In Exile from the Land of Snows

Name: In Exile from the Land of Snows
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ISBN: 9780060977412

ISBN-10: 0060977418

ISBN-13: 9780060977412

Edition: Revised

Authors: John F. Avedon, John Avedon

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Now considered a classic, this is an eloquent and compellingly told account of the Dalai Lama's exile from Tibet after its conquest by China.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/10/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface to the Harper Perennial Edition


Preface



Before the Fall 1933-1950



Occupation 1950-1959



In Exile from the Land of Snows 1959-1960



Reconstruction 1960-1974



The Fight for Tibet 1959-1984



Tibetan Medicine: The Science of Healing



On Pilgrimage with the Dalai Lama



The Wheel of Protection



Tibet Enslaved 1959-1965



The Long Night 1966-1977



Return 1977-1984


Afterword


An Interview with the Dalai Lama


The Value of Religion for Society


His Life


Tibet: Today and Tomorrow


The Universe: Mind and Matter


Cyclic Existence and Sentient Beings


Emptiness: The Two Truths


Notes to pages 361-411


Chronology of Major Tibet-Related Events


A Note on Sources


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index