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paperback. Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people thought about both Tibet and their home cultures. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349335282
- ISBN
- 9781349335282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardback. Using Kenneth Burke's concept of dramatism as a way of exploring multiple motivations in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015. The volume asserts that the self-immolation act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREC; HREP; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373731
- ISBN
- 9781137373731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. Tibet has long fascinated the West, but what really lies beyond our romantic image of a Buddhist mountain kingdom of peace and spirituality? Travelling through the country, the author meets warrior monks, nomads and a nun secretly fighting Chinese communist rule, but also young Tibetans with a more pragmatic attitude to their situation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950388
- ISBN
- 9780241950388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043595
- ISBN
- 9781849043595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.90
€ 26.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 172 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199735129
- ISBN
- 9780199735129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.27
€ 13.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. "The present edition, with minor revisions by the author, was first published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1972"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709019
- ISBN
- 9780804709019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Tuttle, Gray; Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Num Pages: 752 pages, Maps: 3,, Figures: 12,. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144681
- ISBN
- 9780231144681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.60
€ 175.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; BM; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062267412
- ISBN
- 9780062267412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.18
€ 19.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? This work explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India. Num Pages: 616 pages, 7 maps, 6 photos, 15 figures. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134712
- ISBN
- 9780231134712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623170301
- ISBN
- 9781623170301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.80
€ 21.99
€ 19.80
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559392570
- ISBN
- 9781559392570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 30.71
€ 47.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. In this companion to the "Tibetan Book of the Dead", seven Tibetan yoga texts, offer meditations used by Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers to attain Enlightenment. Commentaries precede the texts and an introduction compares Buddhism with European religion, philosophy and science. Editor(s): Evans-Wentz, W. Y.; Chen-Chi Chang. Num Pages: 434 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLC1; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195133141
- ISBN
- 9780195133141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.10
€ 30.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559393805
- ISBN
- 9781559393805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.07
€ 25.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Snow Lion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559394468
- ISBN
- 9781559394468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.66
€ 25.99
€ 21.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742566859
- ISBN
- 9780742566859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.14
€ 78.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kadar Lynn, Katalin. Num Pages: 450 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335485
- ISBN
- 9780880335485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86€ 45.72
€ 58.86
€ 45.72
Hardcover. A political biography of the Hungarian politician Tibor Eckhardt, with special emphasis on his years in the United States when he was the leader of the Hungarian National Committee. It is a study of Hungarian emigre politics and American policies before Word War II and during the Cold War, via-a-vis Hungary and the Hungarian National Committee. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336079
- ISBN
- 9780880336079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Paperback. Celebrate re-publication of this Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780819565365
- ISBN
- 9780819565365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.63
€ 15.99
€ 14.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595586209
- ISBN
- 9781595586209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGBA; HBJF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588807
- ISBN
- 9781595588807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.26
€ 18.99
€ 17.26