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The Shifting Definitions of Genre by Lincoln Geraghty
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81Histories of science fiction often discuss Fritz Lang's ""Metropolis"" as a classic text within the genre - yet the term ""science fiction"" had not been invented at the time of the film's release... -
Expressive Space by Gregory Whistance-Smith
SciFier: £75.49Video game spaces have vastly expanded the built environment, offering new worlds to explore and inhabit. Like buildings, cities, and gardens before them, these virtual environments express meaning... -
Critical Thinking About Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media: Media Literacy Applications Mary-Lou Galician 9780805856163
SciFier: £57.60This distinctive volume explores how romantic coupleship is represented in books, magazines, popular music, movies, television, and the Internet within entertainment, advertising, and... -
American Media and the Memory of World War II Debra Ramsay 9781138057043
SciFier: £42.86For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America's role in global affairs. But if World War II helped shape the perception of... -
New Basque Gothic: Trauma, Screen Media and Transnationalism Rebecca Wynne-Walsh 9781526181183
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £77.99This monograph addresses the twenty-first century upsurge in Gothic screen media emanating from the Autonomous Basque Community, Euskadi, in Northern Spain. The book focuses on online video sharing,... -
The Theological Power of Film James Lorenz 9781032575636
RRP: £47.99SciFier: £43.73This book explores the theological power of film and seeks to render a properly theological account of cinematic art. It considers: What theology and theological practice does cinematic art give rise... -
Like a Film: Ideological Fantasy on Screen, Camera and Canvas Timothy Murray 9780415077347
SciFier: £40.09In this stimulating collection of theoretical writings on film, photography, and art, Timothy Murray examines relations between artistic practice, sexual and racial politics, theory and cultural... -
Roger Michell Brian McFarlane 9781526185297
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £76.99This book offers the first serious critical study of Roger Michell's career as a filmmaker. Best known for Notting Hill, Michell brought a distinctive sensitivity to his work in both the UK and the... -
The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas
RebellionRRP: £8.99SciFier: £8.86"There was video of the second shooter. There was video."In the first reports of every mass shooting, there's always mention of a second shooter-two sets of gunshots, a figure seen fleeing the... -
A Talent For Trouble by Jan Herman
RRP: £22.00SciFier: £20.39The films of William Wyler (1902-1981) include some of the most memorable and honored motion pictures of all time Jezebel, The Letter, The Little Foxes, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress,... -
Modernity at the Movies by Camila Gatica Mizala
SciFier: £56.14Cinema can both reflect the world as it is and offer escape from it. In Modernity at the Movies, Camila Gatica Mizala explores the ideas of reflection versus escapism and examines how modes of... -
Tate Dialogues: Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet Val Ravaglia (Curator, Displays & International Art, Tate Modern) 9781849769693
RRP: £5.00SciFier: £4.23From the birth of op art to the dawn of the internet age, artists found new ways to engage the senses and play with perception. Electric Dreams, one of Tate Modern's most ambitious exhibitions to... -
Photography, Temporality, and Modernity: Time Warped Kris Belden-Adams 9781032338613
SciFier: £43.73This book examines the photography's unique capacity to represent time with a degree of elasticity and abstraction. Part object-study, part cultural/philosophical history, it examines the medium's... -
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Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide Chris Horrocks 9781848310605 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £1.30Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as 'the most important event of thought in our century'. As a philosopher, historian and political activist, he certainly left behind an enduring and... -
![The Essential Calvin And Hobbes: Calvin & Hobbes Series: Book Three Bill Watterson 9780751512748 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/622164/1430899/9780751512748__42968.1743035403.jpg?c=1 "The Essential Calvin And Hobbes: Calvin & Hobbes Series: Book Three Bill Watterson 9780751512748 [USED COPY]")
The Essential Calvin And Hobbes: Calvin & Hobbes Series: Book Three Bill Watterson 9780751512748 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £3.47Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is concerned is very much alive and kicking, are two of the most loveable and hilarious characters... -
The Pixels of Paul Cezanne by Wim Wenders
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.19The Pixels of Paul Cezanne is a collection of essays by Wim Wenders in which he presents his observations and reflections on the fellow artists who have influenced, shaped, and inspired him."How are... -
Rebel by Donald Spoto
SciFier: £15.79Based on meticulous research and new interviews with dozens of family members, friends, lovers, directors, and costars, Rebel offers a revelatory look at actor and film icon James Dean (1931-1955)... -
Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray Keya Ganguly 9780520262171
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.49Although revered as one of the world's great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely... -
Lumen by Brian Stableford
RRP: £13.50SciFier: £12.99Lumen was first published by Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) in 1872 as part of the Stories of Infinity collection. Flammarion was a well-known French astronomer, writer and highly successful... -
Introducing Aesthetics by Christopher Kul-Want
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.94What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the 'aesthetics' of an artwork or a piece of design. But... -
Introducing Foucault by Chris Horrocks
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.94Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as 'the most important event of thought in our century'. As a philosopher, historian and political activist, he certainly left behind an enduring and... -
The Essential Calvin And Hobbes by Bill Watterson
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.16Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is concerned is very much alive and kicking, are two of the most loveable and hilarious characters... -
The Singapore Strain Raju Chellam 9789815144529
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £14.51The Earth is dying. Are you next? A mysterious new variant of Covid-19, dubbed the Singapore Strain, is infecting people around the world. It changes the victims' DNA and manifests by altering their... -
In Search of Lost Time by Nicolas Mahler
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £16.23A twist on the French literary classic In Search of Lost Time told through Nicolas Mahler's distinctive graphic novel style. Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of the most important... -
Designing Dreams: A Celebration of Leon Bakst by Leon Bakst
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £36.64Published to accompany an exhibition at the Nouveau Musee National de Monaco, this volume, which gathers scientific contributions from leading researchers, art historians, along with in situ... -
Wheeler & Woolsey: The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929-1937 Edward Watz 9780786411412
SciFier: £30.19During the Depression years, the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were second only to Laurel and Hardy at the box office. Each of their over 20 comedies are analyzed in detail here;... -
Soul's Asylum - Star Weaver by Derek E. Pearson
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £9.74"Pearson is the possessor of an extraordinary imagination that brilliantly assaults every variant of the sci-fi genre. His writing is vivid, urban and unflinching in its descriptions, taking the... -
Psychology: The Comic Book Introduction by Danny Oppenheimer
SciFier: £15.59Psychology is the study of our behaviour, of the ways our minds make sense of the world around us. It is a serious endeavour because we value scientific knowledge, for what it tells us about the... -
Roy Ward Baker by Geoff Mayer
SciFier: £22.99This book traces the career of Roy Ward Baker, one of the great survivors of the British film and television industry. He directed the landmark British film Morning Departure (1949), worked at... -
Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger
SciFier: £28.13Eisenstein's last, unfinished masterpiece is a strange, complex and haunting film. Commissioned personally by Stalin in 1941, the project placed Eisenstein in the paradoxical situation of having to... -
Far From Heaven by Dr. Glyn Davis
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £17.87Nominated for four Oscars, Far from Heaven earned rave reviews and won widespread cultural and critical recognition. A knowing and emotionally involving homage to the films of Douglas Sirk, this film... -
The New Hollywood by James Bernardoni
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21The "Old Hollywood" of studios, stars, and house directors began to break up in the 1960s. Newly independent directors freed from budgetary and aesthetic limitations imposed by studio moguls were... -
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Calvin & Hobbes:Tenth Anniversary Book: Calvin & Hobbes Series: Book Fourteen Bill Watterson 9780751515572 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £2.27A special tenth anniversary edition of comic cartoons starring the Calvin and Hobbes pair. Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is... -
Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray Keya Ganguly 9780520262164
RRP: £80.00SciFier: £72.99Although revered as one of the world's great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely... -
Ridley Scott by Vincent LoBrutto
RRP: £32.00SciFier: £30.01With celebrated works such as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator, Ridley Scott has secured his place in Hollywood. This legendary director and filmmaker has had an undeniable... -
Terra Australis by Laurent-Frederic Bollee
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.54Just over 225 years ago, one of the most incredible odysseys in human history took place. 1,500 men and women were crammed aboard 11 ships and transported to the other side of the planet. They were... -
Magic Words, Magic Worlds by Matthew Oliver
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81While all fiction uses words to construct models of the world for readers, nowhere is this more obvious than in fantasy fiction. Epic fantasy novels create elaborate secondary worlds entirely out of... -
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The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance: 24 New SHort Stories from the Hottest Names Trisha Telep 9781845299415 [USED COPY]
RRP: £3.99SciFier: £2.02Fall in love with someone out of this world.If love transcends all boundaries then paranormal romance is its logical conclusion. From the biggest names around, here are 24 tales to take you to... -
Introducing Islam by Ziauddin Sardar
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £6.76Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of... -
Kubrick, New and Expanded Edition by Thomas Allen Nelson
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £14.01Stanley Kubrick ranks among the most important American film makers of his generation, but his work is often misunderstood because it is widely diverse in subject matter and seems to lack thematic...