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1.The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai LamaThe Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
from Knopf
Price: $16.32

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Pico Iyer's new book subtitled "The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama" takes its title and theme from an essay by D. H. Lawrence about Walt Whitman and his poem, "The Song of the Open Road". Lawrence wrote "The great home of the Soul is the open road. Not heaven, not paradise, not `above'"... more info

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2.Seven Years in TibetSeven Years in Tibet
from Tarcher
Price: $10.17

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An amazing true story about the escape of a German from a POW camp in India during the second world war. Somehow he and his friend beat the odds and were allowed to stay in Tibet. I haven't seen the movie, but just cannot imagine that Brad Pitt could be convincing in this role.

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3.The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai LamaThe Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama
from University of California Press
Price: $15.26

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I am not an expert in this area, and just want a quick but balanced overview of the history between Tibet and China to form the basis of my own view of the situation. This book provides exactly that. Any one who read this book will appreciate the complexity of the relationship between the two.... more info

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4.China s Great Train: Beijing s Drive West and the Campaign to Remake TibetChina's Great Train: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet
from Times Books
Price: $17.16

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As a recent visitor to China where I took several trains I look for books about this fascinating country. This book is really a mix of the political history of Tibet and China and the building of the train line. The author gets into the background through the lives of some Tibetan people, by far the... more info

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5.Himmler s Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan RaceHimmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race
from Castle Books
Price: $9.99

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backgrounder for some of the Indiana Jones plots.
some good information interspersed with extraneous
sections. Too long.

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6.The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and MotifsThe Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
from Shambhala
Price: $40.95

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If you're interested in Tibetan Buddhist iconography for whatever reason you can't go wrong with this detailed book. The author's original illustrations provide a wealth of examples of images in Tibetan art, and the text provides rich historical and doctrinal background for understanding why the... more info

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7.Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet (Kodansha Globe)Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet (Kodansha Globe)
from Kodansha Globe
Price: $10.20

Customer Review:
Peter Hopkirk is a child of the British Empire, having been to many places where generally only mad dogs and English men dare venture; among other exploits he was a soldier with the late and largely unlamented Idi Amin. As a historian he has made a name for himself as a very capable chronicler of... more info

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8.A Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist SymbolsA Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
from Shambhala
Price: $18.45

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Tibetan Buddhist symbolism is extremely complex,yet in this volume artist/Buddhist Robert Beer makes it accessible and understandable. Beer divides the symbolism into identifiable categories such as "Eight Auspicious Symbols","Five Attributes of Sensory Enjoyment","Cosmological Symbols","Main Ritual... more info

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9.Tibet Through the Red Box: Through The Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book)Tibet Through the Red Box: Through The Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book)
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Price: $16.50

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I originally bought the bought mainly because of its Asian theme, a subject my younger child is currently fascinated with. However, what was most compelling about it was not the subject but the perspective. It is through those Czechoslovakian eyes that the cultural experience became special: my son... more info

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10.The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $11.56

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Easy and concise. The myths are removed, and you are presented with a unbais history of Tibet.

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