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Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet by Jonathan Green Publisher Comments On September 30, 2006, gunfire echoed through thin air on Cho Oyu Mountain. Climbers preparing to summit watched in horror as Chinese guards fired at a group of Tibetans en route to India, executing Kelsang Namtso — a seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Spirit of Tibet by Alison Wright Publisher Comments This visually stunning, full-color portrait of Tibetan life in exile displays the spirit of Tibetan refugees living in the beautifil mountain settings of northern India and shows how they have preserved the best of their unique culture and identity.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Child of Tibet by Soname Yangchen Publisher Comments Trade paperback. This book tells the remarkable story of Soname's triumph over adversity, told against the backdrop of a turbulent and dangerous Tibet. She is a talented singer and songwriter, and has performed at the Royal Opera House and even... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - 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 Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird Synopsis Over the course of three years, journalist Thomas Laird spent more than sixty hours with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in candid, one-on-one interviews that covered history, science, reincarnation, and Buddhism. Laird brings these meetings to life in rich,... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa by Thomas Laird Synopsis This incredible, true story of adventure and international intrigue, based on previously undisclosed materials, is about a still-classified CIA mission to Tibet in 1949.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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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: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Exile from the Land of Snows Ri by John F Avedon Publisher Comments Now considered a classic, this is an eloquent and compellingly told account of the Dalai Lama's exile from Tibet after its conquest by China.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions (Philip E. Lilienthal Books) by Anne Marie Blondeau Publisher Comments The land of Tibet--its people, culture, and religion--has long been both an object of contention and a source of fascination. Since 1959, Tibet has also been at the center of controversy when China's "peaceful liberation" of the land of snows led to the... (read more) List Price $31.25 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tibet: Reflections From the Wheel of Life by Thomas L. Kelly Book News Annotation A beautifully illustrated coffee table book that should go well beyond the coffee table. Beginning with a foreword written by the Dalai Lama, the volume provides an intimate presentation of the Tibetan people through photographs and words. Annotation... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tibet :journey into a still land by John Stratton Publisher Comments This beautiful, large-format book seeks to show Tibet, its landscape, and the way of life of the people indigenous to it. Such has not always been the effect of the picture books that have appeared since Tibet opened up to the outside world around 1980.... (read more) List Price $55.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Warriors of Tibet: The Story of Aten and the Khampas' Fight for the Freedom of Their Country (Wisdom Tibet Book) by Jamyang Norbu Publisher Comments A gripping story of fierce Tibetan resistance to China's brutal invasion of Tibet.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Caught in Time, Tibet by John Clarke Publisher Comments In Lhasa, a noble family take a picnic in a park, the women's elaborate headdresses adorned with pearls. Travelling folk-opera singers pose in costumes and masks. Tibet covers an area as large as the UK, France and Germany combined, with a landscape that... (read more) List Price $23.25 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Demystifying Tibet History Culture Peopl by Lee Feigon Publisher Comments An accessible and concise one-volume complete history of Tibet from the seventh-centry origins of the Tibetian state to the Chinese 'colony' of today.... (read more) Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows by Lee Feigon Publisher Comments This authoritative view of the history and culture of Tibet comes at a time when this ancient land is in danger of losing its identity and culture under Chinese rule. In a compact narrative account, Lee Feigon describes Tibet's long and independent... (read more) List Price $17.90 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood by Orville Schell From Powells.com In 1953, a young Orville Schell happened upon a copy of Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer's classic account of living in Tibet during the second world war. He was hooked: "Harrer's book offered a fabulous escapist tale of an isolated, ancient... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 by Tsering Shakya Publisher Comments Based entirely on unpublished primary sources, Tsering Shakya's groundbreaking history of modern Tibet shatters the popular conception of the country as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments. Shakya gives a balanced... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan Publisher Comments An astonishing testament to true courage, the transformative power of love, and the ability of one man to make a real difference. In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan embarked on a yearlong journey around the globe, beginning with... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred Tibet (Art & Imagination) by Philip Rawson Publisher Comments Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tibetan Voices: A Traditional Memoir by Brian Harris Publisher Comments Brian Harris has combined images of Himalayan Buddhist culture with memoir-style accounts of Tibetan elders in India, Canada, and the United States.... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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