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The Norton Book of Ghost Stories by Brad E. Leithauser
SciFier: £40.59This assemblage of twenty-nine of the eeriest stories in English features such talents as Henry James, Shirley Jackson, Elizabeth Bowen, A. S. Byatt, and Elizabeth Taylor, accompanied by an... -
The Golden Ass (The Norton Library) Apuleius 9780393428919
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £7.58The Norton Library edition of The Golden Ass features a new, captivating translation by Ellen Finkelpearl. Finkelpearl provides an engaging introduction that historically contextualizes the... -
The Last Man: A Norton Critical Edition Mary Shelley 9780393887822
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £12.98This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1826 Henry Colburn edition of the novel, the only one approved by Mary Shelley.Introduction and explanatory footnotes by Chris Washington.A rich selection... -
The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Norton Library) by Oscar Wilde
RRP: £7.99SciFier: £7.58The Norton Library edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray features the complete text of the revised and expanded version of the novel, published in 1891. In his insightful introduction, Sean O'Toole... -
Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition Mary Shelley 9780393644029
SciFier: £16.38This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter.Three maps and eight illustrations.A wealth of source and contextual... -
The House of the Seven Gables: A Norton Critical Edition Nathaniel Hawthorne 9780393679465
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.98This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the novel, published in 1851 by Ticknor, Reed and Fields.Robert S. Levine's insightful introduction, revised headnotes, expanded... -
Dracula: A Norton Critical Edition Bram Stoker 9780393679205
SciFier: £23.18This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the novel, published by Archibald Constable in London in 1897 and chosen by the editors in order to give readers-insofar as such a thing is... -
Wildfire: A Novel Richard Martin Stern 9780393336146
RRP: £21.00SciFier: £20.39Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393336146Author Richard Martin SternFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprin -
The Great Grave Robbery by John Minahan
RRP: £18.50SciFier: £17.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393337495Author John MinahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint -
A Different Kind of Rain by Dewitt S. Copp
RRP: £18.50SciFier: £18.24Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393332186Author Dewitt S. CoppFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint < -
Sun and Shadow Jean-Pierre Aumont 9780393335620
RRP: £21.00SciFier: £19.19Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393335620Author Jean-Pierre AumontFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint
Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock 9780393002836
RRP: £14.50SciFier: £12.79Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393002836Author Thomas Love PeacockFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint
A Treasury of North American Folktales by Catherine E. Peck
RRP: £43.00SciFier: £41.39This book's contents range from Native American love stories to Davy Crockett's account of killing a bear with a knife, from Brer Rabbit's mischief to Johnny Appleseed's good deeds, from hilarious...
The Sunday Spy: A Novel William Hood 9780393335644
RRP: £19.00SciFier: £18.69Alan Trosper reluctantly returns to the world of post-Cold War espionage when a State Department secretary, compromised by pornographic photographs, is murdered and a freelance, former Soviet agent...
Favorite African Folktales Nelson Mandela 9780393326246
RRP: £13.95SciFier: £9.78A collection of some of the oldest African tales, selected by Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, which presents such themes as cunning animals, magic spells, and people who change...
The Documentary Tradition by Lewis Jacobs
RRP: £42.50SciFier: £38.99The second edition traces the development of the genre from the 1920s to the 1970s. The section on the documentaries of the 1970s is introduced by his own survey of the filmmaking of the period,...
Will Eisner Reader by Will Eisner
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.16A collection of brilliant short-story gems, including "A Sunset in Sunshine City"-an ode to memory and nostalgia inspired by Eisner's transition to life in Florida after his "retirement" in 1985...
Beginning by Kenneth Branagh
RRP: £19.00SciFier: £13.99In "Beginning," Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh charts the ups and downs of a life in acting - a young career that has made him the most acclaimed actor of his generation. Opening with his...
New York by Will Eisner
RRP: £18.50SciFier: £17.09Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers, and peeping toms, all recalled in Eisner's unforgettable style...
The Dreamer by Will Eisner
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £11.71A roman a clef about Eisner's early years in the thriving comics industry prior to World War II-featuring new annotations that reveal comics pioneers such as Bob Kane and Jack Kirby who appear under...
Dropsie Avenue Will Eisner 9780393328110
RRP: £29.00SciFier: £27.39In Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood, Eisner graphically traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over four centuries, creating a sweeping panorama of the city and its waves of new...
Film Music: A Neglected Art Roy M. Pendergast 9780393308747
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £19.99In addition to the new material on the synthesizer mentioned above, the author has completely reviewed the four parts of the book and integrated new material where appropriate: History (an overview...
City People Notebook by Will Eisner
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.16Character sketches and timeless snapshots of the eccentric denizens of the American city that perfectly capture Eisner's genius and powers of observation.About the AuthorBorn in New York City, Will...
Pearl by Marie Borroff (Yale University)
RRP: £15.00SciFier: £13.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorMarie Borroff (1923-2019) was Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. Her verse translation of Sir...
A Family Matter by Will Eisner
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £20.99In this classic graphic novel, Will Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. A Family Matter starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe...
The Name of the Game Will Eisner 9780393328158
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £13.68Loosely based on the story of Eisner's wife's family, this epic tale spanning three generations of power and privilege explores wealth, marriage, and jealousy in a sprawling American dynasty.About...
To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
RRP: £27.00SciFier: £26.99A historical novel touching on prejudice, assimilation, and anti-Semitism, this sweeping saga takes us from New York in the eighteenth century to Vienna before World War I, and finally to America...
Minor Miracles Will Eisner 9780393328141
RRP: £13.99SciFier: £12.98In this classic graphic novel, Will Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. A powerful portrayal of Jewish life in the New York City of Eisner's youth, Minor...
Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh
RRP: £19.00SciFier: £18.09Often credited with creating a popular movie audience for Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh has wanted for many years to bring to the screen the complete, full-length version of Hamlet, Shakespeare's...
Herblock Through the Looking Glass Herbert Block 9780393302165
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £19.09America's foremost political cartoonist on the Reagan years in words and pictures-fourteen chapters illustrated with 490 cartoons by the tree-time Pulitzer Prize winner.About the AuthorHerbert Block,...
A Contract with God Will Eisner 9780393328042
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £13.65Through a quartet of four interwoven stories, A Contract With God express the joy, exuberance, tragedy, and drama of life on the mythical Dropsie Avenue in the Bronx. This is the legendary book that...
The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm Maria Tatar (Harvard University) 9780393338560
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.16Even after two hundred years, the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm remain among our most powerful stories. Their scenes of unsparing savagery and jaw-dropping beauty remind us that fairy tales,...
The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer by Carol Hill
RRP: £24.00SciFier: £22.39A cult classic from its first appearance, The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer is a rich and comic blend of physics, feminism, and political farce. A brilliant, philosophical, and athletic physicist,...
Kate by Charles Higham
RRP: £19.00SciFier: £17.79With Charles Higham, Katharine Hepburn first authorized a writer to interview her closest friends and colleagues about her career, life, and behind-the-scenes romantic involvements from Leland...
The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends Jan Harold Brunvand (University of Utah) 9780393303216
RRP: £18.50SciFier: £17.09Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend."About the AuthorJan Harold...
Dvorak in Love by Josef Skvorecky
RRP: £21.00SciFier: £19.79Here is a wonderfully imagined picture of a little known period in American musical history. In 1892, at the height of his prodigious powers, Antonin Dvorak was persuaded to leave his native Bohemia...
Principles of Three-Dimensional Computer Animation Michael O'Rourke (Pratt Institute) 9780393730838
RRP: £43.99SciFier: £39.88This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to computer animation reflects the latest developments in 3D computer animation. It clearly explains the basic concepts and techniques...
A Contract with God and Other Stories of Dropsie Avenue by Will Eisner
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £15.42This Norton Critical Edition includes: Jared Gardner's insightful introduction and explanatory notes.Generous selections from four of Will Eisner's major graphic novels and story collections,...
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes (University of Minnesota)
SciFier: £24.86The tales-116 in all-are thematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by Jack Zipes, the genre's reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany the texts. "Criticism" includes...
Herblock Special Report Herbert Block 9780393008388
RRP: £18.50SciFier: £15.99This book obviously does not set out a complete record of the Nixon scandals or of the Nixon career. It doesn't even include all the cartoons about Nixon or relating to him-which probably number more...