Werner Herzog. Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests, Hardback - Kristoffer Hegnsvad

An analysis of the extraordinary films and life of director Werner Herzog.Illustrations: 107 illustrations, 40 in colour

"Hypnotic....It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate."--Janet Maslin, New York Times Werne...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Werner HerzogNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 206 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

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Reducere. Over the course of his career, legendary director Werner Herzog (b. 1942) has made almost sixty films and given more than eight hundred interviews....

A poetic meditation on life and death, by one of the most renowned and respected film-makers and intellectuals of our time. It is a remarkable narr...

Reducere. In late November 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog received a phone call from Paris delivering some terrible news. German film historian, mentor, and c...

A shot. Two shots at the gate in the early morning and a car screeches away down an avenue of palm trees. A tragedy and a terrible loss for Sade an...

The story of the Muslim conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries AD, when armies inspired by the new religion of Islam burst out of Arabia to subjuga...

Publisher: Aarhus University PressAuthor(s): Kristoffer Buck PedersenNumber of pages: 274Collection: Arkaeologiske studierPublication date: 2017Dim...

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Michael SageIllustration(s): 8pp colour plates, and 6 b/w mapsNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2011...

The third in the Roman Conquests series will cover Rome's first forays during the First and Second Punic Wars, then cover in detail her vindictive ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mongol Conquests, then keep reading...The Mongols were also known to be both merciful as wel...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mongol Conquests, then keep reading...The Mongols were also known to be both merciful as wel...

Roman military adventures (and misadventures) in the ancient Middle East remain one of the less understood and appreciated facets of Roman conquest...

Reducere. Nothing is trickier than the truth.All Loki the trickster god of Asgard wants is a quiet, peaceful life where he's free to needle Balder, occasiona...

When media translate the world to the world: twentieth-century utopian projects including Edward Steichen's "Family of Man, " Jacques Cousteau's un...

The global success story of the architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron is intimately bound up with Basel. With this embeddedness as a point...

Core science topics are explored through an entertaining mix of facts, photos and artworkPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Claudia Mar...

Twelve stories by science fiction master Stanislaw Lem, nine of them never before published in English. Of these twelve short stories by science fi...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A literary crime thriller with "a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit" (The New York Ti...

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Drawing on the radical black tradition, process philosophy, and Felix Guattari's schizoanalysis, Erin Manning explores the links between neurotypic...

Herzog & de Meuron gehoren zu den international bedeutendsten Architekten unserer Zeit. Der jungste Auftrag fur die neue Tate Gallery in London hat...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Antonia Lloyd-JonesNumber of pages: 344Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 230 x 152 x 34Cover type: Paperback / s...

The pleasures of learning Latin, and the relevance and seriousness of this pursuit far beyond its spoken use, are proposed in this celebration of L...

The most comprehensive book yet published on the Canadian color-photography pioneerFred Herzog is best known for his unusual use of color photograp...

A whole year of daily art and sketching challenges, from the easy to the progressively harder, which will teach you the fundamentals of drawing.Ill...

Reducere. Natural Druidry is a deeply personal account of one man's journey through the dappled groves of culture and tradition. Exploring the inspiration of...

Reducere. Natural Druidry is a deeply personal account of one man's journey through the dappled groves of culture and tradition. Exploring the inspiration of...

This book studies the way in which medieval ways of knowing the Oriental 'other' were constructed around the idea of a utopic East as located in th...

Reducere. What would it be like to be emphatically you? What if you owned yourself in your entirety-your bold heart, your hidden wounds, your untamed spirit?...

A groundbreaking work that delivers a fresh account of the Arab conquests, incorporating the latest research in Late Antique history.

Reducere. What would it be like to be emphatically you? What if you owned yourself in your entirety-your bold heart, your hidden wounds, your untamed spirit?...

This is political journalist Matthew d'Ancona's call to arms to challenge this age of political extremism, lazy populism and democratic torpor.

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Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Rachel WernerNumber of pages: 32Collection: Wild Earth SciencePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 18...

Reducere. A collection of radical political fairy tales--some in English for the first time--from one of the great female practitioners of the genreHermynia ...

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Reducere. Sade is slipping her English book into herschoolbag when her Mama screams. Two sharp cracks splinter the air."Mama mi?" She whispersTwelve-year-old...

Adevarat portret caleidoscopic al unui erou contemporan, romanul lui Bellow este povestea profesorului Moses Herzog, deopotriva martir, narcisist s...

Desi se pare ca intreaga sa viata i se dezintegreaza - scriitor, profesor si tata ratat, parasit de nevasta si tradat de cel mai bun prieten -, Her...

Reducere. Moses Herzog, personajul central din romanul lui Saul Bellow, este un om suferind, un glumeț, un seducător. Deși constată că întreaga sa viață se d...

Werner Hamacher, one of the most important and original theorists working in literary criticism and continental philosophy, explores topics at the ...

A striking new tarot set that embraces the power and magic of the ancient Celtic mysteries.

Reducere. Proven, Healing Ways to Speak the Truth in Love Now in a fresh package, this classic on learning the art of true communication is good news for all...

For Any Other Truth is a thrilling mystery where retired terrorists, radical environmental groups and the secret service violently collide; the nin...

Reducere. Moses Herzog, personajul central din romanul lui Saul Bellow, este un om suferind, un glumeț, un seducator. Deși constata ca intreaga sa viața se d...

With spectacular large-format images complemented by scientifically grounded, yet easy-to-read, explanatory texts, Georg Glaeser and Werner Nachtig...