{"title":"Werner Herzog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWerner Herzog\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a world where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur. His works, spanning memoir, travelogue, and philosophical reflection, delve deeply into human obsession and the raw unpredictability of nature. Through evocative narratives like \u003cem\u003eConquest of the Useless\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEvery Man for Himself and God against All\u003c\/em\u003e, Herzog explores the extraordinary within the ordinary, presenting a compelling view of endurance and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining elements of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e, Herzog’s writing captures a restless spirit constantly seeking meaning beyond the visible. His travel journals, such as \u003cem\u003eOf Walking in Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, chart solitary journeys that reflect both physical and existential quests, offering readers profound insights into the nature of truth and human resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"every-man-for-himself-and-god-against-all-by-werner-herzog-9781529923865","title":"Every Man for Himself and God against All","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional memoir by the world-famous, pioneering filmmaker who directed the multi-award-winning \u003cem\u003eGrizzly Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWerner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema. Building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears - he has always been intrigued by the extremes of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his early movies to his later documentaries, he has made a career out of exploring the boundaries of human endurance - what we are capable of in exceptional circumstances and what these situations reveal about who we really are. But these are not just great cinematic themes. During the making of his films, Herzog pushed himself and others to the limits, often putting himself in life-threatening situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a child in rural Bavaria, a single loaf of bread had to last his family all week. The hunger and deprivation he experienced during his early years perhaps explain his fascination with the limits of physical endurance. All his life, Herzog would embrace risk and danger, constantly looking for challenges and adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFilled to the brim with memorable stories and poignant observations, \u003cem\u003eEvery Man for Himself and God against All\u003c\/em\u003e unveils the influences and ideas that drive his creativity and have shaped his unique view of the world. This book tells, for the first time, the story of his extraordinary and fascinating life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46216358232300,"sku":"9781529923865","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529923865.jpg?v=1740542414"},{"product_id":"every-man-for-himself-and-god-against-all-by-werner-herzog-9781847927248","title":"Every Man for Himself and God against All","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional memoir by the world-famous, pioneering filmmaker who directed the multi-award-winning \u003cem\u003eGrizzly Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWerner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema. 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All his life, Herzog would embrace risk and danger, constantly looking for challenges and adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFilled to the brim with memorable stories and poignant observations, \u003cem\u003eEvery Man for Himself and God against All\u003c\/em\u003e unveils the influences and ideas that drive his creativity and have shaped his unique view of the world. This book tells, for the first time, the story of his extraordinary and fascinating life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46344114503916,"sku":"9781847927248","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25999933482845.jpg?v=1744012615"},{"product_id":"conquest-of-the-useless-by-werner-herzog-9781784879785","title":"Conquest of the Useless","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in red spine, Werner Herzog's legendary document of his most infamous act—the filming of his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fever-dream journal documenting the making of cinema's most infamous production, from the world's most infamously visionary director—Werner Herzog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, the visionary film director Werner Herzog released \u003cem\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/em\u003e, a lavish film about a would-be rubber baron who pulls a 320-ton steamship over a mountain. Hailed instantly by critics around the globe as a masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/em\u003e won Herzog the 1982 Outstanding Director Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, affirming Herzog's reputation as one of the most revered and enigmatic filmmakers of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConquest of the Useless\u003c\/em\u003e is the diary Herzog kept during the making of \u003cem\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/em\u003e, compiled from June 1979 to November 1981. Emerging as if out of an Amazonian fever dream during filming, Herzog's writings are an extraordinary documentary unto themselves. Strange and otherworldly events are recounted by the filmmaker. The crew's camp in the heart of the jungle is attacked and burned to the ground; the production of the film clashes with a border war; and, of course, Herzog unravels the impossible logistics of moving a 320-ton steamship over a hill without the use of special effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his preface, Herzog warns that the diary entries collected in \u003cem\u003eConquest of the Useless\u003c\/em\u003e do not represent \"reports on the actual filming\" but rather \"inner landscapes, born of the delirium of the jungle.\" Thus begins an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a genius during the making of one of his greatest achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545615651052,"sku":"9781784879785","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784879785.jpg?v=1750036703"},{"product_id":"of-walking-in-ice-by-werner-herzog-9780816697328","title":"Of Walking in Ice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn late November 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog received a phone call from Paris delivering some terrible news. German film historian, mentor, and close friend Lotte Eisner was seriously ill and dying. Herzog was determined to prevent this and believed that an act of walking would keep Eisner from death. He took a jacket, a compass, and a duffel bag of the barest essentials, and wearing a pair of new boots, set off on a three-week pilgrimage from Munich to Paris through the deep chill and snowstorms of winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf Walking in Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is Herzog's beautifully written, much-admired, yet often-overlooked diary account of that journey. Herzog documents everything he saw and felt on his quest to his friend's bedside, from poetic descriptions of the frozen landscape and harsh weather conditions to the necessity of finding shelter in vacant or abandoned houses and the intense loneliness of his solo excursion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46845095641324,"sku":"9780816697328","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21185663482478.jpg?v=1758870904"},{"product_id":"the-future-of-truth-by-werner-herzog-9781847928405","title":"The Future of Truth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA timely and compelling meditation on the nature of truth and lies, fact and fiction, by the legendary filmmaker and global cultural icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less true than the grief we feel over the death of a loved one? Even if the plot of an opera seems preposterous, can't it still express emotions that ring true with the audience?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this fascinating and iconoclastic book lies Werner Herzog's concept of 'ecstatic truth'—a truth that is often hidden behind the facts and our conceptions of reality but can be gleaned through the poetic imagination, in art, literature and cinema, when we open ourselves up to an aesthetic experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in Herzog's inimitable style, these stories, anecdotes, and reflections take us from present-day deep fakes and the opportunities and perils of AI to ancient Egypt and Rome, where rulers resorted to lies and propaganda in the same way as governments do today; from Scott and Amundsen's race to the South Pole to alien abduction claims and the making of Herzog's own films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its singular vision and unique voice, \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Truth\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling meditation on the relationship between fact and fiction—evidence and imagination—by one of today's most fascinating and idiosyncratic thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46899486392556,"sku":"9781847928405","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781847928405.jpg?v=1760823419"},{"product_id":"of-walking-in-ice-by-werner-herzog-9781784870379","title":"Of Walking In Ice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf Walking in Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is Herzog's existential journey through a hostile winter landscape, one of the great modern pilgrimages. 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This edition of the book is being published for the first time as a classic piece of proto-psychogeography, to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the legendary director's walk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47403801936108,"sku":"9781784870379","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81hr1_Td9JL._SL1500.jpg?v=1773866504"},{"product_id":"scenarios-by-werner-herzog-9781517903909","title":"Scenarios","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWerner Herzog doesn't write traditional screenplays; he writes fever dreams brimming with madness, greed, humour, and dark isolation that can shift dramatically during production. 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