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Sahara (The Hungry Student) Hardcover – 26 Sept. 2002

by Michael Palin (Author)
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Michael Palin's travel books have repeatedly topped the bestseller lists. In this book he is back at his adventurous best tie-ing in with a major BBC TV series. The book/series will travel through many countries little known to the West, providing opportunities for Palinesque adventures to please the large and loyal audience who followed 80 DAYS, POLE TO POLE and FULL CIRCLE.
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    256 pages
  2. Language
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    26 Sept. 2002
  5. Dimensions
    19.8 x 2.7 x 27.4 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0297843036
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0297843030
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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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What can I say except WOW! Sales are just wonderful and Michael is in the middle of his November/December two-week tour. His fans are still coming out tothe signings in their droves and buying lots of copies, ensuring that SAHARAhasn't dropped off it's number one slot in THE SUNDAY TIMES - everything looks set for it staying there till Christmas. I hope you all got a chance to see the wonderful one hour film which Michael and David Attenborough put together celebrating David's 50 years in television called LIFE ON AIR which was shown on Sunday December 1st on BBC 1. Just to remind you of all the coverage we've received: * DAILY TELEGRAPH serial and interview* My London in ES MAGAZINE* PARKINSON on BBC 1 Saturday 28th September.* RADIO TIMES - front cover and huge illustrated feature to run week of the 13th October.* SUNDAY TIMES, TRAVEL SECTION - has written a travel front of 2,500 words about his train journeys in the Sahara. Ran 13th October* DAILY MIRROR, LOOK MAGAZINE - interviewran 5th October* INDEPENDENT, DEBORAH ROSS INTERVIEW -ran Monday 7th October* GOOD HOUSEKEEPING - main interview for their November issue, out 14th October* BBC 2 LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND - to be broadcast at the end of November* CONDE NAST TRAVELLER -piece about the Paris -Dakar rally for October issue, out now.* YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY - Q&A; interview over double page spread ran 6th October* WOMAN MAGAZINE - interview to run week of 30th September.* TV TIMES, TV QUICK, WHAT'S ON TV -* PA NEWS, HAM & HIGH, CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL Reviews for the book have been excellent too: 'An engaging read..... agood-humoured romp through the greatest desert on earth.'Justin Marozzi, THESPECTATOR 'This book is not only an interesting account of his adventures, but also a fantastic pictorial record.'HELLO 'It's brisk, fresh and like the programmes, makes you want to go where he has gone, if not necessarily to eat camel liver'THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'The book is a classic for the armchair traveller and one is left full of admiration for the good-natured patience of our genial guide, Michael Palin.'Cathal O'Shannon, IRELAND ON SUNDAY 'This is explorer-adventurer Michael Palin at his best.'GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W&N; 1st edition (26 Sept. 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0297843036
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0297843030
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 2.7 x 27.4 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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    Michael Palin has written and starred in numerous TV programmes and films, from Monty Python and Ripping Yarns to The Missionary and The Death of Stalin. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. His books include accounts of his journeys, novels (Hemingway’s Chair and The Truth) and several volumes of diaries. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society. He received a BAFTA fellowship in 2013, and a knighthood in the 2019 New Year Honours list. He lives in London.

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giki
5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary, Superb travel writing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2020
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Michael Palin's account of his journey around the Sahara just after the turn of the century has a quiet, dreamlike quality too it. Quite an achievement for a trip to such a troubled region. He writes very well places and politics, but but writing about people is his real talent. He is quick to connect on a very human level wherever he goes, you feel that he forms a real bond with the people he meets and in return they allow him into their private world. The ebullient humor erupts from time to time and then subsides into a more meditative tone. As a piece of travel writing it is superb. It is engaging, clear and enlightening, I feel like I have taken the journey with him. It is a celebration of the region, a very different view of a place that we often only hear negative things about.

My favourite part of the book is the journey to and from Timbuktu, the visit to Jenne and the trip down the river Niger and then traversing the vast desert in a camel train. It is quite extraordinary,
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Jake Fletcher
5.0 out of 5 stars I feel these travel books are some of the greatest reads any armchair tourist could wish for
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2017
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Michael knows how to paint a picture with words; his writing allows you to be in the midst of your very own vicarious adventure. He combines his travel experiences with local history and his unique dry sense of humour - which made tears roll down my cheeks at times. I feel these travel books are some of the greatest reads any armchair tourist could wish for.
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David Robertson
4.0 out of 5 stars SAHARA.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2021
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I thoroughly enjoy Palin' style of writing. He is quite detailed in his observations, but intersperses his narrative with a lively sense of humor. A great read and would thoroughly recommend it to other readers.
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Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential supplement to the video
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2020
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I loved reading the book and then diving into the video' s relevant parts. The book is far more detailed of course and definitely adds an extra dimension to the films. Now I have read it, I think it is essential as it provides the fuller picture. I recommend.
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Mark Gannon
5.0 out of 5 stars The fourth travel book by Michael Palin that I have ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2018
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The fourth travel book by Michael Palin that I have read, and I am still enjoying Michael's writing style. A highly enjoyable read with historical overtones- from 9/11 and the reaction to the Sahara locals, to the beginning of Muammar Gaddaffi's last decade in office. An informative read.
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Crystal Tips
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2020
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Another brilliant book to accompany the TV series.
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Justina
4.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2016
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Another great, charming story from Michael Palin. Very enjoyable
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Dawn Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Peaceful stroll through the Sahara!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 May 2019
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I loved this book. It is beautifully written, the pictures are fab and by the end I felt I had taken a peaceful stroll through the Sahara with Michael Palin.
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Johnny
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in Australia on 3 September 2018
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Palin's done it again . A very engaging account of a part of the world many of us will never get to see. The timing of the travels and the changes that have swept through since make this an interesting snapshot of the world at that time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Stuff. Palin is brilliant.
Reviewed in the United States on 2 December 2013
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This is truly exceptional. It was a wonderful TV series, and the book adds detail that they couldn't squeeze into the episodes, as well as more of Palin's wonderfully wry sense of humour. If you like travel books, or you like books about other cultures, or you just like a good non-fiction read - you could certainly do a hell of a lot worse than this one.

Seriously, someone needs to find a way to get Michael Palin and David Attenborough to breed. That is probably about the only way anyone is going to come up with a better documentary.
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Dnyaneshwari Joglekar
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in India on 6 April 2015
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very interesting.
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Audrey
5.0 out of 5 stars No complaints
Reviewed in the United States on 15 August 2021
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Adequate turn around and book in excellent condition.
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ALAN SHERPA.
5.0 out of 5 stars AN INVALUANLE BOOK FOR TRAVELERS, AS ARE MICHAEL'S TELEVISION SERIES ARE INVALUABLE AND ENJOYABLE TO VIEW. THANK YOU MICHAEL, FOR SHARING YOUR TALENT AS A TRAVEL PIONEER.
Reviewed in the United States on 27 May 2019
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TGANK YOU MICHAEL FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH ME IN YOUR BOOKS AND TV SERIES. A WONDERFULL ACHIEVEMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO READING MORE OF YOUR BOOKS IN THE FUTURE.
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