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Walt Disney: A Bio-Bibliography Kathy M. Jackson 9780313258985
SciFier: £73.49When Life magazine unveiled its list of the one hundred most influential Americans of the 20th century, the selection committee was guided by one question: How would our lives be different if each of... -
Fifty-First State Hilary Bailey 9781448209309
SciFier: £17.24It is the year 2013. Britain is in a severe recession and poverty is causing mayhem. There has been a sequence of short-lived hung parliaments and, due to terrorist bombs, repressive measures have... -
Vampires on the Silent Screen by David Annwn Jones
SciFier: £112.99This book is the first study of the vampires in silent cinema, presenting a detailed academic yet accessible discussion of the films themselves and their sources. For the very first time, The Fire... -
Visualizing Jewish Narratives by Dr Derek Parker Royal
SciFier: £37.99Examining a wide range of comics and graphic novels - including works by creators such as Will Eisner, Leela Corman, Neil Gaiman, Art Spiegelman, Sarah Glidden and Joe Sacco - this book explores how... -
Plagues, Apocalypses and Bug-eyed Monsters by Heather Urbanski
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Speculative fiction - both science fiction and fantasy - reflects, among other things, the fears of the culture that created it, contributing (perhaps unconsciously) to our efforts to prevent our... -
High Fashion by Emmanuelle Dirix
RRP: £18.95SciFier: £12.86From the Golden Age of Haute Couture in the 1900s to the lifestyle brands of the 1990s, this book looks, decade-by-decade, at the high fashion of the 20th century. Each chapter examines the... -
They Knew Marilyn Monroe by Les Harding
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Taking an innovative approach to the life and legend of Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), this biographical dictionary concentrates on her circle of friends, acquaintances and coworkers--1618 in all... -
Women's Transborder Cinema: Authorship, Stardom, and Filmic Labor in South Asia Esha Niyogi De 9780252088285
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £20.23Can we write women's authorial roles into the history of industrial cinema in South Asia? How can we understand women's creative authority and access to the film business infrastructure in this... -
Fashion Packaging Now by Chris Huang
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £20.28The highly competitive world of retail branding and brand packaging is evident in the increasing demand for creating unique, eye-catching and recognisable clothing packaging designs. Designers... -
Dragonspell: The Southern Sea (The Deverry Series, Book 4) Katharine Kerr 9780586207871
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74This is a story about being caught in a web of passion destiny and magic. For years the provinces of Deverry have been in turmoil, but the conflict escalates to new heights with the kidnapping of... -
Exploring Past Images in a Digital Age: Reinventing the Archive Nezih Erdogan 9781041179108
RRP: £47.99SciFier: £43.73Film archives are fast spreading around the world, and with them issues surrounding archival digitisation, artistic appropriation, and academic reinterpretation of film material that demand scholarly... -
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II: Books 6-9 Valerius Maximus 9780674995420
SciFier: £25.16Exemplary wisdom from ancient Rome.Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37). The collection was admired in antiquity and has... -
It's the Disney Version! by Douglas Brode
SciFier: £92.99In 1937, the first full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney was released. Based on a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was an instant success and set... -
Young And Innocent?: The Cinema in Britain, 1896-1930 Andrew Higson 9780859896597
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £63.99This book brings together the study of silent cinema and the study of British cinema, both of which have seen some of the most exciting developments in Film Studies in recent years. The result is a... -
Collected Textile Studies Donald King 9781904597124
SciFier: £31.61The late Donald King (d. 1998) was the founding father of textile studies in England. His knowledge of the technology and history of textiles of all periods across many lands remains unsurpassed. An... -
Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes Alison Gwilt 9781849712422
RRP: £48.99SciFier: £44.60The production, use and eventual disposal of most clothing is environmentally damaging, and many fashion and textile designers are becoming keen to employ more sustainable strategies in their work... -
My Keen Knife Ana Davis 9798887980881
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.21Fair is foul and foul is fair in a country ravaged by the lies of its monarchy. To claim the crown, Adelina, Seba, and Jasibin must learn to be a little wicked...even if it means betraying each other... -
Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan Hiroshi Kitamura 9781501713620
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £17.90During the six-and-a-half-year occupation of Japan (1945-1952), U.S. film studios-in close coordination with Douglas MacArthur's Supreme Command for the Allied Powers-launched an ambitious campaign... -
Epic Fantasy Short Stories Philippa Semper 9781787556935
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82George R.R. Martin drew on Tolkien, who was inspired by William Morris, Medieval epics, and Norse mythology. This new collection of epic fantasy tales explores the classic themes of good vs evil, the... -
Fellini by Jaap Guldemond
SciFier: £47.90"There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life." This beautifully designed volume taps into the sources of Federico Fellini's baroque imagination bringing the... -
Scripting the Environment: Oil, Democracy and the Sands of Time and Space Geo Takach 9783319820996
SciFier: £61.99This volume explores how to engage audiences both beyond and within the academy more deeply in environmental research through arts-based forms. It builds on a multi-pronged case study of scripts for... -
Post-Work Stanley Aronowitz 9780415917834
SciFier: £42.86In Post-Work, Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler have collected essays from a variety of scholars to discuss the dreary future of work. The introduction, ThePost-Work Manifesto,, provides the... -
Kitsch!: Cultural Politics and Taste Ruth Holliday 9780719066160
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £23.77From bottle gardens, the bachelor pad and Batman to designer gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a diverse range of objects to explore the changing significance of kitsch. With its unique... -
Undergraduate Research in Film: A Guide for Students Lucia Ricciardelli 9781138599529
SciFier: £40.26Undergraduate Research in Film: A Guide for Students supplies tools for building research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas... -
Rooster Fighter, Vol. 3 by Shu Sakuratani
Viz MediaRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Giant demonic monsters wreak havoc and level Japanese cities! While the citizens flee in terror, it's up to one brave rooster to stand his ground!In a world where terrifying monsters walk the earth,... -
James Dean by David Hofstede
SciFier: £35.99Though he appeared in only six films, James Dean is still frequently discussed some 30 years after his death in an accident at the age of 24. This book provides full production information, plot... -
Arthur Machen Horror Stories Arthur Machen 9781804177952
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82Alongside M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood and Bram Stoker, Arthur Machen wrote powerful, chilling and thought-provoking stories. His supernatural tales draw their power from the long... -
The Cheetah: An Origin Story Matthew K. Manning 9781398244450
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.95How did The Cheetah become Wonder Woman's fierce feline foe? Discover the story behind this Super-Villain's journey from brilliant scientist to wildcat criminal, including the source of her beastly... -
The Worlds of George RR Martin by Tom Huddleston
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £17.96In the many realms of modern fantasy there is only one true King, and his name is George Raymond Richard Martin. With A Song of Fire and Ice, Martin has created a world on a scale almost unrivalled... -
The Great Cleric 11 by Hiiro Akikaze
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.75One man's story of turning blood, sweat, and tears into a successful living--literally! After his untimely death as the hardest-working salary man in Japan, Luciel is reincarnated into the magical... -
Lillian Lorraine by Nils Hanson
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21After a meteoric ascent on Broadway that began with Ziegfeld's 1910 Follies, Lillian Lorraine went on to become one of the most famous entertainers in America. Her passionately lived life made her a... -
Opera Mediagraphy by Sharon G. Almquist
SciFier: £58.49Opera Mediagraphy lists operas released as motion pictures, both as theatrical feature films on 35mm film and educational films on 16mm film and videorecordings, including the VHS videotape format... -
The Complete Roald Dahl Classic Collection by Roald Dahl
RRP: £150.00SciFier: £105.31For Dahl fans old and new, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page, and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .Included in this special box set are... -
The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
SciFier: £9.86What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world in the form... -
Spielberg by Richard Schickel
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £21.13The definitive illustrated retrospective on the Oscar-winning director of some of the most resonant and enduring films of all time. For more than five decades, Steven Spielberg has created... -
Lord of the Hunt Gina Kammer (Editor) 9781398259683
RRP: £6.99SciFier: £5.95Bry Forge and his fire drake, Scorch, are the best Hoard Hunt players in the Rockridge Mountains. In fact, they're so good that they're invited to join the team at the International School of Dragon... -
Flaunting by Amanda Bailey
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.12In the early modern period, the theatrical stage offered one of the most popular forms of entertainment and aesthetic pleasure. It also fulfilled an important cultural function by displaying modes of... -
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary, The: The World's Most Advanced Japanese-english Character Dictionary by Jack Halpern
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £52.49Answers the need for an easy-to-use kanji dictionary that is compact enough to be easily carried around, yet detailed enough to satisfy the practical needs of the serious learner. The Kodansha Kanji... -
The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised & Expanded by Jack Halpern
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £27.04With The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary: Revised and Expanded, learners finally have at their fingertips accurate and in-depth information on all the kanji prescribed by the Japanese government... -
Soul Machine Jordana Globerman 9781773219585
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £17.49A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl's quest to save her family's livelihood-and maybe existence itself.Chloe and her older sister make...