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Escape from the Land of Snows
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Stephan Talty
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-18 - Publisher: Crown

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The remarkable true story of the miraculous journey that made the Dalai Lama into the man he is today and sparked the fight for Tibetan freedom “A hair-raisin
The Dragon in the Land of Snows
Language: en
Pages: 630
Authors: Tsering Shakya
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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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
Demystifying Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Lee Feigon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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Recounts the history of Tibet, describes how its culture is more similar to that of central Asia than to that of China, and argues that the idea that Tibet is p
Authenticating Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Anne-Marie Blondeau
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-08 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Since 1959, Tibet has been at the centre of controversy, after China's 'peaceful liberation' of the Land of Snows led to the Lhasa uprising and the Dalai Lama's