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#1The Canterbury Tales
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The Canterbury Tales is a classical literature novel written by Geoffrey Chaucer and translated by Nevill Coghill. With over 500 pages, this book is published in 2003 by Penguin Classics.
Books$11
He WuWritten on May 5, 2018"If you are into history and story's from the past this would be a great read!"He WuWritten on May 5, 2018"If you are into history and story's from the past this would be a great read!" -
#2Conquest of the Useless
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Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo is a nonfiction biography written by Werner Herzog and translated by Krishna Winston. With over 300 pages, this book is published in 2009 by Ecco.
Books$24.99
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#3A Companion to Werner Herzog
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A Companion to Werner Herzog is a nonfiction biography cultural film book written by Brad Prager. With over 600 pages, this book is published in 2012 by Wiley-Blackwell.Books"Let me preface this by saying that Werner Herzog is a filmmaking genius. So when I saw A Companion to Werner Herzog I immediately bought it with zero hesitation. This book is a compilation of scholarly essays about the complexity of his films. I am unsure if this book is recommended by Werner Herzog, but if you are interested in film this is a must-read."
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#4Ferocious Reality
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Ferocious Reality: Documentary according to Werner Herzog is a nonfiction culture film book written by Eric Ames. With over 300 pages, this book is published in 2012 by University of Minnesota Press.
Books$25 - Varies by seller
"I love to read books that are cultural or controversial. My husband brought this one home and started discussing it with me. I joined in with the reading with him and in the evening we get a glass of wine and discuss the chapters we read. It was very thought provoking" -
#5A Woman in Arabia
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A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert is a nonfiction historical biography written by Gertrude Bell with Georgina Howell as the editor. With over 300 pages, this book is published in 2015 by Penguin Classics.
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"This is an interesting book to say the least. I personally haven't really thought about that whole part of the world over there, so this book is super informative and eye opening to me personally. I typically wouldn't read books like this, but for some reason this one stuck out to me, and I'm very glad It did." -
#6History of the Peloponnesian War
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History of the Peloponnesian War is a nonfiction classic military history book written by Thucydides, translated by Rex Warner, and with an introduction by Moses I. Finley. Published in 1972 by Penguio.
Books$19
"I'm a big fan of the screenwriter Werner Herzog and came across a book he recommended, History of the Peloponnesian War. I thought it was well written, but I just couldn't get into it. It was way to long for me and just seemed to drone on. I usually enjoy history books but I couldn't really get into this one." -
#7The Georgics
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The Georgics is a classic historical poetry book written by Virgil, with an introduction by L.P. Wilkinson and with Betty Radice as the editor. With over 100 pages, this book is published in 1982 by Penguin Classics.
Books$14.56 - Varies by seller
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#8Gargantua and Pantagruel
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Gargantua and Pantagruel is a classic cultural France fiction novel written by François Rabelais, translated by M.A. Screech. With over 1,000 pages, this book is published in 2006 by Penguin Classics.
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#9Every Night the Trees Disappear
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Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of Heart of Glass is a nonfiction culture film book written by Alan Greenberg with a foreword by Werner Herzog. Published in 2012 by Chicago Review Press.
Books$24.95
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#10Selected Poems and Fragments
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Selected Poems and Fragments is a classic medieval romanticism book written by Friedrich Hölderlin, with Jeremy Adler as the editor and Michael Hamburger as the translator. Published in 1998 by Penguin Classics.
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"Translated from German to English, these collections of romantic poems is meant to swoon over the hearts of the reader and exemplify culture and history combined. The author takes the reader through several journeys, spanning from mythological eras to the founding of the Americas. It was sometimes difficult to understand, as some meanings were lost in translation, but overall; the eloquence of the author's taste does come through."
