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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.

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Spectrum: Audio Program (5) Level 5 (Pearson Education)

Authors

Donald R.H. Byrd

Publication date: 1992-08-01
Dewey code: 543
RRP: ~~£136.30~~
Price: £138.29

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Spectrum: Audio Program (Pearson Education)

Authors

James Kelty
Donald R.H. Byrd

Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publication date: 1993-02-01
Dewey code: 543
RRP: ~~£136.30~~
Price: £138.29

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The Canterville Ghost (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers) (Longman)

Authors

Oscar Wilde

Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 1998-12-10
RRP: ~~£5.88~~
Price: £7.87

Review The Canterville Ghost (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers) / Longman:

Oscar Wilde's story of The Canterville Ghost tells the tale of a malevolent ghost who discovers there is no peace to be found when a rumbustious American family take over his ancestral home. This classic tale by one of the 19th century's most celebrated wits is here reproduced in a stunning little book with stylish illustrations which perfectly capture the atmosphere and imagination of the story. An ideal gift for young readers who enjoy classic stories, The Canterville Ghost is perfect for reading alone or reading aloud. (Age 7 and over) -Susan Harrison.

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