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A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye
Goldstein, Melvyn C.

Hardcover: $48.00 [57,600₩]

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This is the as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. Phunwang began his activism in school, where he founded a secret Tibetan Communist Party. He was... [More...]

Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the Iats, 2003, Volume 3 Power, Politics, and the Reinvention of Tradition: Tibet in the Seventeenth and Eighteent
International Association for Tibetan St

Hardcover: $138.00 [165,600₩]

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This volume focuses upon the relationships between the past and the present evoked in Tibetan literature, offering diverse perspectives on a critical period when Tibetans found themselves caught up in Central Eurasian struggles for power and territorial... [More...]

The Biographies of Rechungpa: The Evolutions of a Tibetan Hagiography
Roberts, Peter Alan

Hardcover: $192.00 [230,400₩]

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Rechung-pa (1084-1161) is a Tibetan folk-hero whose biography is one of the most well-known literary works in Tibet. This book traces the life story of the student of the famous teacher Milarepa using rare and little-known manuscripts. The author compares... [More...]

Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race
Hale, Christopher

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The compelling story of a trek across an exotic land– and the sinister consequences
It was an SS mission led by two complex individuals– one who was using the Nazis to pursue his own ends, and one so committed to Nazism that afterward he... [More...]

Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion
Dalai Lama

Hardcover: $30.25 [36,300₩]

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This is a book about a deeply spiritual culture's struggle to survive and maintain compassion in the face of tremendous aggression. The invasion by the Chinese Communists in 1949 led to massive destruction and repression, and to the occupation of Tibet,... [More...]

The Clear Mirror: A Traditional Account of Tibet's Golden Age
Gyaltsen, Sakyapa Sonam

Paperback: $18.65 [22,380₩]

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A rich blend of history, legend, poetry, adventure, and romance.

The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages
Beckwith, Christopher I.

Paperback: $56.34 [67,610₩]

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This richly detailed narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia.... [More...]

A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye
Goldstein, Melvyn

Paperback: $26.34 [31,610₩]

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"These extraordinary memoirs dictated by a key figure in the history of 20th century Sino-Tibetan relations are essential reading for all interested in understanding this important subject. The founder of the Tibetan Communist Party recalls vividly his... [More...]

Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China
Tuttle, Gray

Paperback: $31.20 [37,440₩]

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For nearly a century Chinese governments have been trying to integrate Tibet into the modern Chinese nation. Gray Tuttle unearths the surprising role Buddhism played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering relations between Tibet and... [More...]

Tears of the Lotus: Accounts of Tibetan Resistance to the Chinese Invasion, 1950-1962
McCarthy, Roger E.

Paperback: $47.94 [57,530₩]

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In 1949 Mao Tse-tung first sent his People's Liberation Army into the eastern Tibetan province of Amdo; he followed with an invasion of the province of Kham in 1950. Ill-prepared, disorganized and badly outnumbered, the small Tibetan armed forces were no... [More...]

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