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Like a Yeti Catching Marmots: A Little Treasury of Tibetan Proverbs by Pema Tsewang Shastri Synopsis This enchanting little book contains 108 traditional Tibetan proverbs—conveying the wit and wisdom of one of the worlds most unique cultures. The proverbs appear in English and Tibetan script, along with a brief explanation of how and when to use... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 New - Trade Paper 
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The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird Publisher Comments The Story of Tibet is a work of monumental importance, a fascinating journey through the land and history of Tibet, with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama as guide. Over the course of three years, journalist Thomas Laird spent more than sixty hours... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation by Heinrich Harrer Synopsis The bestselling author of "Seven Years in Tibet" presents this compelling mix of history, religion, and travel writing, which bears witness to the suffering and perseverance of the ancient civilization under Chinese rule.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Women in Tibet: Past and Present by Janet Gyatso Publisher Comments This volume explores the struggles and accomplishments of women from both past and present-day Tibet: queens from the imperial period, yoginis and religious teachers of medieval times, Buddhist nuns, oracles, political workers, medical doctors, and... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David Neel Publisher Comments Seeker, adventurer, pilgrim, and scholar, David-Neel (1868–1969) was the first European woman to explore the once-forbidden city of Lhasa. This memoir offers an objective account of the supernatural events she witnessed during the 1920s among the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tragedy in Crimson (11 Edition) by Tim Johnson Publisher Comments Tragedy in Crimson is award-winning journalist Tim Johnson’s extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet. Johnson reports from the front lines, trekking to nomad resettlements to... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Greater Tibet: Where Earth Touches the Heavens (Not Just a Good Food Guide) by Jimmy Lam Publisher Comments Braving hard terrain and harsh weather, photographer Jimmy Lam ventures beyond the well-visited areas of Tibet to rarely seen points of this vast region, taking in the further reaches of Qinghai, Gansu, western Sichuan, and northeastern Yunnan. This book... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $8.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Waiting for the Dalai Lama: Stories from All Sides of the Tibetan Debate by Annelie Rozeboom Synopsis Why does the issue of Tibet rouse such passions on both sides? To find out, Annelie Rozeboom interviewed Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, as well as Chinese and Western observers and the Dalai Lama himself. As these people explain their experiences... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State by Melvyn C. Goldstein Publisher Comments The "Tibetan Question," the nature of Tibet's political status vis-... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $44.33 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Publisher Comments In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom by Yangzom Brauen Publisher Comments A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Maos Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk by Palden Gyatso Synopsis Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk eighteen years later. Through sheer determination, he won a place as a student at Drepung Monastery, one of Tibet's "Three Greats", where he came to spiritual and... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tibetan History Series #1: Ancient Tibet: Research Materials from the Yeshe de Project by Yeshe De Project Synopsis This account of Tibet's ancient history describes the early tribes, ancient kings, and great Dharma Kings of the eighth and ninth centuries. Timelines, 54 maps, glossary, topical outline, index.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History by Canyon Sam Synopsis Canyon Sam has made a miracle of a journey, and written a miracle of a book. Following her roots to China many years ago, she found instead Tibet as her spiritual home. She committed herself to a life of engaged Buddhism, working for human rights. Now in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pioneer in Tibet: The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton by Douglas A Wissing Publisher Comments Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary and explorer who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. During the Great Game era, the Sheltons' sprawling station in Kham was the most remote and dangerous... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tibet by Michael Willis Publisher Comments This is a richly illustrated introduction to the extraordinary culture of Tibet, presenting its art in all its glory.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951 by Melvyn Goldstein Publisher Comments The "Tibetan Question," the nature of Tibet's political status vis-à-vis China, has been the subject of often bitterly competing views while the facts of the issue have not been fully accessible to interested observers. While one faction has... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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My Path Leads to Tibet: The Inspiring Story of Howone Young Blind Woman Brought Hope to the Blind Children of Tibet by Sabriye Tenberken Publisher Comments Defying everyone's advice, armed only with her rudimentary knowledge of Chinese and Tibetan, Tenberken set out to do something about the appalling condition of the Tibetan blind, who had been abandoned by society and left to die. Her story demonstrates... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Strange Liberation: Tibetan Lives in Chinese Hands by David Patt Publisher Comments A Tibetan Man and woman tell their deeply personal stories of 30 years of Chinese occupation.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran Publisher Comments In 2002 Xinran’s Good Women of China became an international bestseller, revealing startling new truths about Chinese life to the West. Now she returns with an epic story of love, friendship, courage and sacrifice set in Chinese-occupied Tibet... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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