Michael Palin Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

In this fourth volume of Michael Palin's acclaimed diaries, readers are invited into the intimate and humorous reflections of the author's life during a pivotal period. The entries capture his experiences as a celebrated actor and traveler, blending personal anecdotes with insights into his creative processes. With a keen eye for detail and a knack for storytelling, Palin shares his adventures, challenges, and the evolution of his career, offering a rich tapestry of life behind the scenes in the entertainment industry.

In this engaging third volume of Michael Palin's diaries, readers are invited into the life of the beloved actor and writer as he reflects on his adventures and experiences. The entries capture his travels, creative pursuits, and personal insights, offering a candid glimpse into the joys and challenges he faced during this period. With humor and warmth, Palin shares anecdotes that highlight both his professional endeavors and personal relationships, making it a delightful read for fans and newcomers alike.

Bestselling national treasure Michael Palin explores Brazil, a country of dazzling extremes

HMS „Erebus” był jednym z najwspanialszych okrętów, weteranem przełomowych ekspedycji na krańce świata. W 1848 roku, wraz z HMS „Terror” i 129 członkami wyprawy, zaginął w Arktyce podczas próby wytyczenia trasy przez Przejście Północno-Zachodnie, a jego los spowiła mgła tajemnicy. W 2014 roku został odnaleziony. Książka to barwny opis doświadczeń pierwszych odkrywców Ziemi Wiktorii w Antarktydzie, którzy zaledwie kilka lat później zamarzli w lodach Arktyki, mimo desperackich misji ratunkowych. To sugestywna relacja z niezwykłej przygody, wskrzeszona przez podróżnika i gawędziarza. MICHAEL PALIN, gwiazda grupy Monty Pythona, podkreśla, że to niesamowita książka, której nie można odłożyć. „Sunday Times” zauważa, że bez reszty pochłania czytelnika, a David Baddiel z „Daily Mail” określa ją jako wspaniałą opowieść. Sara Wheeler w „Observer” chwali barwny pamiętnik, który ujawnia wiele informacji o odkryciach i Królewskiej Marynarce Wojennej w XIX wieku. Dan Snow dodaje, że autor wnosi do książki umiejętności historyka, pisarza i podróżnika, a Erica Wagner z „Financial Times” opisuje tekst jako żywy i sugestywny. Chris Evans z BBC Radio 2 podkreśla, że to genialna książka, o której wszyscy mówią.

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.The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him.Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir this is Michael Palin at his very finest.

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 to be the cradle of civilisation, that has seen the rise and fall of extraordinary and rich cultures, but that over the past two decades has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed. Now he shares the journal he meticulously kept during his trip, in which he describes a country where the past and the present are constantly intermixed. One minute he is exploring the ruins of Babylon, one of the world's most ancient cities. The next he is scanning the plumes of smoke rising from burn-off towers in the vast oilfields outside Basra or surveying the still war-torn landscape around Tikrit or talking to survivors of Saddam Hussein's campaign against the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. Peppered throughout with his trademark warmth and wry humour, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a wonderful and rare insight into Iraq in all its extraordinary variety.

Intrepid voyager, writer, and comedian Michael Palin explores the expeditions of the Royal Navy's HMS Erebus, which ventured to the world's extremes. The narrative begins post-Waterloo when Britain had more bomb ships than enemies. HMS Erebus, with its reinforced hull, was selected for an 1839 expedition to Antarctica, led by James Clark Ross. Despite sailing further south than anyone before, Antarctica failed to capture public interest. The British navy sought to assert its dominance by finding a route through the North-West Passage, leading to Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 mission. At 59, deemed too old for such a perilous journey, Franklin and his crew set off, provisioned for three Arctic winters. They were last seen by whalers in July, and no one ever saw them again. Subsequent searches revealed the tragic fate of the explorers, who succumbed to hunger and scurvy after abandoning their ships in the ice. The mystery endured until HMS Erebus was discovered in 2014, thirty feet below Arctic waters. Palin examines the contrasting motives of the two expeditions—one scientific, the other nationalistic—through historical records and modern travels to key locations, capturing the haunting echoes of Erebus and the secrets that still lie beneath the waters of Nunavut's Queen Maud Gulf.

Záblesk života v nejuzavřenější zemi světa očima nejoblíbenějšího britského světoběžníka. V květnu roku 2018 někdejší člen slavných Monty Python a zanícený cestovatel Michael Palin strávil dva týdny v notoricky tajnůstkářské Severokorejské lidově demokratické republice, odříznuté zemi bez internetu i signálu, jejímuž venkovu stále vládne zastaralá ekonomika připomínající nevolnictví, zatímco metropoli zdobí blyštivé mrakodrapy a přepychové stanice metra. Výsledný cestopisný dokument stanice Channel 5 zaznamenal velký divácký ohlas. Palin nám nyní předkládá svůj osobní deník, v němž popisuje nejen to, co během své návštěvy spatřil – včetně prchavých záblesků skutečností, které se před ním autority snažily utajit -, ale i rozhovory s místními obyvateli. Otevřeně hovoří o svých setkáních s veřejnými činiteli a pečlivě zaznamenává své úvahy o zemi, jež se nepodobá žádné z těch, které dosud navštívil, a stejnou měrou vzbuzuje strach i fascinaci. Zápisky ze Severní Koreje, psané s Palinovou typickou vřelostí a nápaditostí, doplněné o krásné barevné fotografie, nabízejí ojedinělý pohled na Severní Koreu velmi odlišnou od té, kterou známe z novinových titulků.

Loď Jejího Veličenstva Erebus byla jednou z prvních velkých průzkumných lodí, veteránka z přelomových plaveb na kraj světa. V roce 1848 zmizela v Arktidě a její osud se stal záhadou. V roce 2014 byla nalezena. Toto je její příběh. Michael Palin – hvězda skupiny Monty Python a televizní cestovatel – vdechuje pozoruhodné Erebus opět život. Sleduje ji od jejího vyplutí roku 1826, velkolepých výprav, které vedly ke slávě v Antarktidě, až po její konečnou zkázu v Arktidě.

Michael Palin - Monty Python star and television globetrotter - brings the remarkable Erebus back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic and to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic. The ship was filled with fascinating people: the dashing and popular James Clark Ross, who charted much of the 'Great Southern Barrier'; the troubled John Franklin, whose chequered career culminated in the Erebus's final, disastrous expedition; and the eager Joseph Dalton Hooker, a brilliant naturalist - when he wasn't shooting the local wildlife dead. Vividly recounting the experiences of the men who first set foot on Antarctica's Victoria Land, and those who, just a few years later, froze to death one by one in the Arctic ice, beyond the reach of desperate rescue missions, Erebus is a wonderfully evocative account of a truly extraordinary adventure, brought to life by a master explorer and storyteller