Brazil is one of the four new global super powers. 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 fully travelled. In a new series for BBC1 - his first for [...]
All three of Michael Palin's bestselling diaries, covering 30 years from 1969 to 1998. Throughout his years in Monty Python, his many successful film appearances, the writing of his novels and his travels to all corners of the globe, there was one constant in Michael Palin's life: the daily ritual [...]
An illustrated collection of first-hand accounts by key scientific explorers offers insight into how they worked and what they saw as photographed or sketched, in a volume that features the writings of such figures as Robert Peary, Jacques Cousteau, and Neil Armstrong.[...]
Michael Palin's travel books have repeatedly topped the bestseller lists. In this book he is back at his adventurous best tie-ing in with a major BBC TV series. The book/series will travel through many countries little known to the West, providing opportunities for Palinesque adventures to please th[...]
Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy. But Monty Python was just around the corner ...Enjoying an unlikely cult status early on, the Pythons then proceeded to tour the USA and Canada. As their popularity gr[...]
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 wh[...]
Drawn from his published diaries, this is Michael Palin's account of the making of the Monty Python TV and stage shows, films, books and albums. Monty Python at Work opens on 8th July 1969 with Michael Palin's diary entry for the first day of filming on the very first episode of Monty Python's Flyi[...]
Den en gang så uredde gravejournalisten Keith Mabbut er blitt en illusjonsløs 56-åring som lever av kjedelige bestillingsoppdrag. Så da han får tilbud om å skrive biografi en til den gåtefulle miljøaktivisten Hamish Melville, øyner han endelig muligheten for å gjøre noe meningsfylt. Han o[...]
Fra den enestående Michael Palin kommer den varme og humoristiske historien om: en helt ordinær mand, et lokkende tilbud, en rejse til Indien og jagten på sandheden.
Keith Mabbut er sikker på en ting. Han er forfatter. Alt andet er blevet lidt mere diffust, efter at han er ble[...]
Teos valottaa eri näkökulmista kuvaa lääkäriydestä, lääkärintyön taustoista ja nykytilasta ja määrittelee käsityksiä hyvän lääkärin ominaisuuksista ja toimintatavoista.[...]