| |  | Author: Michael, Illustrated By Pao, Basil Palin
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Category: Book
Buy Used: $9.75
Used (12) from $9.75
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 5165401
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
ISBN: 0771069073
EAN: 9780771069079
ASIN: 0771069073
Publication Date: 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Published by BBC in 1997, 320 pages, hardback with D/J, tall size, good in good D/W, covers good, internally good, boards good, illustrated in black & white & colour. Delivered from the UK in 10-14 days.
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Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful February 19, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you love to read about exciting and exotic places, this is your book. If you like history, this is your book. If you like Michael Palin, this is your book. If you just like to read, THIS IS YOUR BOOK. I suggest you read the book first and THEN see the video series (although either stands perfectly well alone).
An excellent escape! January 26, 1998
While sitting in the back of a rather unpleasant taxi cab, wondering how to make weather conversation intersting, I would quickly tune out and tune into Full circle. Instantly I was able to travel with Michael Palin to the jungles of the Amazon or stand at the tip of Cape Horn. What makes this book is not the places, but the appreciative, humous understanding of the author as he records his experiences as he undertakes a "hair brained" journey.
How to travel 50,000 miles without ever leaving your chair December 27, 1997
I have to say the only reason I gave this book a 9 instead of a 10 is because I saw the video series first and nothing can top that. One night, I flipped on PBS and was drawn into this program of Michael Palin traveling 50,000 miles around the Pacific Rim. First I wondered who would be crazy enough to do this. Then I wondered why anyone would do it AND film it. Then, I have to admit, I was so enthralled with this journey that I started looking for each episode to appear in my weekly TV Guide so I could write it out in bold letters on my calendar. I was hooked. Once the series was over, I was dejected until I walked into the bookstore one day and there was the companion book to the series. Of course I snatched up a copy and took it home. I have read it from cover to cover and loved every bit. It is an unflinching account of the journey, detailing the most mundane to the awe-inspiring, and Palin has a nice way of telling his story with just enough humor to stomach the realities of this trip. There are many times I feel as if I am right there with the author, experiencing everything he is....but I get to do it from the comfort of my armchair.
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