Vintage, September 2004. Trade Paperback. 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 Tibet since he was a......
Harper Perennial, March 2004. Trade Paperback. Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were.....
Oxford University Press, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 462 pages. Mostly illustrated in black-and-white with a 5 page section in color. First American edition (first printing). A Near fine copy in a dust jacket with light fading to the spine. A heavy book.
Snow Lion, January 1987. Trade Paperback. "Outstanding resource" (Pacific Sun) gives voice to the major Western women scholars of Tibetan Buddhism.
Broadway Books, March 2011. Trade Paperback. "Enticing . . . hard to put down."--Associated Press - "A fascinating romp through the feminine side of the infamous Khan clan."--Booklist The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. The daughters of the Silk Route.....
Thomas Dunne Books, February 2003. Hardcover. With 250 accompanying photographs, Michael Peissel tells the history of the early Tibetans and the subsequent golden age of Tibetan Buddhism under the monk Richen Zampo. He examines the spiritual aspects that are so important in Tibetan life and the modern international success of.....
Aperture, June 2005. Hardcover.
Houghton Mifflin, January 1970. Hardcover.
University of California Press, August 1990. Hardcover. One of the world's spiritual leaders and a renowned wilderness photographer combine their vision of Tibet in this stunningly beautiful book. Essays by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama appear with Galen Rowell's dramatic images in a moving presentation of the splendors of Tibet's revered.....
Writers Center of Marin, January 2003. Trade Paperback.
Oxford University Press, 1979. Trade Paperback. 462 pages. Mostly illustrated in black-and-white with a 5 page section in color.
Lonely Planet Publications, September 2001. Hardcover.
McSweeney's, April 2011. Hardcover. Decades of military oppression in Burma have led to the systematic destruction of thousands of ethnic minority villages, a standing army with one of the world's highest number of child soldiers, and the displacement of millions of people. Nowhere to Be Home is an eye-opening collection.....
Penguin (Non-Classics), January 2007. Trade Paperback. The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer.....
Imprimerie d'Extreme-Orient, 1916. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 25 pages. 250 Khmer (Cambodian) proverbs, with French translations. This is an offprint from the Bulletin de l'Ecole Francais d'Extreme-Orient, T. XV, n. 3. First separate edition. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), with the original glassine cover.
Viking Adult, June 1991. Hardcover.
Snow Lion Graphics, 1987. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 338 pages. In 1948 the author began to assist the Tibet government in setting up a radio network. The book tells the story of his capture and imprisonment by the Chinese in 1950 and his release in 1955. First edition (first printing).....
Last Gasp, September 2008. Hardcover. A sensitive and personal portrayal featuring 889 pictures of ten tribes from Thailand, Laos, Burma, Vietnam and the Philippines. This original and innovative book embodies traditions that have evolved over thousands of years and which are slowly vanishing. A lavish production and an invaluable historical.....
Society for the Conservation of National Art Treasures, January 1980. Hardcover.
Rupa, 1992. Trade Paperback.
Picador, September 2000. Trade Paperback. Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey--a solo bicycle voyage around.....
Shambhala, October 2003. Hardcover. In the midst of the devastation that has been wrought on their culture, the monk dancers in the Shechen monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, are devoted to preserving the sacred dances central to the Tantric tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The dances, which originated in India and flourished.....
Didier Millet, August 2007. Hardcover. In Kuala Lumpur, one of the most modern cities in Asia, it is easy to overlook the blend of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures and the corresponding traditional and colonial architectural treasures. However, with artist Chin Kon Yit and architect Chen Voon Fee as guides.....
Spiegel & Grau, September 2010. Trade Paperback. An eye-opening account of life inside North Korea--a closed world of increasing global importance--hailed as a "tour de force of meticulous reporting" (The New York Review of Books) NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST In this landmark addition.....
Penguin (Non-Classics), March 1996. Trade Paperback. Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by the ruling military junta. Today she remains under house arrest in Rangoon, despite an overwhelming victory by her party in May 1990.