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A Sackful of Limericks by Michael Palin
19.99 AUD
Category: Humour
If you've ever wondered what happened to the young fellow from Malta who bought his grandfather an altar...If you're concerned about the camper called Jack who found a huge snake in his pack...And if you suspect that an eccentric landowner called Grey spent Christmas a very strange way but aren't sure p ...Show more
Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Palin
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
'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
Brazil by Michael Palin
19.99 AUD
Category: Travel
Brazil is one of the four new global super powers with its vast natural resources and burgeoning industries. Half a continent in size and a potent mix of races, religions and cultures, of unexplored wildernesses and bustling modern cities, it is also one of the few countries Michael Palin has never full ...Show more
Diaries 1969-1979 : The Python Years by Michael Palin
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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
35.00 AUD
Category: 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
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
22.99 AUD
Category: History
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 its story. 'Beyond terrific. I didn't want it to end.' - Bill Bryson Michael Palin - Monty Python ...Show more
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. 'An important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that- a tremendous act of love.' Guardian _____________________________ ...Show more
Great-Uncle Harry - A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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
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29.99 (23% off)
Category: Biography & Memoir
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
24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | 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
22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
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