parrott
Boom! StudiosRRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.41Acclaimed writer Ryan Parrott and artists Marco Renna and Francesco Mortarino present the beginning of an unprecedented new era for the Power Rangers with an all-new heroes, all-new villains and... -
Schooling in Modernity by Paola Bonifazio
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £25.68Between 1948 and the end of the 1950s, Italian and American government agencies and corporations commissioned hundreds of short films for domestic and foreign consumption on topics such as the fight...