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Lhasa : Streets with Memories
Robert Barnett
Hardcover - $56.95
Robert Barnett juxtaposes first-hand accounts of the underground drive for Tibetan independence, architectural observations, and his own experiences in the city to offer a sharp yet lyrical exploration of Lhasa and its current status as both an ancie ...
Buddha's Warriors
Mikel Dunham
Hardcover - $47.95
Tibet in the last sixty years has been so much mystified and politicized that the world at large is confused about what really happened to the "Rooftop of the World" when Mao Tse-tung invaded its borders in 1950. There are dramatically conflicting ac ...
Tibet, Tibet : A Personal History of a Lost Land
Patrick French
Paperback - $24.95
At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Ti ...
Tibet, Tibet : A Personal History of a Lost Land
Patrick French
Hardcover - $41.95
When Patrick French was a teenager, the Dalai Lama visited his school in northern England. Fascinated by this exotic apparition, French began what was to become a lifelong quest to understand Tibet, the myth and the fact. He would immerse himself in ...
A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951 : The Demise of the Lamaist State
Melvyn C. Goldstein
Paperback - $90.95
The "Tibetan Question," the nature of Tibet's political status vis-a-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 argued t ...
A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2 : The Calm Before the Storm
Melvyn C. Goldstein
Hardcover - $128.95
It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened--and why--during the 1950s. In a book that continues the story of Tibet's history that he began in his acclaimed "A Hist ...
Trespassers on the Roof of the World : The Secret Exploration of Tibet
Peter Hopkirk
Paperback - $24.95
For centuries, Tibet has been the prize destination of determined explorers from England, Russia, and many other countries attempting to claim her for their own. Now, the widely acclaimed author of The Great Game presents a compelling history of the ...