The Python Years

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429918330
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years written by Michael Palin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amazingly insightful, funny and brilliant record of Michael Palin's prime years as a member of the famed comedic group, Monty Python. Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s. This volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys---Jones and Gilliam---and Eric Idle came together and changed the face of British comedy. But this is but only part of Palin's story. Here is his growing family, his home in a north London Victorian terrace, which grows as he buys the house next door and then a second at the bottom of the garden; here, too, is his solo effort---as an actor, in Three Men in a Boat, his writing endeavours (often in partnership with Terry Jones) that produces Ripping Yarns and even a pantomime. Meanwhile Monty Python refuses to go away: the hugely successful movies that follow the TV (his account of the making of both The Holy Grail and the Life of Brian movies are page-turners), the at times extraordinary goings-on of the many powerful personalities who coalesced to form the Python team, the fight to prevent an American TV network from bleeping out the best jokes on U.S. transmission, and much more---all this makes for funny and riveting reading. The birth and childhood of his three children, his father's growing disability, learning to cope as a young man with celebrity, his friendship with George Harrison, and all the trials of a peripatetic life are also essential ingredients of these diaries. A perceptive and funny chronicle, the diaries are a rich portrait of a fascinating period. "A wealth of fascinating stuff about Monty Python." ---The Independent (UK)

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429995939
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980--1988 written by Michael Palin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the bulk of the 1980s, a decade in which the ties binding the Pythons loosened—they made their last film Monty Pyton's Meaning of Life in 1983. For Michael, writing and acting took over much of his life, culminating in his appearances in A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played the hapless, stuttering Ken, and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. Halfway to Hollywood follows Palin's torturous trail through seven movies and ends with his final preparations for the documentary that was to change his life—Around the World in 80 Days. During these years he co-wrote and acted in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits as well as spearing in Gilliam's follow-up success Brazil. Palin co-produced, wrote and played the lead in The Missionary opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in A Private Function, written by Alan Bennett. In television the decade was memorable for East of Ipswich, inspired his links with Suffolk. Such was his fame in the US, he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show Saturday Night Live. He filmed one of the BBC's Great Railway Journeys as well as becoming chairman of the pressure group Transport 2000. His life with Helen and the family remains a constant, as the children enter their teens. Palin's joy of writing is evident once more in Halfway to Hollywood as he demonstrates his continuing sense of wonder at the world in which he finds himself. A world of screens large and small.

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312384883
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years written by Michael Palin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perceptive and funny chronicle, these diaries are a rich portrait of how Monty Python emerged and triumphed.

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466888911
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travelling to Work written by Michael Palin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As in Halfway to Hollywood and The Python Years, Travelling to Work contains a decade's worth of unedited, unabridged diary entries from multi-talented funnyman Michael Palin. In this volume, the last Palin has agreed to publish, the former Python documents his experience hosting a series of BBC travel documentaries even as he continues to develop new dimensions as a writer and actor. Python faithful will love Palin's candid comments and wry wit even as they are awed by his dogged work ethic and myriad accomplishments. From his work for the BBC to his dramatic portrayal of the headmaster on Alan Bleasdale's award-winning drama GBH, to his success as screenwriter, playwright and novelist, these pages display a true modern-day Renaissance Man. Included as well are behind the scenes stories from the making of Fierce Creatures, the tumultuous follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, along with Palin's reflections on dealings with his manager, editors and publishers--enough insider information to please any show business enthusiast. In short, Travelling to Work is a roller-coaster ride driven by the Palin hallmarks curiosity, a sense of adventure and unflappable cool demonstrating he is truly, in his own words, 'someone grounded and safe who can be tempted into almost anything.'

Author : MICHAEL PALIN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474625845
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE PYTHON YEARS written by MICHAEL PALIN and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848423602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monty Python at Work written by Michael Palin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous alternative comedy group, told as it happened.

Author : Brian Cogan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250004705
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____* I Learned from Monty Python written by Brian Cogan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the influence and erudite humor style of the iconic British comedy troupe places Monty Python's myriad references into an accessible context while revealing their role in inspiring such followers as Saturday Night Live. Co-written by the author of The Encyclopedia of Punk. 40,000 first printing.

Author : John Cleese
Publisher : Methuen Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monty Python and the Holy Grail written by John Cleese and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Monty Python team's first feature film is a mock-heroic tale set in Medieval Britain.

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9781780229010
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Python Years written by Michael Palin and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Palin's bestselling diaries before, during and after Monty Python.

Author : David Kopec
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1638356548
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Computer Science Problems in Java written by David Kopec and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharpen your coding skills by exploring established computer science problems! Classic Computer Science Problems in Java challenges you with time-tested scenarios and algorithms. Summary Sharpen your coding skills by exploring established computer science problems! Classic Computer Science Problems in Java challenges you with time-tested scenarios and algorithms. You’ll work through a series of exercises based in computer science fundamentals that are designed to improve your software development abilities, improve your understanding of artificial intelligence, and even prepare you to ace an interview. As you work through examples in search, clustering, graphs, and more, you'll remember important things you've forgotten and discover classic solutions to your "new" problems! Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Whatever software development problem you’re facing, odds are someone has already uncovered a solution. This book collects the most useful solutions devised, guiding you through a variety of challenges and tried-and-true problem-solving techniques. The principles and algorithms presented here are guaranteed to save you countless hours in project after project. About the book Classic Computer Science Problems in Java is a master class in computer programming designed around 55 exercises that have been used in computer science classrooms for years. You’ll work through hands-on examples as you explore core algorithms, constraint problems, AI applications, and much more. What's inside Recursion, memoization, and bit manipulation Search, graph, and genetic algorithms Constraint-satisfaction problems K-means clustering, neural networks, and adversarial search About the reader For intermediate Java programmers. About the author David Kopec is an assistant professor of Computer Science and Innovation at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Table of Contents 1 Small problems 2 Search problems 3 Constraint-satisfaction problems 4 Graph problems 5 Genetic algorithms 6 K-means clustering 7 Fairly simple neural networks 8 Adversarial search 9 Miscellaneous problems 10 Interview with Brian Goetz