This eloquent and revealing book celebrates a vital and often ignored area of communication - hands. The renowned photographer Basil Pao, who has accompanied Michael Palin on his journeys from Pole to Pole, around the Pacific Rim, across the Sahara and through the Himalayas, presents a collection of his photographs taken en route, all of which focus on hands. Captions accompany each image detailing the owners' homes and lives.

Author Biography

Basil Pao is a Hong Kong-based photographer, who took the images appearing in all of Michael Palin's recent books, including Pole to Pole, Full Circle with Michael Palin, Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Sahara and Himalaya.