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![The Phantom Tollbooth (Essential Modern Classics) Norton Juster 9780007263486 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/574652/682088/9780007263486__31479.1723556507.jpg?c=1 "The Phantom Tollbooth (Essential Modern Classics) Norton Juster 9780007263486 [USED COPY]")
The Phantom Tollbooth (Essential Modern Classics) Norton Juster 9780007263486 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.11SciFier: $2.93Essential Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers bringing these timeless story to a new generation. Milo's extraordinary voyage takes him into such places as the Land of... -
The First Hollywood Musicals by Edwin M. Bradley
RRP: $50.03SciFier: $44.66As Hollywood entered the sound era, it was rightly determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. In 1929 and... -
Westerns and the Trail of Tradition by Barrie Hanfling
RRP: $34.74SciFier: $30.04Over the past century, the western has fluctuated in popularity. By 2010 it has come to stand, to the dismay of many, at one of its lowest points. Beginning with 1929 and the advent of talkies... -
Luis Bunuel by Roman Gubern
RRP: $40.24SciFier: $32.60The turbulent years of the 1930s were of profound importance in the life of Spanish film director Luis Bunuel (1900-1983). He joined the Surrealist movement in 1929 but by 1932 had renounced it and... -
Paradises Lost Ursula K. Le Guin 9781529984804
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $11.05Ursula k. Le Guin's beautifully realised space epic of two young friends finding their lives steer a new, and unexpected course As the spaceship Discovery makes its slow way towards its destination -... -
Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History Robert Hamilton Ball 9781138996113
SciFier: $62.97In 1899, when film projection was barely three years old, Herbert Beerbohm Tree was filmed as King John. In his highly entertaining history, Robert Hamilton Ball traces in detail the fate of... -
The Art and History of Popeye by R.C. Harvey
RRP: $82.00SciFier: $54.75When cartoonist Elzie Segar created Popeye, as a minor character ten years into the run of the Thimble Theatre strip in 1929, little did he know that the world's most famous sailor would still be... -
When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939 by Martin Shingler
RRP: $152.89SciFier: $143.85This book offers a different take on the early history of Warner Bros., the studio renowned for introducing talking pictures and developing the gangster film and backstage musical comedy. The focus... -
Futuretrack 5 by Robert Westall
RRP: $15.28SciFier: $12.84Relaunch of spectacular Robert Westall fantasy novel that was way ahead of its time. A fantasy of the near future in which Britain is divided into Zones and castes to which men and women... -
Guillermo Calles by Rogelio Agrasanchez, Jr.
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $26.70In 1912, Guillermo Calles (1893-1958) became the first Mexican actor to appear in films made in California. Despite limited resources, he began directing and producing his own movies, and in 1929... -
Last Day, The by Owain Owain
RRP: $12.51SciFier: $10.19A science fiction cult classic. The Last Day is more than a moving call to arms for speakers of minority languages facing extinction; at its core, it's a tragic human-scale story played out... -
Joseph L. Mankiewicz by Brian Dauth
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $27.05Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Interviews features talks with the master director of such classics as All About Eve, The Barefoot Contessa, and Cleopatra. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) was a creative force in... -
Medusa by E. H. Visiak
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $11.08"...a little on one side of me, I spied something that moved along upon the verge with a sliding writhing motion, seeming like the extremity of a sort of trunk; like the body of a huge serpent..... -
The Decline of Sentiment by Lea Jacobs
RRP: $41.70SciFier: $41.14"The Decline of Sentiment" seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age. Based upon extensive reading of trade papers and the popular press of the... -
![The Indian in the Cupboard (Collins Modern Classics) Lynne Reid Banks 9780007309955 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/580550/682148/9780007309955__42456.1723556755.jpg?c=1 "The Indian in the Cupboard (Collins Modern Classics) Lynne Reid Banks 9780007309955 [USED COPY]")
The Indian in the Cupboard (Collins Modern Classics) Lynne Reid Banks 9780007309955 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.11SciFier: $3.27The Indian in the Cupboard is the first of five gripping books about Omri and his plastic North American Indian - Little Bull - who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard. For Omri,... -
The Indian in the Cupboard (Collins Modern Classics) Lynne Reid Banks 9780007309955
RRP: $11.11SciFier: $8.73The Indian in the Cupboard is the first of five gripping books about Omri and his plastic North American Indian - Little Bull - who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard. For Omri,... -
Jean Simmons by Michelangelo Capua
RRP: $40.30SciFier: $35.46Arriving 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... -
![Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel 9780571144792 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/583941/685183/9780571144792__58614.1723573319.jpg?c=1 "Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel 9780571144792 [USED COPY]")
Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel 9780571144792 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $2.97It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five Mundy sisters, barely making ends meet, their ages ranging from twenty-six up to forty... -
The Dream Kite Grace Hallworth 9781849769204
RRP: $11.11SciFier: $8.48A beautiful story about turning your dreams into reality with the support of family, from renowned Trinidadian storyteller Grace Hallworth. Arty has a magical dream about flying a wonderful kite... -
Under the Bridge by Paul Cavalieri
RRP: $51.42SciFier: $40.92Join Paul "Cavs" Cavalieri on a journey through graffiti history and the evolution of a major cultural landmark. In this account, Cavs shares his experiences under the Bronx's East 238th Street... -
Hal Ashby: Interviews Nick Dawson 9781604735642
RRP: $151.51SciFier: $126.48Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear the familiarity of, say, Robert Altman or Martin Scorsese, his diverse films... -
Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
RRP: $9.72SciFier: $7.84Who would believe that a plastic toy American Indian and a plastic toy cowboy can come to life? When Omri's friend Patrick goes back in time to the Wild West, keeping the secret safe becomes even... -
Hollywood Soundscapes by Helen Hanson (University of Exeter, UK)
SciFier: $47.25The technical crafts of sound in classical Hollywood cinema have, until recently, remained largely 'unsung' by histories of the studio era. Yet film sound - voice, music and sound effects - is a... -
The Mystery of the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 9780007235407
RRP: $18.06SciFier: $14.93What will Omri find inside the eaves of his new home? Will there be more little figures that come to life? After Omri reads his great-great-great-aunt's account, he longs to... -
The Lays of Beleriand by Christopher Tolkien
RRP: $15.28SciFier: $11.15The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth,... -
History Comics: The Great Depression by Tim Stout
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $20.42In October 1929, a stock market crash in the United States caused millions of people to suddenly lose their savings, their jobs, and everything they owned. Many had to survive by waiting in long... -
Hal Ashby: Interviews Nick Dawson 9781604735659
RRP: $43.79SciFier: $27.05Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear the familiarity of, say, Robert Altman or Martin Scorsese, his diverse films... -
American Silent Film by William Everson
RRP: $27.80SciFier: $22.57Praised as the "best modern survey of the silent period" ( New Republic ), this indispensable history tells you everything you need to know about American silent film, from the nickelodeons in the... -
The The Spacesuit Film by Gary Westfahl
SciFier: $65.32Filmmakers employ various images to suggest the strangeness of outer space, but protective spacesuits most powerfully communicate the dangers of space and the frailty and weakness of humans beyond... -
Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films Marc Raymond Strauss 9780786419012
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $26.70Alfred Hitchcock called the silent "the purest form of cinema," and the ten silent films he directed between 1925 and 1929 reveal the young director's mature artistry. Hitchcock's silents have... -
Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird by Alma Rubens
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $26.70Dark-eyed and distant Alma Rubens was one of the first female stars of the early feature film industry in the 1910s. She was a major star by 1920, but before the decade was over her screen career... -
The Mystery of the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 9780007149018
SciFier: $9.72What will Omri find inside the eaves of his new home? Will there be more little figures that come to life? After Omri reads his great-great-great-aunt's account, he longs to try the key... -
Early Cinema in Scotland by John Caughie
SciFier: $129.28Examines the history of early cinema in Scotland from its inception in 1896 until the 1930sThe popularity of cinema and cinema-going in Scotland was exceptional. By 1929 Glasgow had 127 cinemas, and... -
Branded Eye by Jenaro Talens
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $28.73In "The Branded Eye", Talens elevates the discussion of the intellectual and artistic movement of 1920s surrealism and Bunuel's "Un Chien Andalou" to a new level of sophistication. To approach... -
History Comics: The Great Depression: From Hard Times to the New Deal Tim Stout 9781250810335
RRP: $16.67SciFier: $12.01In October 1929, a stock market crash in the United States caused millions of people to suddenly lose their savings, their jobs, and everything they owned. Many had to survive by waiting in long... -
The Underdogs: with Related Texts Mariano Azuela 9780872208346
RRP: $18.06SciFier: $13.75In addition to a fresh translation of Los de Abajo, Azuela's classic novel of the Mexican Revolution, this volume offers both a general Introduction to the work and an extensive appendix setting the... -
The Underdogs: with Related Texts Mariano Azuela 9780872208353
RRP: $41.69SciFier: $30.47In addition to a fresh translation of Los de Abajo, Azuela's classic novel of the Mexican Revolution, this volume offers both a general Introduction to the work and an extensive appendix setting the... -
Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television by Ben Brady
RRP: $27.79SciFier: $22.73From All Quiet on the Western Front, the Academy Award-winning "Best Picture" of 1929-1930, to Dances with Wolves, the 1991 winner, many of Hollywood's most popular and enduring movies have been... -
The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
GollanczSciFier: $35.43Earth is in crisis, virtually destroyed by overpopulation, and mankind is teethering on the edge. ISTO - the Interstellar Trade Organization - had demanded man's extinction, for a living planet is... -
I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman 9781529954463
RRP: $23.62SciFier: $17.82SISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits...