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Existentialism and Social Engagement in the Films of Michael Mann Vincent M. Gaine 9780230301054
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... -
Chips Challenging Champions by J. Schaeffer (University of Alberta, Department of Computing, Alberta, Canada)
SciFier: £45.49One of the earliest dreams of the fledgling field of artificial intelligence (AI) was to build computer programs that could play games as well as or better than the best human players. Despite early... -
Horror Films of 2000-2009 by John Kenneth Muir
RRP: £53.99SciFier: £46.05Horror films have always reflected their audiences' fears and anxieties. In the United States, the 2000s were a decade full of change in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the contested... -
Documentary Comics by Nina Mickwitz
SciFier: £72.49Can comics be documentary, and can documentary take the form of, and thus be, comics? Examining comics as documentary, this book challenges the persistent assumption that ties documentary to... -
The Pocket Mentor for Careers in VFX David Ferreira 9781032799193
RRP: £124.99SciFier: £111.36Want to progress your career as a CG artist? Then this is the book for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry, get your foot on the... -
Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History Constance Valis Hill 9780190225384
RRP: £42.99SciFier: £33.49Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap -- the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and... -
The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman Constantine Santas 9781442212145
SciFier: £39.99Ingrid Bergman was not only an incomparable beauty but one of the finest actresses of cinema's Golden Age. She made her start in modest productions in Sweden before Hollywood beckoned and soon became... -
Becoming Carole Lombard by Olympia Kiriakou (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
SciFier: £34.99Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy and Legacy is a historical critique of the development and reception of Carole Lombard's stardom from the classical Hollywood period to present day. Based on... -
Polish Cinema in a Transnational Context Ewa Mazierska 9781580464680
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £94.67This volume introduces a novel treatment of Polish cinema by discussing its international reception, performance, co-productions, and subversive emigre auteurs, such as Andrzej Zulawski and Walerian... -
Treasure Island Le Navet Bete 9781848429833
SciFier: £24.19Fourteen-year-old Jim Hawkins is serving ale in The Admiral Benbow Inn - when suddenly the door slams open and in strides Billy Bones, the infamous pirate, to change Jim's life forever... Soon,... -
Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives Laila Shereen Sakr 9781503630994
RRP: £70.00SciFier: £55.88Arabic Glitch explores an alternative origin story of twenty-first century technological innovation in digital politics-one centered on the Middle East and the 2011 Arab uprisings. Developed from an... -
Stand-Up or Die by Andy de la Tour
SciFier: £15.49Originally part of the UK alternative comedy scene, Andy de la Tour spent many years on the circuit, performing with the likes of Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle and French and Saunders. After a... -
The Wrong Pong by Steven Butler
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.29The Wrong Pong by Steven Butler is a laugh-out-loud, stinky story for 5+ girls and boys.One night, Neville Brisket wakes up from a strange dream - a dream that there is a horrible, stumpy finger... -
Echoes by Laura Dockrill
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.69A collection of terrifyingly wicked fairytales and poems from The Times' Talent to Watch, Laura Dockrill Immerse yourself in the magical world of Laura Dockrill; a land where all is not as... -
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Hopeful - An Autobiography Omid Djalili 9781472218612 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £2.83Omid Djalili's fascinating story begins with an unconventional childhood spent at his family's London guesthouse for visiting Iranians. At school he is kept busy with the beginnings of a passionate... -
The Book of Lost Hours: The global phenomenon time travel romance that readers are loving Hayley Gelfuso 9781805464754
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £10.22A sweeping, cinematic love story about memory and community for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library and The Book Thief._________________'A love story that defies the boundaries of... -
The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos Andrew Roberts 9780750984324
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £5.10The double act has been at the heart of the British entertainment scene for over 150 years: from its start in the music halls, through radio shows such as Hancock's Half Hour playing in virtually... -
Dub steps by Andrew Miller
RRP: £12.95SciFier: £9.98The plants were pushing the houses back, each millimetre of growth adding to each tendril a new triumph of organic force. Dub Steps has a strange long aftertaste. It is science fiction with ordinary... -
Torchwood Vol. 2: Station Zero by John Barrowman
Titan BooksRRP: £13.99SciFier: £9.38The members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. Torchwood is a British science... -
Warlock Holmes - The Finality Problem by G S Denning
Titan BooksRRP: £7.99SciFier: £5.87"If you ever wondered how much better Sherlock would be if people could hurl hellfire at each other, well this one is for you." Starburst Magazine on A Study in Brimstone. The famous duo has been... -
Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder by Wallace Steadman Watson
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £28.13Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder introduces scholars and students to the controversial and prolific but brief career of a filmmaker hailed as one of the New German Cinema's most talented... -
Folk Tales of Song and Dance by Pete Castle
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.58The life of the travelling musician hasn't changed much over the millennia. For a prehistoric harper, a medieval fiddler or a modern guitar player, the experience is pretty much the same: there are... -
For King and Country (SAS Operation) David Monnery 9780008155544
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.49Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS survive the Second World War, knowing that Hitler has torn up the rules of war? Early 1944, and with the tide of the war flowing... -
Innovations in Digital Comics by Francesca Benatti (The Open University)
SciFier: £13.34The success of popular webcomics (comics produced and read entirely digitally) is the greatest revolution in the comics medium of the last two decades. Webcomics exploit a socio-technical convergence... -
Writing for Soaps by Chris Curry
SciFier: £20.49This updated edition looks at all the latest markets for comedy writers, with new material on writing 'The Office' style docu-comedies, writing for children's TV, and even how to try out your own... -
Firefly Wedding, Vol. 2 by Oreco Tachibana
Viz MediaRRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Satoko dreams of marrying a noble but can't escape the assassin who has her within his sights.Afflicted with a heart condition, Meiji-era noblewoman Satoko is determined to secure a marriage that... -
Pathfinder RPG NPC Core Special Edition (P2) by Raychael Allor
PaizoRRP: £79.99SciFier: £53.83Populate Your World! Devotees of the gods, cunning mercenaries, fun-loving performers, crafty engineers, devious villains and more all have roles in your game with the Pathfinder NPC Core! Over 250... -
Fashion and Music Janice Miller (London College of Fashion, UK) 9781847884145
SciFier: £113.99The relationship between popular music and fashion has been a culturally significant one since the 1950s, and this book explores how music and musicians play a key role in the shaping of identity,... -
Sora and Haena! Volume 1 Jackbull 9781807110024
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.33A star student and a social butterfly agree to help each other achieve the impossible . . . but they just might fall in love along the way. Jackbull's fan-favorite GL manhwa is available in English... -
Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 1: The Appalachian History Plays, 1975-1989 Ben Fink 9781613321904
RRP: £20.99SciFier: £17.12Seminal plays and essays reveal the radical origins and approach of Appalachia's Roadside Theater This two-volume anthology tells the story of Roadside Theater's first 45 years and includes nine... -
Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 1: The Appalachian History Plays, 1975-1989 Ben Fink 9781613321911
RRP: £74.00SciFier: £58.25Seminal plays and essays reveal the radical origins and approach of Appalachia's Roadside Theater This two-volume anthology tells the story of Roadside Theater's first 45 years and includes nine... -
Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 2: The Intercultural Plays, 1990-2020 Ben Fink 9781613321959
RRP: £74.00SciFier: £58.25Collaborative plays with diverse ensembles across the country address pressing issues of our times The plays in Volume 2 come from Roadside's intercultural and issue-specific theater work, including... -
Florence Foster Jenkins Nicholas Martin 9781509824687
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £14.24People may say that I couldn't sing. But no one can say that I didn't sing.'Despite lacking pitch, rhythm or tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, celebrated for... -
Tegan and Sara: Junior High Tegan Quin 9780374313012
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £17.39Before the indie-pop duo Tegan & Sara took the world by storm, Tegan and Sara Quin were identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of... -
Frank Skinner Autobiography Frank Skinner 9780099426875
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £9.08A hilarious autobiography from one of Britain's funniest and most successful comedians.Born Chris Collins in 1957, Frank Skinner he grew up in the West Midlands where he inherited his father's... -
Ungoverning Dance: Contemporary European Theatre Dance and the Commons Ramsay Burt (Professor of Dance History, Professor of Dance History, De Montfort University) 9780199321933
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £37.99Ungoverning Dance examines the work of progressive contemporary dance artists in continental Europe from the mid 1990s to 2015. Placing this within its historical and political context - that of... -
Legitimate Cinema by Jon Burrows
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £63.99This is the first new book-length study of British cinema of the 1910s to be published for over fifty years, and it focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the... -
Runestone Saga: Children of Ragnarok Cinda Williams Chima 9780063018693
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.32Sweeping adventure, breathtaking twists of fate, and immersive worlds based in Norse mythology are woven into this first volume of the Runestone Saga, from the New York Times bestselling author of... -
Anatomy of a Robot by Despina Kakoudaki
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £24.89Why do we find artificial people fascinating? Drawing from a rich fictional and cinematic tradition, Anatomy of a Robot explores the political and textual implications of our perennial projections of... -
A Rose for Mrs. Miniver by Michael Troyan
RRP: £32.50SciFier: £28.44In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her...