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Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel
'The reason why the 80-day journey retains its appeal is that it is still the minimum time needed to go round the world and notice it. To see it, smell it and touch it at the same time . . .' More than a century on from Phileas Fogg's fictional adventure around the world, Michael Palin sets out from the ...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
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
Himalaya by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel
'A battleground of immense geological forces that is a centre of human tectonics as well, with sacred and secular, tradition and technology, all pushing up against each other . . .' In Himalaya, Michael Palin travels the length of the world's most astonishing mountain range from its origins in the Khybe ...Show more
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Travel
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
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel
'Hemingway's world was close and uncomfortable and itchy and sweaty and frequently exhausting . . . This stuff was too good to be wasted on school exams. I must be bold and fearless and go out there and do it myself' Join Michael Palin as he journeys from the forests of North Michigan to the bars of Cub ...Show more
Pole to Pole by Michael Palin
$30.00 NZD
Category: Travel
Three years after the epic adventure described in Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Palin was off again. Not circumnavigating the globe, but journeying from one end to the other: the North Pole to the South Pole. Following the 30 degree east line of longitude and using aircraft only as a last resort, ...Show more
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