Michael Palin
1) The truth
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. A professional writer of some repute, he has reached the age of fifty-six with nothing resembling the success of his two great literary heroes, George Orwell and Albert Camus. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime-- to write the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a widely respected and highly influential activist and humanitarian-- he seizes the chance to write something meaningful....
Author
Publisher
Methuen
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Martin Sproale is an assistant postmaster obsessed with Ernest Hemingway. Martin lives in a small English village, where he studies his hero and putters about harmlessly--until an ambitious outsider, Nick Marshall, is appointed postmaster instead of Martin. Slick and self-assured, Nick steals Martin's girlfriend and decides to modernize the friendly local office by firing dedicated but elderly employees and privatizing the business. Suddenly, gentle...
4) Brazil
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Palin undertakes another of his celebrated journeys, to a vast country of unimaginable contrasts--Brazil. An economic powerhouse, it is host to a staggering variety of peoples, from the hugely wealthy to the abjectly poor, from 21st century technocrats to tribes who continue to live as their ancestors have for centuries.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin's quest for the holy grail of navigation--a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin's diaries begin in the late 1960s when he began writing for hugely popular programs. He recounts how Monty Python emerged and triumphed. From the success and cult status brought by Monty Python, Palin shares stories from their world tours, their stay at hotels recently trashed by Led Zeppelin, their battles over censorship, and how individually the Pythons went their separate ways. Yet at the same time they were working on the now celebrated...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atico de los Libros
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"In this beautifully illustrated journal based on a TV documentary, writer, comedian and world traveller Michael Palin journeys to North Korea, offering a glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, uncovering surprises and making friends along the way"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1997?]
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin, beloved Monty Python alumnus and host of the popular PBS series, explores the diverse cultures and varied landscapes that surround a 20,000 mile stretch of the Pacific rim. Traveling in dhows, canoes, and mail-planes, on camels and junk steamers, readers experience Tierra del Fuego, New Zealand, Australia and other exotic locales through Palin's eyes. With 230 color photos and maps, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the...
Author
Publisher
Random House Canada
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations. His resulting documentary was widely acclaimed. Now he shares his day-by-day...
Author
Publisher
Hutchinson Heinemann
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"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. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"As in Halfway to Hollwyood and The Python Years, Travelling to Work contains a decade's worth of unedited, unabridged diary entries from multi-talented funnyman Michael Palin. In this volume, the last Palin has agreed to publish, the former Python documents his expereince hosting a series of BBC travel documentaries even as he continues to develop new dimensions as a writer and actor. Python faithful will love Palin's candid comments and wry wit...
Author
Publisher
AudioGO Ltd
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to cicumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
The rules were simple. He had to make the journey in eighty days using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg. And so, complete with visas, running shoes, an inflatable globe and sound advice from Alan Whicker,
18) Brazil
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape, food, music, beach life and unique cultural heritage of...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin, globe-trotting adventurer and comedian's comedian, has somehow managed to sit still just long enough to put together his compilation of the very best of Monty Python, including the fan-favorites Fish Slapping Dance and The Cheese Shop.
