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Full Metal Jhacket by Matthew Derby
RRP: $28.26SciFier: $27.80Two boys discover that the title of their stop-motion animated film about Vietnam has been taken by director Stanley Kubrick. A 150-year-old woman on the run from the government is tracked down by... -
In Permanent Crisis: Ethnicity in Contemporary European Media and Cinema Ipek A. Celik 9780472072729
SciFier: $156.66Refugees, migrants, and minorities of migrant origin frequently appear in European mainstream news in emergency situations: victims of human trafficking, suspects of terrorism, "bogus" asylum seekers... -
Myst and Riven by Mark J. P. Wolf
RRP: $39.60SciFier: $37.74Video games have become a major cultural force, and within their history, Myst and its sequel Riven stand out as influential examples. Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni is a close analysis of two... -
Embroidering the Scarlet A: Unwed Mothers and Illegitimate Children in American Fiction and Film Janet Mason Ellerby 9780472052639
RRP: $54.72SciFier: $52.88Embroidering the Scarlet A discusses an array of narratives that span the American literary tradition, tracing the evolution of the "fallen woman" from the earliest novels to recent representations... -
Embroidering the Scarlet A: Unwed Mothers and Illegitimate Children in American Fiction and Film Janet Mason Ellerby 9780472072637
SciFier: $184.52Embroidering the Scarlet A discusses an array of narratives that span the American literary tradition, tracing the evolution of the "fallen woman" from the earliest novels to recent representations... -
That Was the Wild East: Film Culture, Unification and the New Germany Leonie Naughton 9780472088881
SciFier: $73.77Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472088881Author Leonie NaughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint -
Slayers and Their Vampires by Bruce McClelland
SciFier: $167.74The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer"A fascinating comparison of the original vampire myths to their later literary transformations."-Adam Morton, author of On Evil"From the... -
DOOM: SCARYDARKFAST Dan Pinchbeck 9780472051915
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40In December 1993, gaming changed forever. id Software's seminal shooter DOOM was released, and it shook the foundations of the medium. Daniel Pinchbeck brings together the complete story of DOOM for... -
Is Social Security Broke?: A Cartoon Guide to the Issues Barbara R. Bergmann 9780472067435
RRP: $30.15SciFier: $29.45A funny, smart, and engaging book on Social Security? You bet! Let Bill and Betty Boomer, their parents Ed and Ethel Elderly, and the young married Steve and Sue Sprout take you through the thickets... -
The Fixed Period Anthony Trollope 9780472064489
RRP: $33.93SciFier: $32.77The complete text of this work is available for the first time, with corrections from the original manuscript.Book InformationISBN 9780472064489Author Anthony TrollopeFormat PaperbackPage Count -
Star Worlds: Freedom Versus Control in Online Gameworlds William Sims Bainbridge 9780472073283
SciFier: $178.13Star Worlds explores the future-oriented universe of online virtualworlds connected with popular science fiction-specifically, with StarWars and Star Trek-that have been inhabited for over a decade... -
My Life as a Filmmaker Satsuo Yamamoto 9780472073337
SciFier: $139.31In his posthumous autobiography, Watakushi no eiga jinsei (1984), Yamamoto reflects on his career and legacy: beginning in the prewar days as an assistant director in a well-established film company... -
Rediscovering Korean Cinema Sangjoon Lee 9780472054299
RRP: $69.84SciFier: $67.68South Korean cinema is a striking example of non-Western contemporary cinematic success. Thanks to the increasing numbers of moviegoers and domestic films produced, South Korea has become one of the... -
My Life as a Filmmaker Satsuo Yamamoto 9780472053339
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40In his posthumous autobiography, Watakushi no eiga jinsei (1984), Yamamoto reflects on his career and legacy: beginning in the prewar days as an assistant director in a well-established film company... -
Fascination with Fiber by Marie A. Gile
RRP: $39.60SciFier: $33.85Fascination with Fiber focuses on the forces that have kept the craft of handweaving alive in Michigan and throughout the country: individuals, organizations, and communities enlivened through... -
Rudolf Arnheim by Rudolf Arnheim
SciFier: $135.53Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472108596Author Rudolf ArnheimFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint -
Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State Sheryl James 9780472051748
RRP: $30.15SciFier: $29.45Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two... -
Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw Peggy Shaw 9780472034147
RRP: $43.38SciFier: $41.07Obie-award-winning performer and writer Peggy Shaw has been playing her gender-bending performances on Off Broadway, regional, and international stages for three decades. Co-founder of the renowned... -
The New Woman International: Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s Elizabeth Otto 9780472051045
RRP: $58.50SciFier: $57.55Images of flappers, garconnes, Modern Girls, neue Frauen, and trampky-all embodiments of the dashing New Woman-symbolized an expanded public role for women from the suffragist era through the dawn of... -
Mex-Cine: Mexican Filmmaking, Production, and Consumption in the Twenty-first Century Frederick Luis Aldama 9780472051939
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40Mex-Cine offers an accessibly written, multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary Mexican cinema that combines industrial, technical, and sociopolitical analysis with analyses of modes of... -
Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen Henry Carl Bial 9780472069088
RRP: $39.60SciFier: $37.74The history of the American entertainment industry and the history of the Jewish people in the United States are inextricably intertwined. Jews have provided Broadway and Hollywood with some of their... -
Framed: The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin De Siecle Elizabeth Carolyn Miller 9780472050444
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40Framed uses fin de siecle British crime narrative to explore a central question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are... -
Play Redux: The Form of Computer Games 9780472050925
RRP: $43.38SciFier: $41.07This title presents a new look at digital gaming and the aesthetics of play. ""Play Redux"" is an ambitious description and critical analysis of the aesthetic pleasures of video game play, drawing on... -
Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance Brian Eugenio Herrera 9780472052646
RRP: $50.94SciFier: $47.72Latin Numbers is a work of performance history, examining the way in which Latino actors on the 20th century stage and screen communicated and influenced American ideas about race and ethnicity... -
Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance Brian Eugenio Herrera 9780472072644
SciFier: $159.01Latin Numbers is a work of performance history, examining the way in which Latino actors on the 20th century stage and screen communicated and influenced American ideas about race and ethnicity... -
Play Redux by David Myers
SciFier: $112.55"Play Redux excels in tying together intellectual traditions that are rooted in literary studies, cognitive science, play studies and several other fields, thereby creating a logical whole. Through... -
Tempest by Judd Ethan Ruggill
SciFier: $106.10Atari's 1981 arcade hit Tempest was a "tube shooter" built around glowing, vector-based geometric shapes. Among its many important contributions to both game and cultural history, Tempest was one of... -
Science Fiction in Argentina by Joanna Page
SciFier: $123.06It has become something of a critical commonplace to claim that science fiction does not actually exist in Argentina. This book puts that claim to rest by identifying and analyzing a rich body of... -
In Permanent Crisis: Ethnicity in Contemporary European Media and Cinema Ipek A. Celik 9780472052721
RRP: $62.28SciFier: $59.61Refugees, migrants, and minorities of migrant origin frequently appear in European mainstream news in emergency situations: victims of human trafficking, suspects of terrorism, "bogus" asylum seekers... -
Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead Bruce McClelland 9780472069231
RRP: $39.60SciFier: $37.74The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer"A fascinating comparison of the original vampire myths to their later literary transformations."-Adam Morton, author of On Evil"From the... -
Analyzing Performance: Theater, Dance, and Film Patrice Pavis 9780472066896
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $45.72Analyzing Performance provides conceptual tools for understanding a range of performance, including theater, dance, cinema, other audiovisual media, and mime. This richly illustrated book develops... -
Silent Hill by Bernard Perron
RRP: $41.49SciFier: $39.43Silent Hill: The Terror Engine, the second of the two inaugural studies in the Landmark Video Games series from series editors Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, is both a close analysis of the... -
Star Worlds: Freedom Versus Control in Online Gameworlds William Sims Bainbridge 9780472053285
RRP: $54.72SciFier: $52.88Star Worlds explores the future-oriented universe of online virtualworlds connected with popular science fiction-specifically, with StarWars and Star Trek-that have been inhabited for over a decade... -
Michael Moore: Filmmaker, Newsmaker, Cultural Icon Matthew Bernstein 9780472051038
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40For more than twenty years, Michael Moore has transformed himself from a marginal filmmaker into a cultural icon, unofficial spokesperson for liberals and the Left. American conservatives constantly... -
Mex-Cine: Mexican Filmmaking, Production and Consumption in the Twenty-first Century Frederick Luis Aldama 9780472071937
SciFier: $167.79Mex-Cine offers an accessibly written, multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary Mexican cinema that combines industrial, technical, and sociopolitical analysis with analyses of modes of... -
Rediscovering Korean Cinema Sangjoon Lee 9780472074297
SciFier: $163.79South Korean cinema is a striking example of non-Western contemporary cinematic success. Thanks to the increasing numbers of moviegoers and domestic films produced, South Korea has become one of the... -
This Gaming Life by Jim Rossignol
SciFier: $46.65This book offers an insider's view of online games and how they change us. 'In May 2000 I was fired from my job as a reporter on a finance newsletter because of an obsession with a videogame. It was... -
Tempest: Geometries of Play Prof. Judd Ethan Ruggill 9780472052691
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40Atari's 1981 arcade hit Tempest was a "tube shooter" built around glowing, vector-based geometric shapes. Among its many important contributions to both game and cultural history, Tempest was one of... -
Science Fiction in Argentina: Technologies of the Text in a Material Multiverse Joanna Page 9780472053100
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $44.40It has become something of a critical commonplace to claim that science fiction does not actually exist in Argentina. This book puts that claim to rest by identifying and analyzing a rich body of... -
Is Social Security Broke?: A Cartoon Guide to the Issues Barbara R. Bergmann 9780472097432
RRP: $141.66SciFier: $139.92A funny, smart, and engaging book on Social Security? You bet! Let Bill and Betty Boomer, their parents Ed and Ethel Elderly, and the young married Steve and Sue Sprout take you through the thickets...