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Carnival to Catwalk: Global Reflections on Fancy Dress Costume Benjamin Linley Wild 9781350014992
SciFier: £98.49Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 From West African masquerades to Venetian carnivals and New York society galas, fancy dress has long been used to... -
Hitchcock's British films by Maurice Yacowar
RRP: £34.95SciFier: £10.25Originally published in 1977 and long out of print, Maurice Yacowar's Hitchcock's British Films was the first volume devoted solely to the twenty-three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his... -
From Russia With Love by Llewella Chapman (University of East Anglia, UK)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.35Often hailed as the 'best' James Bond film, From Russia With Love (1963) is celebrated for its direction by Terence Young, memorable performances from Sean Connery in his second outing as 007, Pedro... -
Collected Textile Studies Donald King 9781899828661
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £74.36The 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... -
The Tales of Hoffmann by Professor William Germano (The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, USA)
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) is a unique and important film, both in the history of British cinema and in the history of interdisciplinary art-making. It is the first full-throttle presentation of an... -
Hollywood's Artists: The Directors Guild of America and the Construction of Authorship Virginia Wright Wexman 9780231195690
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £19.96Today, the director is considered the leading artistic force behind a film. The production of a Hollywood movie requires the labor of many people, from screenwriters and editors to cinematographers... -
The Religion and Film Reader Jolyon Mitchell (University of Edinburgh, UK) 9780415404952
SciFier: £39.89Edited by leading experts in the field, The Film and Religion Reader brings together the key writings in this exciting and dynamic discipline. In over sixty interviews, essays and reviews from... -
The Arctic Incident by Andrew Donkin
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.50A stunning graphic-novel adaptation of the megaselling Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.Adapted by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo Lamanna.Someone has... -
Alain Resnais: Interviews Lynn A. Higgins 9781496833945
RRP: £109.00SciFier: £101.99Among the most innovative and influential filmmakers of the twentieth century, Alain Resnais (1922-2014) did not originally set out to become a director. He trained as an actor and film editor and,... -
Alain Resnais: Interviews Lynn A. Higgins 9781496833938
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.46Among the most innovative and influential filmmakers of the twentieth century, Alain Resnais (1922-2014) did not originally set out to become a director. He trained as an actor and film editor and,... -
Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 18 by Fumi Yoshinaga
Viz MediaRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power-including the shogun's seat!In Edo period... -
Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households Marian Ann Montgomery 9781682830420
RRP: £32.95SciFier: £20.93Printed cotton sacks are currently fashionable aspects for material culture research, particularly in the costume and quilt history communities. In the second quarter of the twentieth century, these... -
Orson Welles by Brett Wood
SciFier: £68.99This new work contains the most comprehensive bibliography of Orson Welles' work and material written on Welles. It presents a concise history of Welles' life and career, paying special attention to... -
Reconstructing Violence by Deborah E. Barker
SciFier: £51.68In this bold study of cinematic depictions of violence in the south, Deborah E. Barker explores the ongoing legacy of the ""southern rape complex"" in American film. Taking as her starting point D. W... -
Roman History, Volume IV: Books 41-45 Dio Cassius 9780674990739
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £19.95A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Roman History: v. 8 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991958
SciFier: £25.16A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of ... -
Polish Cinema Today: A Bold New Era in Film Helena Goscilo 9781793641656
SciFier: £113.99Structured according to key themes, Polish Cinema Today analyzes the remarkable innovations in Polish cinema emerging a decade after the 1989 dissolution of the Soviet bloc, once its film industry... -
Disney Mirrorverse: Belle by Alex Singer
Viz MediaRRP: £10.99SciFier: £8.24In this original prequel story set in the world of the exciting mobile game Disney Mirrorverse, learn what Mirrorverse Belle's life was like before she became a Guardian!Ever since Belle's fateful... -
The Ages of the X-Men by Joseph J. Darowski
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £13.61The X-Men comic book franchise is one of the most popular of all time and also one of the most intriguing to critically analyse. With storylines that often contain overt social messages within its... -
Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television Peter McNeil (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) 9781847883575
SciFier: £40.99Fashion in Fiction examines the ways in which dress 'performs' in a wide range of contemporary and historical literary texts. Essays by North American, European and Australian scholars explore the... -
Folk Literature of the Yamana Indians Johannes Wilbert 9780520032996
RRP: £53.00SciFier: £39.14"In my opinion this project of publications devoted to folk literature of South America is of paramount importance. South American mythology belongs to the spiritual inheritance of mankind on par... -
Universal-International Westerns, 1947-1963 by Gene Blottner
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81From 1947 through 1963, the merged studios of Universal and International produced mostly highly entertaining westerns that ranged from classics like Winchester '73 to forgettable films better... -
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Renaissance by Elizabeth Currie
SciFier: £33.54Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly prized ingredients imported from the New World. In... -
Kill Shakespeare: First Folio by Anthony Del Col
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £19.81The beloved series that The New York Times dubbed, "dark fun," is back with the first folio edition that includes the first two original volumes! An action-adventure story that combines all of... -
Chinatown by Michael Eaton
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71Directed in 1974 by Roman Polanski from a script by Robert Towne, Chinatown is a brilliant reworking of film noir set in a drought-stricken Los Angeles of the 1930s. Jack Nicholson stars as J. J... -
The Scar China Mieville 9780330534314
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.91Winner of the British Fantasy Award, The Scar by China Mieville is a colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, set in the richly visualized world of Bas-Lag. A human... -
Diary of an Uncertain Psychic Deena I.J. Newman 9781487563288
RRP: £79.00SciFier: £42.95In Diary of an Uncertain Psychic, artist-anthropologist Deena I.J. Newman explores the life and lessons of Elizabeth, a California psychic and radio talk show host. Following the thread of... -
The Museum of Future Mistakes James R. Gapinski 9781960145864
RRP: £19.00SciFier: £14.09Gruesome scenarios take a tender turn; beautiful moments become sources of derision. Winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize, The Museum of Future Mistakes is packed with inventive narrative choices... -
Dinghai Fusheng Records (Novel) Vol. 4 Fei Tian Ye Xiang 9798893734188
Seven Seas EntertainmentRRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.76Once, ancient China was brimming with magic...but three hundred years ago, the Spiritual Qi of the Heavens and Earth dried up in the Silence of All Magic. Hundreds of years with no spiritual qi have... -
The Hobbit Encyclopedia Damien Bador 9780711288980
RRP: £28.00SciFier: £19.84Delve into Middle-earth, decipher the Dwarves' alphabet and more, with this indispensable and comprehensive guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. This wide-ranging encyclopedia covers all the... -
Global Movie Magazine Networks Eric Hoyt 9780520402768
SciFier: £25.77A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This groundbreaking... -
Julie Andrews: A Bio-Bibliography Les Spindle 9780313262234
SciFier: £35.99Spindle's reference chronicles the professional career of one of the world's most loved performers, Julie Andrews. An all-in-one resource, the volume presents a comprehensive and accurate profile of... -
Red Riding Hood Beatrix Potter 9780241376546
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.15"Once upon a time there was a village child who was so pretty - so pretty as never was seen . . ."So begins Beatrix Potter's retelling of Red Riding Hood. Filled with the delicious darkness of the... -
The Representation of Japanese Politics in Manga: The Visual Literacy Of Statecraft Roman Rosenbaum (University of Sydney, Australia) 9780367617899
SciFier: £42.86This edited volume explores political motives, discourses and agendas in Japanese manga and graphic art with the objective of highlighting the agency of Japanese and wider Asian story-telling... -
Gay Men at the Movies by Scott McKinnon
SciFier: £50.25Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalized groups, and this book details that process for gay men in Sydney, Australia from the 1950s to the present. Scott... -
Fred Basset Yearbook 2023 by Alex Graham
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34Britain's best-loved basset hound returns in this all-new collection of witty cartoon strips from the Daily Mail Keep an eye on any unguarded sausages, because the gang is back! Join Fred and his... -
Death On The Cheap by Arthur Lyons
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.74Robert Mitchum once commented to Arthur Lyons about his movies of the 1940s and 1950s: "Hell, we didn't know what film noir was in those days. We were just making movies. Cary Grant and all the big... -
Batman: One Bad Day: Bane Joshua Williamson 9781779520357
DC ComicsRRP: £16.99SciFier: £12.24A PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DESTROYED BY VENOM! 2023 Eisner Nominee - Best Limited Series. Bane broke the Bat he s one of the only villains to ever truly vanquish the Dark Knight but is that all he... -
Pop Music in British Cinema by Kevin Donnelly
SciFier: £113.99Pop music stars in many of the most exciting and successful British films - from "Performance" to "Trainspotting", from "A Hard Day's Night" to "Human Traffic". Other films using pop music might be... -
Movies and Methods, Volume 1 Bill Nichols 9780520031517
RRP: £33.00SciFier: £28.90Film teachers and students will welcome this new anthology, which makes available in one source a comprehensive selection of recent theoretical work on film, including many articles difficult to...