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Diaries 1969-1979 : The Python Years by Michael Palin
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | 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
28.00 NZD
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
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
40.00 NZD
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
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
40.00 NZD
Category: History | 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. T ...Show more
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
30.00 NZD
Category: History
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
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
North Korea Journal by Michael Palin
38.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: travel writing bio | Reading Level: very good
A glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer. 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 interne ...Show more
The Truth by Michael Palin
37.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to write the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian - he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. His search to find out the real story behind the leg ...Show more
The Truth by Michael Palin
28.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to pen the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian - he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. His search to find out the real story behind the legen ...Show more
There and Back: Diaries 1999-2009 by Michael Palin
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
THE FOURTH VOLUME OF MICHAEL PALIN'S BESTSELLING DIARIESA new millennium, and a new chapter for Michael Palin unfolds. With a Hemingway travel project testing his confidence, doubts creeping in about his abilities as a writer, the death of his great friend George Harrison and the last of his children le ...Show more
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