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Michael Palin
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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...
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170 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"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...
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Driven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, last seen on an ill-fated voyage to chart the Northwest Passage. 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...
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Español
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La fascinante realidad del país más hermético del mundo.
En mayo de 2018, Michael Palin, estrella de los Monty Python, expresidente de la Real Sociedad Geográfica de Londres e intrépido trotamundos, pasó dos semanas en la República Popular Democrática de Corea, un país hermético sin cobertura ni internet donde el campo vive anclado en el pasado y en las ciudades abundan rascacielos brillantes y lujosas estaciones de tren.
En su Diario de...
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For the first time since his much-beloved tale Hemingway's Chair was published in 1998, Michael Palin pens a new novel featuring the warm and witty story of an everyman, a tantalizing offer, a journey to India, and the search for the truth.
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...
6) Himalaya
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288 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
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English
8) Erebus
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• A major new work by one of the most loved and admired of travel writers
• Interest in the Franklin expedition will be heightened by a major AMC series called The Terror, airing in March 2018. The series is a fictional telling of the doomed expedition based on the Dan Simmons bestselling book of the same name. The Terror was the name of the Erebus' sister ship on the doomed voyage
• Draws on fresh research to bring to life one of the greatest...
9) Jabberwocky
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English
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A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.
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1 videodisc (approximately 227 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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...
14) Remember me
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1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When retiree Tom Parfitt stages a fall in his eerie Yorkshire home in order to escape into residential care, a chilling mystery unfolds, challenging police detective Rob Fairholme and care worker Hannah Ward to risk everything they hold dear to unravel the truth.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...
17) Life of Brian
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Brian was born in a manger next door to Jesus, and his whole life he has been mistaken for a Messiah. As an adult, he becomes an unwilling prophet, wanting to free his land from the oppression of Rome.
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1 videodisc (approximately 139 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An episode of "Arena," chronicling the life and legacy of George Martin with clips of the record producer at work and at home, and featuring interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Michael Palin, Jeff Beck, Rolf Harris, Cilla Black, Millicent Martin and Bernard Cribbins.
19) Brazil
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Criterion collection volume 51
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1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
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English
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In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. This is the original 142 minute director's cut edition of the film assembled from both the European and American versions.
20) Jabberwocky
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Criterion collection volume 903
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.