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Pole to Pole
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Pole to Pole

Written By : Michael Palin
Narrated By : Michael Palin
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 5 hours 40 minutes
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers
Non Fiction
Price : $26.99
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Travelling from one end of the globe to the other, Palin and his team endured extremes of heat and cold as they crossed seventeen countries on trains, trucks, ships, rafts, ski-doos, buses, barges, bicycles and balloons.

In this new recording, especially made for BBC Radio Collection, his vivid and humorous descriptions of their adventures will leave you wide-eyed with wonder and laughing out loud.

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Himalaya

Written By : Michael Palin
Narrated By : Michael Palin
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers
Non Fiction
Price : $26.99
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Written By : Neil Postman
Narrated By : Jeff Riggenbach
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 5 hours
Categories : TV
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Price : $39.95 $14.95
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Written By : Michael Palin
Narrated By : Michael Palin
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 6 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers
Non Fiction
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Written By : Dawna Walter
Narrated By : Dawna Walter
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour 10 minutes
Categories : Self Help
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Non Fiction
Price : $13.49
An inspirational guide to fighting clutter and sorting your space. More info...
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Written By : Michael Palin
Narrated By : Michael Palin
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 7 hours 35 minutes
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers
Biographical
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Price : $31.99
Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. More info...