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African Lace-bark in the Caribbean: The Construction of Race, Class, and Gender Steeve O. Buckridge (Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA) 9781350058507
SciFier: $50.91In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their... -
Japan beyond the Kimono: Innovation and Tradition in the Kyoto Textile Industry Jenny Hall 9781350095410
SciFier: $152.75In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing, including kimono) for modern... -
Designing Creatures and Characters: How to Build an Artist's Portfolio for Video Games, Film, Animation and More Marc Taro Holmes 9781440344091
RRP: $37.51SciFier: $23.80Ever wondered how you could become a character designer for video games, film or animation? Veteran art director and concept artist Marc Taro Holmes shares proven methods for honing the skills and... -
His Dark Materials: Gift Edition including all three novels: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 9781841593425
RRP: $33.50SciFier: $20.09Fantasy, mystery, war and love - it's all here in the magical trilogy His Dark MaterialsThis BEAUTIFUL GIFT collection features ALL THREE titles in the award-winning trilogy: Northern Lights, The... -
A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet, Book 2) Sabaa Tahir 9780008160371
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.16'Tahir spins a captivating, heart-pounding fantasy' - Us Weekly The sequel to the explosive New York Times bestselling debut An Ember in the Ashes,... -
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
RRP: $25.46SciFier: $25.11On February 16, 1944, Anne Frank recorded in her diary that Peter, whom she at first disliked and eventually came to love, had confided to her that if he got out alive, he would reinvent himself... -
Swords of the Steppes by Harold Lamb
RRP: $26.79SciFier: $22.85A master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting, Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard's favorite writers. Here at last is every pulse-pounding, action-packed story of Lamb's... -
The Dark Side of Game Play: Controversial Issues in Playful Environments Torill Elvira Mortensen 9781138548671
SciFier: $67.88Games allow players to experiment and play with subject positions, values and moral choice. In game worlds players can take on the role of antagonists; they allow us to play with behaviour that would... -
City as Canvas by Carlo McCormick
RRP: $37.45SciFier: $31.61A visual account of the birth of graffiti and street art, showcasing as-yet-unseen works collected by preeminent artist Martin Wong. Referred to by the New York Times as an artist "whose meticulous... -
Scripting the Environment: Oil, Democracy and the Sands of Time and Space Geo Takach 9783319404325
SciFier: $124.61This 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... -
Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971 by Doris Berger
RRP: $54.94SciFier: $37.87The overlooked yet vibrant history of Black participation in American film, from the beginning of cinema through the civil rights movement From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have... -
Digital Art and Meaning: Reading Kinetic Poetry, Text Machines, Mapping Art, and Interactive Installations Roberto Simanowski 9780816667383
RRP: $29.47SciFier: $23.99In a world increasingly dominated by the digital, the critical response to digital art generally ranges from hype to counterhype. Popular writing about specific artworks seldom goes beyond promoting... -
The Red and the Black: American Film Noir in the 1950s Robert Miklitsch 9780252040689
RRP: $138.02SciFier: $110.56Critical wisdom has it that we said a long goodbye to film noir in the 1950s. Robert Miklitsch begs to differ. Pursuing leads down the back streets and alleyways of cultural history, The Red and the... -
I Walked With a Zombie Clive Dawson 9781837645169
SciFier: $113.07I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Val Lewton's second feature for RKO Radio Pictures, was described by critic Robin Wood as 'perhaps the most delicate poetic fantasy in the American Cinema.' Following... -
Chinese Women's Cinema: Transnational Contexts Lingzhen Wang 9780231156752
SciFier: $40.99The first of its kind in English, this collection explores twenty one well established and lesser known female filmmakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora. Sixteen... -
Eden Conquered Joelle Charbonneau 9780062453877
SciFier: $17.49The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau.The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince... -
Film Into Video: A Guide to Merging the Technologies Richard H. Kallenberger 9780240804118
SciFier: $114.60Film Into Video, Second Edition offers comprehensive, practical information on the complex process of converting motion picture film into video. All of the tools of the trade are explained in clear,... -
Cinema and Language Loss: Displacement, Visuality and the Filmic Image Tijana Mamula 9781138937710
SciFier: $58.60Cinema and Language Loss provides the first sustained exploration of the relationship between linguistic displacement and visuality in the filmic realm, examining in depth both its formal expressions... -
Netflix Nostalgia: Streaming the Past on Demand Kathryn Pallister 9781498583077
SciFier: $53.59Whether it's "Flashback Friday" or "Throwback Thursday," audiences are hungry for nostalgic film and television, and the streaming giant Netflix serves up shows from the past that satisfy this... -
Westminster Part I: The Art, Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Abbey Warwick Rodwell 9781910887240
SciFier: $59.54The British Archaeological Association's 2013 conference was devoted to the study of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. It also embraced Westminster School, which was founded at the... -
The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk Thriller, Book 4) Dean Koontz 9780008291457
RRP: $17.41SciFier: $12.77Her enemies will learn the true meaning of fear... The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with the fourth Jane Hawk... -
Crooked River by Douglas Preston
RRP: $12.05SciFier: $9.81A sea of unanswered questions. Dozens of identical shoes have washed up on the beach in the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida. They appear completely ordinary but for one thing - each... -
Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola
RRP: $14.73SciFier: $9.45CAPTIVATING LOVE STORIES CELEBRATED AND RETOLDTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND GLOBAL HITAs seen on BBC2 Between the Covers'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly,... -
Thrust Lidia Yuknavitch 9781838857820
RRP: $22.77SciFier: $17.86Laisve is a refugee in a destroyed city-island, hunted in Raids and haunted by the spirits of her drowned mother and brother. She dives into the river and finds herself travelling between times and... -
The Little Prince: A stunning gift book in full colour from the bestselling illustrator Chris Riddell Antoine de Saint-Exupery 9781529052565
RRP: $33.50SciFier: $24.87Chris Riddell's brilliant full-colour illustrated The Little Prince in a sumptuous hardback and jacketed edition. A perfect gift for families, children and all fans of this much-loved favourite... -
The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $10.68'Lisa Tuttle is a subtle and clever writer whose fantasy deals with the world we all believe we have sensed from time to time out of the corners of our eyes.' Michael MoorcockAppleton is a small town... -
The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV Eric Hart (Professional Prop Builder, New York, NY, USA) 9781032154619
SciFier: $53.13Features step-by-step guides to common processes used by all prop makers.Includes descriptions and images of the most common tools used in various crafts.Covers carpentry, metal-work, plastics... -
King in Limbo Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-2) by Ai Tanaka
Kodansha AmericaRRP: $29.47SciFier: $19.55From the creator of Apple Children of Aeon comes a gripping, six-volume thriller manga about trauma, healing, friendship, and what it means to be "sick" or "healthy." A must for fans of suspenseful,... -
Red Side Story: The spectacular and colourful new novel from the bestselling author of Shades of Grey Jasper Fforde 9781444763669
RRP: $26.80SciFier: $19.74Jasper Fforde, the acclaimed SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, invites you to imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see...It's the UK,... -
Dracula Bram Stoker 9781454952879
RRP: $24.12SciFier: $18.92Discover the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula with this exquisite edition from Union Square & Co.'s Signature Gilded Editions series! The stunning Dracula special edition features sprayed edges, color... -
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy by Dr Dimitra Fimi (Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, UK)
SciFier: $42.87Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as... -
A Rising Moon Stephen Leigh 9780756411206
RRP: $32.16SciFier: $24.78The second novel in this gripping historical fantasy series, set in an alternate first-century Britain, follows Orla Paorach, freedom fighter and daughter of a Boudica-like warrior."Orla! Hurry,... -
British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order Barry Forshaw 9781137005038
SciFier: $62.97Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address more radical notions surrounding class, politics, sex, delinquency, violence and... -
The Paper Museum Kate S. Simpson 9781454949855
RRP: $9.37SciFier: $7.34In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper Museum with her Uncle Lem following the disappearance of her parents. Convinced the key to finding... -
Seventh Circle by Philippa Ballantine
Titan BooksRRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.43Life amongst the stars is brutal. Human colonies are being obliterated by a dark pathogen launched from mysterious ships, which turns whole populations into hordes of ravenous monsters. And no one... -
Benjamin on Fashion Philipp Ekardt 9781350075993
SciFier: $151.41Benjamin on Fashion reconstructs and redefines Walter Benjamin's complex, fragmentary and yet influential fashion theory that he developed in the Arcades Project (1927-1940) and beyond, while... -
Spectacular Digital Effects: CGI and Contemporary Cinema Kristen Whissel 9780822355748
RRP: $113.90SciFier: $98.96By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect... -
Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work Susan L. Mizruchi 9780393082869
RRP: $29.47SciFier: $27.08When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... -
Anzu and the Realm of Darkness Mai K. Nguyen 9781835870815
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.845 Worlds meets Spirited Away in this graphic novel of a girl fighting to return home from the spirit world.Anzu has just moved to a new town during Obon, a time for families to remember and celebrate... -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 9781408855713 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $3.46Join Harry Potter on the magical journey of a lifetime in the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's multi-award-winning series. As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to...