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1	The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying more books like this by Sogyal Rinpoche (Read by), Michael Toms (Read by), Charles T Tart (Read by) add to wishlist Explains the Tibetan understanding of what happens when a person dies, and how this can help in a person's daily life, in caring for the terminally ill and the bereaved, and to deepen one's understanding of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.21! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Golden Buddha more books like this by Clive Cussler add to wishlist In this naval thriller, Captain Juan Cabrillo and his crew of intelligence officers work to strike a deal to return the Dalai Lama to Tibet. However, before Juan can forge such a deal he must find his bargaining chip: the legendary Golden Buddha, which hides records of a hidden oil field. The catch: they have only four days to complete their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living more books like this by Pema Chodron add to wishlist The result of a month-long retreat where Chodron used the "lojong teachings" (maxims or sayings) of Tibetan tradition along with the meditation practice known as "tonglen" meditation to bring forth an awareness of compassion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight more books like this by James Redfield add to wishlist In this fictional adventure story, the author of THE CELESTINE PROPHECY and THE TENTH INSIGHT tells of a journey to the land of Tibet in search of centuries-old wisdom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Tibetan Book of the Dead more books like this by Karma-Glin-Pa, Professor Robert Thurman (Translator) add to wishlist The most prominent expert on Tibetan Buddhism in the West offers a translation of this essential book of Tibetan philosophy that captures the true spirit and poetry of the original work--a profound book that reveals the nature of the mind and its manifestations and offers pure enlightenment. see all copies from $6.35! new only from $10.78! \| SVS
6	Everest: The West Ridge more books like this by Thomas F Hornbein add to wishlist In one of mountaineering's great-st adventure stories, Thomas Hombein tells of his and Willi Unsoeld's dramatic first ascent of Everest's West Ridge -- a route that had been dismissed as hopeless by all previous expeditions. Part of the first successful American expedition, Hombein and Unsoeld ascended beyond "the point of no return" to make the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Prayer of the Dragon more books like this by Eliot Pattison add to wishlist Former Beijing investigator Shan becomes our Don Quixote. . . . Set against a background that is alternately bleak and blazingly beautiful, this is at once a top-notch thriller and a substantive look at Tibet under siege" ("Publishers Weekly"). see all copies from $2.49! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Seven years in Tibet more books like this by Heinrich Harrer add to wishlist The author became the Dalai Lama's tutor when he was imprisoned in an Indian internment camp by the British after World War II was declared, then escaped and made his way over the frozen Himalayas to Lhasa. This is the story of his stay in Tibet, from 1939 to 1950 when the Chinese invaded. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, the - Revised Edition: New Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism more books like this by Sogyal Rinpoche, Sogyal, Andrew Harvey (Editor) add to wishlist With refreshing clarity, humor, and contemporary awareness, the foremost interpreter of Tibetan Buddhist thought explores the importance of transforming our attitudes toward death so that we may live to learn. Inspired by the wisdom of never-before-translated Tibetan texts, yet grounded in modern scientific research, Sogyal reveals the benefits of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Essential Tibetan Buddhism more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman add to wishlist An insider's guide to Tibetan Buddhism written for general readers by the first American Tibetan Buddhist monk. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Orphans of the Cold War America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival more books like this by John Kenneth Knaus add to wishlist The secret war for Tibet, told by the CIA veteran who helped run American covert operations to support the Tibetan resistance and the Dalai Lama.. For decades, the United States ran covert operations into Tibet in an attempt to help Tibetan exiles take back their country from the Chinese. These operations have never been discloseduntil now. John ... see all copies from $3.64! new only from $3.90! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Lord of Death more books like this by Eliot Pattison add to wishlist In the latest work in the Tao Yun Shan series, Shan, an exiled Chinese national, has a murder investigation to solve. The life of his son depends on it. A powerful picture of courage in the face of tyranny.--"The Washington Post." see all copies from $12.46! new only from $14.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice more books like this by Dalai Lama, Bstan-'Dzin-Rgy, His Holiness the Dalai Lama add to wishlist A lucid and profound yet eminently readable introduction to [Tibetan Buddhism].--Library Journal see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Skull Mantra more books like this by Eliot Pattison add to wishlist When a headless corpse is found by a prison work gang on a windy Tibetan mountainside, veteran police inspector, Shan Tao Yun might seem the perfect man to solve the crime - except that he himself is serving an indefinite sentence in the gulag for offending the Party in Beijing. Desperate to close the case before an American tourist delegation ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 more books like this by Tsering, Tsering Shakya add to wishlist This scholarly history of modern Tibet chronicles the pain and suffering that followed the Chinese invasion in 1950, and the efforts of the Chinese government to assert (or reassert) its control over the region. Shakya fled Tibet in 1967. He chastises the West for failing to take a strong stance on human rights, and criticizes failed initiatives ... see all copies from $3.54! new only from $3.93! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Way of the White Clouds more books like this by Lama Anagarika Govinda, Robert A F Thurman (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Third Eye more books like this by T Lobsang Rampa add to wishlist A story of turn-of-the-century Tibet, seen through the eyes of a Tibetan child and told through the body of a Western layman. A seven-year-old boy leaves home to enter Chakpori Lamasery, where he learns the mystic arts of the centuries and experiences the highest honour of a Tibetan's life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.12! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Women of Wisdom more books like this by Tsultrim Allione add to wishlist By gathering together biographies of six Tibetan female mystics, and by describing her own experiences as a Tibetan Buddhist nun, the author provides an inspirational account of women who have attained enlightenment and liberation in a variety of difficult situations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas more books like this by Professor Robert Thurman, Tad Wise add to wishlist Renowned Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman led a group of students--including co-author Tad Wise--on a spiritual adventure through the forbidding landscape of remote western Tibet. Together the authors take readers to sites few Westerners have seen: sacred graveyards, majestic monasteries, and meditation caves of ancient masters. Chronicling the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20	The Ascent more books like this by Jeff Long add to wishlist The treacherous "dark side" of Mount Everest is the setting for this high-stakes adventure, the story of ten men and two women who pit themselves against the "ultimate summit". The ascent is the supreme test of physical and emotional discipline. Yet the mountain, in its otherworldly, ice-sheathed beauty, offers two of the climbers a special ... see all copies from $2.59! new only from $28.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Sorrow mountain : the journey of a Tibetan warrior nun more books like this by Ani Pachen, Adelaide Donnelly add to wishlist In this memoir, a woman tells of her life as a member of the Tibetan resistance, her long and painful imprisonment after having been captured by the Chinese, and her eventual release and flight to Dharamsala, the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Dalai Lama, My Son: A Mother's Story more books like this by Diki Tsering, Khedroob Thondup (Editor) add to wishlist In this autobiography, the mother of Tenzin Gyatso relates her own life in Tibet and recalls from her own perspective the events surrounding the discovery that her son was the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. She tells of life in the court in Lhasa prior to the arrival of the Chinese in 1949--and reflects on her son's unique status as world leader ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Tiger Adventure more books like this by Willard Price add to wishlist One of Willard Price's adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. The boys are in India to investigate rare, beautiful and dangerous creatures for their zoologist father. As well as facing tigers, cobras, bears and elephants, they take on an idle sponger who thinks animals are for shooting. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.06! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Search for the Panchen Lama more books like this by Isabel Hilton add to wishlist In May 1995, a seven-year-old Tibetan boy was taken from his home with his parents and younger brother by Chinese security services. Neither the boy nor his family has been seen since. His devotees believe him to be the 11th incarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second most important in the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy. In this text, Isabel Hilton ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Born in Tibet more books like this by Chogyam Trungpa add to wishlist This biography of Chogyam Trungpa covers his childhood and religious life in Tibet and ends with his flight to freedom with the Dalai Lama. Trungpa is famous for being the first Tibetan monk to teach in English in the West and for founding the Naropa Institute. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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