More from Studio Ghibli

More recently received titles from Optimum's Studio Ghibli Collection:

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The Cat Returns (2002) Dir: Hiroyuki Morita ; featuring Anne Hathaway and Elliot Gould

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.

My neighbours the Yamadas (1999) Dir: Isao Takahata

Pom Poko (1994) Dir: Isao Takahata.

Only Yesterday (1991) Dir: Isao Takahata.

Skulls, eskimos and ghosts : even more new illustration books

The Illustration Dept has been busy spending its budget: 

17x23 showcase / Isaac Lenkiewicz, Henry McCausland, Nick Sheehy, Kyle Platts, Joe Kessler. (2012) London: Nobrow.

Little big books illustrations for children's picture books. (2012) Berlin: Gestalten.

Nobrow 6 : the double/comics. (2011) London: Nobrow.

Nobrow 7 : Brave new world : comics illustration. (2012) London: Nobrow.

Nobrow 8 : Hysteria illustration. (2013) London: Nobrow.

Brazell, Derek., and Davies, Jo. (2013) Becoming a successful illustrator. London: Fairchild Books.

Brereton, Richard., and Roberts, Caroline. (2011) Cut & paste : 21st-century collage. London: Laurence King.

Collins, Stephen. (2013) The gigantic beard that was evil. London: Jonathan Cape. 

Dowling, Faye. (2011) The book of skulls. London: Laurence King.

Greenberg, Isabel. (2013) The encyclopedia of Early Earth : a graphic novel. London: Jonathan Cape.

Hunter, Robert. (2011) The new ghost. London: Nobrow.

Robert Klanten, Robert., and  Hellige, Hendrik., (ed). (2011) Illustrators unlimited : the essence of contemporary illustration. Berlin: Gestalten.

Manco, Tristan. (2012) Raw + material = art : found, scavenged and upcycled. London: Thames & Hudson.

Stern, Simon. (2008) The illustrator's guide to law and business practice. London: The Association of Illustrators.

Taylor, Fig. (2012) How to create a portfolio & get hired : a guide for graphic designers and illustrators. London: Lawrence King.

Resurrecting the book? Recently received titles on bookbinding and handmade books

Abbott, Kathy. (2010) Bookbinding : a step-by-step. Ramsbury: Crowood.

Golden, Alisa. (2010) Making handmade books : 100+ bindings, structures & forms. New York: Lark Crafts.

Stein, Jeannine. (2009) Re-bound : creating handmade books from recycled and repurposed materials.  Beverly, Mass.: Quarry Books.

Thompson, Jason. (2010) Playing with books : the art of upcycling, deconstructing, and reimagining the book. Beverly, Mass.: Quarry Books.

DVDs received December 2013

Back to the Future Trilogy (1985, 1989 and 1990) Dir: Robert Zemeckis ; starring Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Billy Zane and Elisabeth Shue - all three films in one box.

Chicken Run (2000) Dir: Peter Lord & Nick Park ; featuring Mel Gibson, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Timothy Spall, and Imelda Staunton - replacement copy.

Decasia (2002) Dir: Bill Morrison - an experimental feature which sets decayed archival film footage to an original symphonic score. NB: Blu-ray edition.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Dir: David Fincher ; starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl who kicked the Hornets' Nest : Extended Versions (2009) Dir: Niels Arden Oplev & Daniel Alfredson ; starring Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace.

The Hunt (2013) Dir: Thomas Vinterberg ; starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm and Susse Wold.

Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974) Dir: Stuart Cooper ; starring John Hurt, John McEnery, David Warner, Rosalind Ayres and Raymond Platt - produced by George Harrison.

Much Ado about Nothing (2013) Dir: Joss Whedon ; starring
Nathan Fillion, Reed Diamond, Amy Acker, Clark Gregg, Alexis Denisof, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher and Jillian Morgese.

Pink Narcissus (1971) Dir: James Bidgood ; starring Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam (uncredited) and Don Brooks (uncredited).

Stories We Tell (2012) Dir: Sarah Polley ; starring Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley, Cathy Gulkin, Marie Murphy, Robert MacMillan, Anne Tait and Dierdre Bowen.

Turn of the Screw (2009) Dir: Tim Fywell ; starring Michelle Dockery, Eva Sayer and Josef Lindsay.

Wuthering Heights (2008) Dir: Coky Giedroyc ; starring Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Lancashire, Burn Gorman, and Rosalind Halstead.

Teen slashers, posthumanism and bleak despair : musings on contemporary horror films

Received November 2013:

Levina, Marina., and Bui, Diem-My T., (ed). (2013) Monster culture in the 21st century : a reader. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Nowell, Richard. (2011) Blood money : a history of the first teen slasher film cycle. London: Continuum.

Wetmore, Kevin J. (2012) Post-9/11 horror in American cinema. New York ; London: Continuum International.

Dinosaurs, mysterious maps and becoming successful : new illustration titles

Received at the beginning of term:

Brazell, Derek. (2013) Becoming a successful illustrator. London: Fairchild Books.

de Crecy, Nicholas. (2012) The celestial bibendum. London: Knockabout. 

Evens, Brecht. (2013) The making of. London: Jonathan Cape. 

Hunter, Robert. (2013) Map of days. London: Nobrow.

Lenkiewicz, Isaac. (2013) Triassic terrors. London: Flying Eye Books. - a new children's activity book from an ex Plymouth College of Art student.

Ursell, Martin. (2013) Illustrating children's books. Ramsbury: Crowood.

More to come - we're in the process of cataloguing newly received titles from Nobrow Press, Drawn & Quarterly and others.

DVDs received November 2013

1969 (1988) Dir: Ernest Thompson ; starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern and Winona Ryder.

Easy rider (1969) Dir: Dennis Hopper ; starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson.

The great Gatsby (2013) Dir: Baz Luhrmann ; starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan.

The Incredibles (2004) Dir: Brad Bird ; featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Holly Hunter

The Innocents (1961) Dir: Jack Clayton ; starring Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarge, Megs Jenkins and Michael Redgrave.

The Molly Dineen collection. Volume one: Home from the Hill ; My African farm ; Heart of the Angel ; In the company of men (1987-1995) Dir: Molly Dineen - intimate and probing portraits of British individuals and institutions.

The Others (2002) Dir: Alejandro Amenábar ; starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston and Eric Sykes.

World war Z (2013) Dir: Marc Foster ; starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, David Morse, Fana Mokoena, David Andrews and Peter Capaldi.