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Martin Scorsese Ian Nathan 9781836006435
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €24.51Discover the genius of Martin Scorsese - one of cinema's greatest storytellers.For over 50 years, Martin Scorsese has been one of cinema's most celebrated directors. From a Catholic kid in Manhattan... -
Celebrity Audiences by Su Holmes 9780367002398
RRP: €57.11Booksplease Price: €51.78The study of audience relations with star / celebrity culture has often been marginalised in Star/Celebrity Studies. This book brings together new research which explores a range of audience... -
The Metamorphoses of Tintin: or Tintin for Adults by Jean-Marie Apostolides
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €24.23The Belgian artist Georges Remi's (Herge) legendary creation, Tintin is a figure whose adventures have enchanted readers in Europe for the last eighty years. The series is one of the most popular... -
Natural Language Processing and Text Mining by Anne Kao 9781849965583
Booksplease Price: €138.16The topic this book addresses originated from a panel discussion at the 2004 ACM SIGKDD (Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining) Conference held in Seattle, Washington, USA. We... -
Clint Eastwood: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work - Unofficial and Unauthorised Ian Nathan 9780711283657
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €18.34Clint Eastwood is Hollywood's elder statesman and its conscience. He is the standard by which other films and filmmakers are judged. He represents both classical Hollywood and an entirely modern,... -
The Adventures of Tintin: Volume 5: "Red Rackhams Treasure", "The Seven Crystal Balls", "Prisoners of the Sun" by Herge 9781405228985 [USED COPY]
Booksplease Price: €7.90Join the world's most famous travelling reporter in three exciting adventures as he searches for Red Rackham's Treasure, faces an Incan curse and brave yellow fever. Red Rackham's Treasure Determined... -
The Wise Team Coach: Crafting A Personal Approach To Team Coaching Paul Lawrence 9781032900834
RRP: €34.50Booksplease Price: €32.05Based on three years of meta-research into team effectiveness and coaching, this book explores some of the most common contradictions and debates around the topic of team coaching and presents... -
Green Suns and Faerie: Essays on J. R. R. Tolkien by Verlyn Flieger 9781606350942
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €24.11A major contribution to the growing body of Tolkien scholarship With the release of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and forthcoming film version of The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien's... -
Ridley Scott: A Retrospective Ian Nathan 9780500298572
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €24.51A career-spanning retrospective of one of the most successful British filmmakers in Hollywood's history. 'If I were pressed to describe my style, I'd have to say it is called reality. No matter how... -
Behind the Dragon: Playing Rugby for Wales by Ross Harries
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.15SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team - told by the players themselves. Based on a combination... -
HUXLEY Ben Mauro 9780500298435
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €22.75A gripping, post-apocalyptic sci-fi graphic novel from acclaimed universe-builder Ben Mauro, perfect for fans of Dune and Star Wars. While humanity limps on in this new world, the lives of two... -
Fans, Blockbusterisation, and the Transformation of Cinematic Desire: Global Receptions of The Hobbit Film Trilogy by Carolyn Michelle 9781137596154
Booksplease Price: €126.84This book explores the evolution of audience receptions of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) as an exemplar of the contemporary blockbuster event film franchise. Drawing on findings from a... -
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 9780330485388 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €1.32The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson.My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December... -
Wes Anderson: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work Ian Nathan 9780711296862
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €25.47This new and updated edition covers the full life's work of iconic director Wes Anderson, including Asteroid City, The French Dispatch, and his collection of four short films for Netflix.Loaded with... -
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien
RRP: €142.80Booksplease Price: €81.36Boxed gift set of Tolkien's classic masterpieces, fully illustrated throughout in watercolour by the acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's... -
Marco Polo's China: A Venetian in the Realm of Khubilai Khan Stephen G. Haw 9780415546003
RRP: €70.20Booksplease Price: €63.00Marco Polo's famous book about his journey to China, written in 1298, continues to be a subject of considerable controversy. One recent work on the subject argues that Marco Polo never went to China... -
New Zealand Filmmakers by Ian Conrich 9780814330173
RRP: €34.50Booksplease Price: €30.15This volume contains twenty in-depth studies of prominent New Zealand directors, producers, actors, and cinematographers. ""New Zealand Filmmakers"" outlines and examines three major constituent... -
The Beatles 100: One Hundred Pivotal Moments in Beatles History by 9781644282854
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €17.60Was John Lennon meeting Paul McCartney more significant than John Lennon meeting Yoko Ono? Rubber Soul or Revolver? Which Wings album was Paul McCartney's solo pinnacle?In 100 brief chapters, John M... -
New Zealand Medievalism: Reframing the Medieval Anna Czarnowus 9781032262581
RRP: €54.73Booksplease Price: €49.25This volume maps the phenomenon of medievalism in Aotearoa, initially as an import by the early white settler society, and as a form of nation building that would reinforce Britishness and ancestral... -
Geneva: 'A sensational debut.' CLARE MACKINTOSH Richard Armitage 9780571384402
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.70*Richard Armitage's second utterly compelling thriller, THE CUT, is now available to pre-order!*She can't trust anyone. Not even herself . . .*Shortlisted for the Fingerprint Award for Debut Book of... -
Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain since the 1950s by Alan Warde 9781529224122
RRP: €102.33Booksplease Price: €83.94How have eating habits changed in recent decades? What does it mean to eat well? This fascinating book examines continuity and change in food consumption and eating patterns since the 1950s. The... -
With God on their Side: William Booth, The Salvation Army and Skeleton Army Riots by 9780718895921
Booksplease Price: €31.02The Salvation Army is nowadays viewed with fondness, but William Booth's evangelical crusade of the 1880s and early 1890s sparked violent riots led by an opposition group, the Skeleton Army. These... -
Making a Good Script Great: A Guide for Writing & Rewriting by Hollywood Script Consultant, Linda Seger: 3rd Edition by Linda Seger 9781935247012
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €14.05Making a good script great is more than just a matter of putting a good idea on paper. It requires the working and reworking of that idea. This book takes you through the whole screenwriting... -
Geneva: 'One of the best thrillers I've read' A. J. Finn by Richard Armitage 9780571384389
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.85'Loved it!! Gripping from first page to last, there is no let up!' 5* reader review'Absolutely fantastic debut novel. Intelligent thriller, great twists, strong women . . . Loved it!' 5* reader... -
The Frodo Franchise: <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> and Modern Hollywood by Kristin Thompson 9780520258136
RRP: €27.37Booksplease Price: €25.04"Once in a lifetime." The phrase comes up over and over from the people who worked on Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings". The film's seventeen Oscars, record-setting earnings, huge fan base, and... -
Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan 9780711292611
RRP: €33.32Booksplease Price: €26.00This new and updated edition covers the full life's work of iconic director Tim Burton, including the Netflix phenomenon Wednesday and the start of development on Beetlejuice 2. Tim Burton is one... -
There and Back Again: J R R Tolkien and the Origins of The Hobbit by Mark Atherton 9781780762463
Booksplease Price: €61.83'Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.' The prophetic words of Galadriel, addressed to Frodo as he prepared to travel from Lothlorien to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, are... -
Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction by Tom Shippey 9781781382615
Booksplease Price: €60.81An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.The fifteen essays collected in Hard Reading argue, first, that science fiction has... -
Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture by John Bloom 9780814798829
RRP: €35.69Booksplease Price: €30.73"Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom." CHOICE Frederick Douglass... -
Geneva: 'A sensational debut.' CLARE MACKINTOSH by Richard Armitage 9780571384402 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €3.24*Richard Armitage's second utterly compelling thriller, THE CUT, is now available to pre-order!*She can't trust anyone. Not even herself . . .*Shortlisted for the Fingerprint Award for Debut Book of... -
There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers by Royd Tolkien 9781542027571 [USED COPY]
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €3.81An inspirational, life-affirming memoir from the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien. Having grown up on their great-grandfather's stories, Royd Tolkien and his brother, Mike, have always enjoyed... -
League of Dragons (The Temeraire Series, Book 9) by Naomi Novik
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.85With the acclaimed Temeraire novels, New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik has created a fantasy series like no other. Now, with LEAGUE OF DRAGONS, Novik brings the imaginative tour-de-force... -
Geographies and Moralities: International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place Roger Lee (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) 9781405116374
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €28.01This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. Covers both the geographical context of morality, and moralities in geographical methods... -
Geographies and Moralities: International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place by Roger Lee 9781405116367
Booksplease Price: €90.46This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. Covers both the geographical context of morality, and moralities in geographical methods... -
Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture by John Bloom 9780814798812
Booksplease Price: €108.14"Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom." CHOICE Frederick... -
Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth by Linda McDowell 9781405105859
RRP: €71.40Booksplease Price: €64.03Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. Allows the... -
The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey Bartlomiej Paszylk 9781476681788
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €23.48The horror genre harbors a number of films too bold or bizarre to succeed with mainstream audiences, but offering unique, startling and often groundbreaking qualities that have won them an... -
Empires of the Imagination: A Critical Survey of Fantasy Cinema from Georges Melies to The Lord of the Rings Alec Worley 9781476681375
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €24.00The warlocks and ghosts of fantasy film haunt our popular culture, but the genre has too long been ignored by critics. This comprehensive critical survey of fantasy cinema demonstrates that the... -
Sisters On Screen by Eva Rueschmann 9781566397476
RRP: €32.12Booksplease Price: €27.94Perhaps the most vital, emotionally complex, and lasting attachments between women occur between sisters. Whether as best friends or antagonists, "sisters remain entangled in a common tapestry of... -
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend by Colin Duriez 9780745955148
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.81Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films, J.R.R. Tolkien's creations, imagination, and characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up...