Terry Jones
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (231 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"Legendary Monty Python star and medieval scholar Terry Jones has been leafing through the history books to find out what the medieval world was really like. What he discovered is a treasure trove of extraordinary stories and characters that challenge those tired traditional stereotypes... Each episode explores the role and function of a different medieval archetype" -- Container
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
xix, 163 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Terry Jones is known the world over as one of the beloved creators of the legendary Monty Python. But independent of the Python team, Jones has been writing columns targeting the Anglo-American response to September 11. His wit and venom are particularly focused on the messianic vernacular of Bush and Blair and the semantics of the 'war on terror.' As Jones writes, 'What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How...
8) Labyrinth
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl's baby brother is kidnapped by the King of the Goblins; in order to rescue him she must navigate a devilish labyrinth.
9) Flight
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
10) Fairy tales
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
1982, c1981
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of thirty original fairy tales introducing such beings as the fly-by-night, the rainbow cat, and the wonderful cake-horse.
Language
English
Description
Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...
14) Erik the Viking
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Erik the Viking, tired of killing and plundering, sets out on an epic quest to Valhalla, where he and his men plan on asking the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and bring sunshine back to the skies
15) The story of 1
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Monty Python's Terry Jones presents an entertaining look at ancient inventions, the history of sex and love, the origins of cities, and the secret histories of Egypt and Rome.