Terry Jones
7) Labyrinth
Description
Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn't young Sarah's idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King.
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Tells about the lives of ordinary Roman citizens and slaves. The lodgings and workshops, bars and baths of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Rome itself are explored as they follow in the footsteps of an average tradesman and his wife. Topics include hygiene, work, recreation, marriage, slavery, and the inequity between rich and poor.
Pub. Date
[2007]
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...
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
In this spoof of the legend of King Arthur, the king recruits the Knights of the Round Table. He is soon joined by Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Chaste and the Pure, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir- Lancelot, and Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film. God sends them on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Along the way they encounter a plague-ridden community, the Knights who say Ni, a killer rabbit, and more.
19) The story of 1
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Terry Jones goes on a humor-filled journey to recount the amazing tale behind the world's simplest number. Reveals how civilizations used One to develop their culture; where our modern numbers came from; and how the invention of zero changed the world forever.--cover.