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This month's new titles, as well as other very recent publications, are listed below. Many of these books coincide with launch events and so please see the listings in our news and events page.

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Throughout the site, you will find contents lists for each title, as well as press and academic reviews.

Our 2008 catalogue, listing all new books for publication this year plus select backlist, is now available via PDF download or you can request a copy to be mailed to you. You can also access details of all forthcoming titles here.

NEW TITLES

	DOCUMENTARY DISPLAY Re-Viewing Nonfiction Film and Video Keith Beattie July 2008 ‘This book re-defines a cinematic genre, and in the process challenges us to embrace the sensual, poetic and thoroughly entertaining aspects of non-fiction film.’ Adrian Martin, Monash University, Melbourne		THE CINEMA OF JAN SVANKMAJER Dark Alchemy (2nd edition) Peter Hames (ed.) September 2008 This updated second edition – still the only full-length study of Jan Švankmajer's work – explores the legacy of this legendary Czech surrealist filmmaker and animator.
	GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA The World of Light and Shadow Ian Roberts June 2008 ‘An extremely accessible study ... The book provides lucid accounts of several prominent films coupled with illuminating background information about the filmmakers.’ Brad Prager, University of Missouri		PERFORMING ILLUSIONS Cinema, Special Effects and the Virtual Actor Dan North August 2008 ‘This is an outstanding contribution to a new wave of studies of special effects and effects technologies... its discussion of the history and importance of magic acts and stage illusions is genuinely ground-breaking.' Steve Neale, author of Genre and Hollywood
	HAUNTED IMAGES Film, Ethics, Testimony and the Holocaust Libby Saxton August 2008 An important, path-breaking book... It will be required reading for any student or scholar seriously concerned with film and the Holocaust' Barry Langford, Royal Holloway, University of London		WIDESCREEN Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere Mark Cousins October 2008 The new book by filmmaker and critic Mark Cousins, Widescreen: Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere, presents eighty essays on film and ideas, compiled from his columns for Prospect magazine and written across the world in the last decade, reflecting on the changes in film culture in the 21st Century.