Michael Palin's personality is a combination of some very disparate elements, many of them displayed at their most attractive in Sahara. There's the friendly, avuncular manner; the easy-going charm that women find so attractive; and that vein of surrealistic, sardonic humour that is the legacy of his Monty Python days. All these characteristics combined to create the perfect host for the ambitious travel programmes with which he's latterly been associated. The shows (and the handsome companion books that invariably accompany them) avoid the sometimes over-serious approach of other presenters and show us some very exotic parts of the world filtered through Palin's very idiosyncratic vision. Audiences and readers can't get enough.
Sahara gives us the latest of his epic voyages, and this one possibly represents the most arduous challenge of his career: across the massive and unforgiving Sahara desert. In this beautifully produced volume (studded with some eye-catching colour photographs), we are taken on a unique journey, as Palin reveals the Sahara to us as something considerably more than endless sand dunes. Facet by facet, Michael Palin uncovers a colourful and eccentric panoply of cultures, with chequered histories that stretch back to the dawn of time. Beginning (and ending) in Gibraltar, we are taken from the fabled realms of the ancient Egyptians to the Islamic republics of the present day, as Palin conjures up a journey that alternates between gallows humour and often considerable discomfort. Most of us will never experience the teeming nightlife of Dakar or travel down the river Niger to the fabled city of Timbuktu. But Palin has done it for us, and this book (with or without the accompanying TV series) is a highly enjoyable way to relive that journey with him. --Barry Forshaw
Sahara gives us the latest of his epic voyages, and this one possibly represents the most arduous challenge of his career: across the massive and unforgiving Sahara desert. In this beautifully produced volume (studded with some eye-catching colour photographs), we are taken on a unique journey, as Palin reveals the Sahara to us as something considerably more than endless sand dunes. Facet by facet, Michael Palin uncovers a colourful and eccentric panoply of cultures, with chequered histories that stretch back to the dawn of time. Beginning (and ending) in Gibraltar, we are taken from the fabled realms of the ancient Egyptians to the Islamic republics of the present day, as Palin conjures up a journey that alternates between gallows humour and often considerable discomfort. Most of us will never experience the teeming nightlife of Dakar or travel down the river Niger to the fabled city of Timbuktu. But Palin has done it for us, and this book (with or without the accompanying TV series) is a highly enjoyable way to relive that journey with him. --Barry Forshaw
Used availability for Michael Palin's Sahara
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Hardback Editions
April 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-312-30541-9 / 978-0-312-30541-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2002 : Hardback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-297-84303-6 / 978-0-297-84303-0 (UK edition) Publisher: W&N Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2002 : Hardback
| Title: Sahara (DO NOT USE) Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-304-35992-0 / 978-0-304-35992-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1980 : Hardback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin Publisher: ST MARTINS PRESS @ Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-312-30543-5 / 978-0-641-77972-5 (USA edition) Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 1-84188-226-7 / 9781841882260 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2003 : Paperback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-7538-1739-X / 978-0-7538-1739-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2002 : Paperback
| Title: SAHARA. Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 1-898801-26-6 / 9781898801269 (UK edition) Publisher: Ted Smart Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2000 : Paperback
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback
| Title: A Question of Blood Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-316-69769-9 / 978-0-316-69769-9 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Sahara (BBC Radio Collections) Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 1-60283-835-6 / 9781602838352 (USA edition) Publisher: AudioGO Ltd. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2003 : Audio CD
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-7540-8743-3 / 978-0-7540-8743-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Sound Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Sahara [Complete & Unabridged] Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-7540-8314-4 / 978-0-7540-8314-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Audio Books Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2002 : Audio CD
| Title: Sahara (Radio Collection) Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-563-52831-1 / 978-0-563-52831-9 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2002 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Sahara (Radio Collection) Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-563-52894-X / 978-0-563-52894-4 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
May 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin Publisher: Orion Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2004 : Unknown
| Title: Sahara Author(s): Michael Palin ISBN: 0-7540-9442-1 / 978-0-7540-9442-5 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Large Print Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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