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Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
'The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster, but there are certainly no high-speed rail links yet across India, China or the USA. Passenger services have practically disappeared from the world's shipping lanes ...Recourse to air travel, ...Show more
Diaries 1969-1979 : The Python Years by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for the Two Ronnies, David Frost etc). Monty Python was just around the corner. This first volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, ...Show more
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: World History
____________________________________BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK____________________________________HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found.This is i ...Show more
Full Circle by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
Michael Palin's terrific account of his journey through 18 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, published by Phoenix for the first time.
Great-Uncle Harry - A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. ...Show more
Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988 by Michael Palin
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which ...Show more
Hemingway Adventure by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel | Reading Level: good
When Michael Palin was researching for his novel HEMINGWAY'S CHAIR his interest was stimulated by Hemingway's appetite for travel and 'Papa's' evocations of the places he knew. Hemingway remains a compelling figure, and Palin's goal was to revisit Hemingway's world. This book includes the American West ...Show more
Himalaya by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest mountains in the world were a natural target for Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling Palin takes on the full length of the Himalaya including the Khyber Pass, the hidden ...Show more
Himalaya by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
See other edition. <b>Michael Palin travels through all countries and civilisations bordering the Himalayan mountains, by boat, bus, train, camel, yak and foot.</b><br><br>Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest ...Show more
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel writing
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more
Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years by Michael Palin
$60.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for David Frost, the Two Ronnies, etc). But Monty Python was just around the corner. In this first volume of his diaries he tells for the first time how Python eme ...Show more
Michael Palin - Diaries 1969-1979 - The Python Years by Michael Palin
$60.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
This volume covers Palin's years as one of the stars of Monty Python, the anarchic series which broke the mould of television comedy. Here he records how Python emerged, developed and, at times, seemed to take over his life.Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he wa ...Show more