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The Operative: A Vigilante Justice Thriller of Deception and Ultimate Survival Jack Silkstone 9781036702595
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £8.00Fame is the perfect cover, but in this game, survival is the ultimate prize. In Jack Silkstone's adrenaline-fueled thriller The Operative, unsuspecting reality TV contestants are thrust into a... -
Roar: A Star in the Abyss 2 by Ai Okaue
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £8.61A new revenge thriller manga from the creator of the hit manga and TV drama Guilty! Plunge into a tale of vengeance set in the dark depths of showbiz, where a rise to stardom casts sinister shadows... -
Phantom of the Idol 8 Hijiki Isoflavone 9798888770610
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.84The story of a lazy male idol, ready to quit (or get fired), and the peppy poltergeist who brings him back from the brink, and rocketing to the heights of stardom! This madcap musical comedy is... -
Phantom of the Idol 7 by Hijiki Isoflavone
Kodansha AmericaRRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97The story of a lazy male idol, ready to quit (or get fired), and the peppy poltergeist who brings him back from the brink, and rocketing to the heights of stardom! This madcap musical comedy is... -
James Edwards by Pamala S. Deane
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21One of Hollywood's most heralded postwar African American movie stars, James Edwards catapulted to stardom following his breakout role in Stanley Kramer's Home of the Brave. In his groundbreaking... -
Streisand: The Mirror of Difference Garrett Stewart 9780814349090
RRP: £86.00SciFier: £56.68At every stage of her career, Barbra Streisand's genius finds its fullest measure in screen song, first in Emmy-winning TV specials, then in Hollywood blockbusters from Funny Girl to Funny Lady. She... -
Beyonce in the World: Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times Christina Baade 9780819579928
SciFier: £20.75From Destiny's Child to Lemonade, Homecoming, and The Gift, Beyonce Knowles-Carter has redefined global stardom, feminism, Black representation, and celebrity activism. This book brings together new... -
Streisand: The Mirror of Difference Garrett Stewart 9780814349083
RRP: £35.95SciFier: £22.56At every stage of her career, Barbra Streisand's genius finds its fullest measure in screen song, first in Emmy-winning TV specials, then in Hollywood blockbusters from Funny Girl to Funny Lady. She... -
Kageki Shojo!! Vol. 1 by Kumiko Saiki
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.63The ongoing tale that began with the omnibus release of Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises. Follow the drama on and off the stage with the girls at the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts--and... -
Can You Become a Pop Star? by Allison Lassieur
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.64Do you dream of belting out a chart-topping single on stage in front of thousands of people? Even with talent and determination, it's a long, winding journey to the top. Chart your path to stardom,... -
Bree Boyd is a Legend by Leah Johnson
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.06It's not everyday your life gets turned upside down by magical powers! Boyds are born to stand out: Bree's dad is celebrated professor, her mum is a state senator, her... -
Nana, Vol. 17 by Ai Yazawa
Viz MediaRRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.60Ever since she got engaged to Takumi and moved out of apartment 707, Hachi has felt like she's slipping out of Nana's life. When the tabloids start digging up Nana's troubled family history, Hachi... -
Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood by Ron Backer
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £25.51This companion volume to Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood (McFarland, 2010) focuses on 22 different series and 167 individual films, primarily released during the 1930s. It was a decade that... -
The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance Jacob Smith 9780520270886
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £72.99Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and... -
By the Light of the Moon: A gripping thriller of redemption, terror and wonder Dean Koontz 9781472248374 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £1.52When Dylan O'Conner, together with his autistic brother, Shepherd, pulls into a motel off the interstate highway, all he wants is a good night's sleep. Yet within the hour he finds himself bound,... -
Hugh Jackman: The Biography Anthony Bunko 9781782199144
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.72Hugh Jackman is a true Hollywood juggernaut. The magnetic Australian has joined countrymen Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe as an international superstar thanks to his role as Wolverine in the X-Men... -
The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance Jacob Smith 9780520270893
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.49Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and... -
Her Again by Michael Schulman
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.31Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming of age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her star-making roles in The... -
Alien Audiences: Remembering and Evaluating a Classic Movie M. Barker 9781137532053
SciFier: £46.99Released in 1979, Ridley Scott's Alien has come to be regarded as a classic film, and has been widely written about. But how have audiences engaged with it? This book presents the - sometimes very... -
Clara Bow by David Stenn
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £17.38Hollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a family plagued with alcoholism and insanity. She catapulted to fame after winning Motion Picture ... -
Rock Hudson by John Mercer (Birmingham City University, UK)
SciFier: £28.95Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an... -
Failure Professor Nick Rees-Roberts (Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France) 9781350369979
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £11.39Fashion thrives on fame and success, capitalism and culture. But beneath the luster and hype, fashion is also inevitably about failure - an essential part of its history and evolution. In his... -
Frog (Manga) by Mary Calmes
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £15.39Weber Yates's dreams of stardom are about to be reduced to a ranch hand's job in Texas, and his one relationship is with a guy so far out of his league he might as well be on the moon. Or at least in... -
The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan (Light Novel) Vol. 4 Jaki 9781638587057
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: £13.99SciFier: £10.74Noel is so close to Seeker stardom, he can almost taste it-but top clan Supreme Dragon threatens to take him down at any time! Then Noel sees an opportunity: a gladiatorial tournament to determine... -
Joan Fontaine by Marsha L. Beeman
SciFier: £68.49Always in competition with her older, more famous sister, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine had a varied and successful career of her own. She eventually attained stardom for her work in the film... -
Jean Simmons by Michelangelo Capua
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £25.51Arriving in Hollywood in 1950 to launch her American film career, Jean Simmons (1929-2010) had already appeared in 18 British films and was best known for her portrayal of Ophelia in Laurence... -
Matthau by Rob Edelman
SciFier: £21.59Funny yet down-to-earth, honest yet full of exaggeration, actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000) will always occupy a place in America's heart as one of the great comic talents of his generation. Born... -
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10On 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical... -
Lee Remick by Barry Rivadue
SciFier: £56.99Lee Remick's ascent as an actress was swift and distinguished. At age 24 she attained stardom in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), and was nominated as Best Actress three years later for her role in Days... -
Larger Than Life: My Autobiography Eddie Large 9781844541287 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £2.92Eddie Large and Syd Little dominated television screens across the nation for fifteen years; drawing in record viewing figures of more than 16 million at their peak. They are fondly remembered as two... -
Kageki Shojo!! Vol. 7 by Kumiko Saiki
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: £11.99SciFier: £8.63The Culture Festival's about to begin, and the first-years start prepping to perform! When Sarasa gets Sugimoto's dream role, the class rep finds herself struggling to understand what she did wrong... -
Loitering with Intent: The Child by Peter O'Toole
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.99Peter O'Toole's account of his early life - a childhood framed by "Captain" Patrick O'Toole, itinerant racetrack bookmaker and Constance Jane Eliot Ferguson who had "wavy black hair, quick eyes and a... -
Kusama by Simon Elliott
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46"The only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live." From her days in 1960s New... -
British Film Directors: A Critical Guide Robert Shail 9780748622306
SciFier: £93.01British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative and internationally recognised filmmakers, amongst them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell and David Lean. This... -
Spike Lee by Spike Lee
RRP: £23.50SciFier: £22.19Spike Lee tells the cinematic story of the preeminent director, whose pioneering films-from Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, and Malcolm X to 25th Hour , Bamboozled, and The Inside Man-helped... -
New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s Pamela Robertson Wojcik 9780813551722
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £27.43American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish... -
Hungarian Film, 1929-1947: National Identity, Anti-Semitism and Popular Cinema Gabor Gergely 9781041181125
RRP: £45.99SciFier: £38.68What does it mean for someone or something to be Hungarian? People in Hungary grappled with this far-reaching question in the wake of the losses and transformation brought by World War I. Because the... -
Hollywood by Hollywood: The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies Steven Cohan (Professor Emeritus of Film, Professor Emeritus of Film, Syracuse University) 9780190865771
SciFier: £35.33The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, is a staple of Hollywood film production harking back to the silent era and extending to the present day. What gives backstudios their... -
Anna May Wong
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles in 1905 to a traditional family that did not support her ambition, is the only Asian-American actress to have achieved stardom during Hollywood's Golden Age. In her... -
Shining in Shadows by Murray Pomerance
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £27.43In the 2000s, new technologies transformed the experiences of movie-going and movie-making, giving us the first generation of stars to be just as famous on the computer screen as on the silver screen...