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Isiah Lavender III's Dis-Orienting Planets amplifies critical issues surrounding the racial and ethnic dimensions of science fiction. This edited volume explores depictions of Asia and Asians in science fiction literature, film, and fandom with...

Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739413354Author BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 82Imprint EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGPublisher EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm)...

The history of Star Trek's resurrection, between the 1969 cancellation of the original series and the 1979 release of Star Trek-The Motion Picture, has become legend. Like many legends, it tends to get printed instead of the facts. Drawing on hundreds of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629332901Author Jeb RosebrookFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

In this non-fiction phonics book, readers learn about different dolphins. Tricky words oh, their This book aligns with Letters and Sounds Phase 5 and Bug Club Phonics Unit 13.Book InformationISBN 9781292407975Author Fiona...

On The Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune "Tony" Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam-beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the...

Only a few years after the 2013 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Blackfish - an independent documentary film that critiqued the treatment of orcas in captivity - visits to SeaWorld declined, major corporate sponsors pulled their support, and performing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681889191Author Weldon OwenFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

Budd Boetticher was a bullfighter, a bull talker, a pleasant madman and a talented journeyman who could, with the right material and passion, make a minor Western film classic as easily as he could kill a bull. But of course, pain and passion mixed...

A new Star Wars Insider collection, featuring content previously printed in the Star Wars Insider magazine.About the AuthorTitan Magazines has been publishing the official Star Wars Insider magazine worldwide for over 60 issues and has featured celebrity...

A new Star Wars Insider collection, featuring content previously printed in the Star Wars Insider magazine. Each volume brings together a collection of the best of the official Star Wars Insider magazine content, celebrating the complete Star Wars...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738484744Author Ricky BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGPublisher EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGWeight(grams)...

This companion piece to Susan Hayward's Film Ecology focuses on ecology documentaries produced in the first 20 years of the new millennium (2000-19).Using Kate Raworth's regenerative economic theoretical model as set out in Doughnut Economics, this book...

Ride Lonesome, the fifth film in the "Ranown cycle," is both the best and most representative of the whole series, which has been called "the most remarkable convergence of artistic achievement in the history of low-budget moviemaking." Director Bud...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642930931Author Jeff RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

Add a bit of "as you wish" to your home with an officially licensed, deluxe poster set featuring the iconic characters and quotable lines of The Princess Bride.This officially licensed, deluxe poster book features 12 unique 8 X 10" removable art prints...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629339979Author Caroline YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337807Author Padraic MaroneyFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Stop-motion Animation explores how all the elements of film-making - camera work, design, colour, lighting, editing, music and storytelling - come together in this unique art form. With tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of your films, and...

Despite the recent success of Marvel Studios and the rising academic interest in superheroes, there has not previously been a comprehensive examination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the films and other media connected to the studio's films. This is a...

The actors and creators behind 15 of Star Wars' most popular heroes discuss the process behind creating some of the most iconic characters in cinematic history. Includes Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Harrison Ford (Han...

An emerging interest in a British East and Southeast Asian identity after decades of political and social exclusion has coincided with periods of economic and political challenges in the UK. In Migration and Identity in British East and Southeast Asian...

Video Game Design is a visual introduction to integrating core design essentials, such as critical analysis, mechanics and aesthetics, prototyping, level design, into game design. Using a raft of examples from a diverse range of leading international...

Set in the American Southwest, "desert terror" films combine elements from horror, film noir and road movies to tell stories of isolation and violence. For more than half a century, these diverse and troubling films have eluded critical classification...

Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict Future Technology"As the breakneck advance of technology takes us into a world that is both exciting and menacing, sci-fi films give us an inkling of what is to come, and what we should avoid." -Seth Shostak,...

Two horror films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018, and one of them-The Shape of Water-won. Since 1990, the production of horror films has risen exponentially worldwide, and in 2013, horror films earned an estimated $400...

Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre. Stories often featured over-the-top violence and nudity and pushed the limits of what...

Among certain fans, Roy Rogers' golden Palomino Trigger was more popular than the King of the Cowboys himself. Some are still infatuated by the horse decades after his death in 1965-and no wonder. Trigger is the most famous movie horse of all time. But...

Director Sam Peckinpah was just starting out when he made Ride the High Country in 1962. He was a new kind of director: young, brash, and in a hurry to help the Western "grow up" by treating it with adult themes. Ride the High Country was something new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739541316Author Ricky BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Eastern HeroesPublisher Eastern HeroesWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 6mm

This is the first volume of essays published on the television series Troy: Fall of a City (BBC One and Netflix, 2018). Covering a wide range of engaging topics, such as gender, race and politics, international scholars in the fields of classics, history...

First advertised as a "mind-stretching experience," Nicolas Roeg's 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth stunned the cinema world. A tour-de-force of science fiction as art form, the movie brought not only hallucinatory visuals and a haunting exploration of...

Discover over a dozen collectible items including stickers, a keychain, bookmarks in this magical portfolio filled with facts and images from Disney animated films! Celebrate your love of Disney's classic animated films throughout the years and bring...

Like a lovingly guided midnight tour, this book covers the seductive shadows of the most fascinating horror films and melodramas from the 1930s and 1940s. From the bloody censorship battles behind 1935's Bride of Frankenstein, to the sexual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985135270Author Larry Kyle MeredithFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Larry MeredithPublisher Larry MeredithWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629338538Author Rolf GiesenFormat HardbackPage Count 532Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

"A realist with a sense of humor, Chasse is both stringent and encouraging as she covers every aspect of creating a successful production." -Booklist starred review How to Make and Distribute a Documentary without Losing Your Mind or Going...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683837985Author Chelsea Monroe-CasselFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Go behind the scenes of DreamWorks Animation's smart,hilarious comedy The Boss Baby. This beautifully illustratedbook includes a wide range of colorful development art,storyboards and character sketches, as well as in-depthinterviews with director Tom...