New Releases by Terry Jones

Presents a journal of fairy research by Quentin Cottington that attempts to analyze the protoplasmic nature of fairy stains.

Nach dem Tod von Lady Cottington, die 103jährig starb, wurde in deren Haus ein seltsames Buch gefunden: mit gepressten Elfen versehene Tagebuchnotizen aus den Jahren 1895-1912. - Skurriler englischer Humor.

900 years ago, Christian Europe was seized by a fever that changed the world forever. Inspired by a Pope who offered rewards on earth and a certain place in Paradise thereafter, tens of thousands of men, women and children - knights and peasants, rich and poor, old and young - set out for the Holy Land to recapture the Holy City Jerusalem and save their fellow Christians from persecution by the Infidel.

The authors of this volume discuss diversity issues such as admission policies and the role of ethnic studies departments, then suggest strategies for dealing with questions of racism, diversity and intercultural communication. Suggestions range from ways to improve intercultural interpersonal skills through to the broad structural changes needed if a university is to embrace its diverse population.

21 stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage.

This volume contains all nine scripts from the BBC television series Ripping Yarns, written by ex-Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones. It includes such tales as Tomkinson''s Schooldays, The Curse of the Claw and Whinfrey''s Last Case.

***ALMOST CERTAINLY NOMINATED FOR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE*** The complete scripts from the four Monty Python series, first shown on BBC television between 1969 and 1974, have been collected in two companion volumes. Characters'' names, often not spoken, are given as in the original scripts, along with the names of the actual performer added on their first appearance in each sketch. This first volume contains twenty-three classic episodes, featuring some of the most entertaining writing to have gone into television anywhere. The minister of silly walks, the dead parrot, banter in a cheese shop - here is every silly, satirical skit, every snide insult, every saucy aside.

An illustrated compendium of humorous facts such as the recipe for oxygen tart and an explanation of how man evolved from small rocks.

These thirty fairy tales are a combination of fantasy and morality. Through the stories is introduced a delightful world of magical beings - like the fly-by-night, the corn dolly and the rainbow cat - where strange adventures can happen to anybody.

The small son of a pastry cook finds a way to keep a hungry beast from terrorizing the land.

Tired of Tiger''s boasting, the other jungle animals ask a wizard for something to make Tiger stop his enormous lies.

When a young girl accepts a ride on a flying cat, she finds herself far from home--until the moon comes to her rescue.