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Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: Rachel H. Pang
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-03-13 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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The singular role of Shabkar in the development of the idea of Tibet Shabkar (1781–1851), the “Singer of the Land of Snows,” was a renowned yogi and poet
This Land of Snow
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Anders Morley
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-09 - Publisher: Mountaineers Books

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A passionate skier since he was a child, Anders Morley dreamed of going on a significant adventure, something bold and of his own design. And so one year in his
Princess in the Land of Snows
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Jamyang Sakya
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-05-01 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

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This is the story of a determined woman who overcame great obstacles in order to achieve religious freedom. Born in eastern Tibet, Jamyang Sakya married into th
The Dragon in the Land of Snows
Language: en
Pages: 630
Authors: Tsering Shakya
Categories: Business & Economics
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A history of modern Tibet, discussing the efforts of Tibetan leaders to maintain the country's independence in the face of increasing political pressures.
In Exile from the Land of Snows
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: John Avedon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-06 - Publisher: Vintage

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Tibet, “the roof of the world,” had been aloof and at peace for most of its 2,100 years. But in 1932, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, in his final testament, war