Tibet | Asian History Books

War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet

March 22, 2015

In this stunning read, veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis presents a revelatory history of the complicated and volatile conflicts that entangle one of the most beautiful and remote parts of the world. Sale Price:$5.20 0415927129
The Tibetan History Reader

March 22, 2015

Answering a critical need for an accurate, in-depth history of Tibet, this single-volume resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies. Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, the volume is organized chronologically and regionally to complement courses in Asian […]
A Modern Liberation Odyssey: Autobiography of Tibetan Buddhist Nomad Lama

March 22, 2015

The life history of a re-incarnated Tibetan Buddhist lama as he progresses from a humble beginning in a totalitarian society to a state of difficult yet full engagement with the Buddhadharma. Sale Price:$12.16 1938223594
Tibet: A History

March 22, 2015

Situated north of the Himalayas, Tibet is famous for its unique culture and its controversial assimilation into modern China. Yet Tibet in the twenty-first century can only be properly understood in the context of its extraordinary history. Sam van Schaik brings the history of Tibet to life by telling the stories of the people involved, […]
The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the First British Expedition to Tibet

March 22, 2015

A virtuoso work of narrative history about two societies whose relationship is of urgent interest todayThe High Road to China traces two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: the first British mission to Tibet, and the Panchen Lama’s state visit to China to mark the emperor’s seventieth birthday.In […]
Trans-Himalaya (Volume 1 of 2) : Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet

March 22, 2015

We pass through one zone of vegetation after another. The flora of the plain is left far behind; now the eye notices new forms in new zones—forms characteristic of the various heights of the southern slopes of the Himalayas—and at last appear the dark deodar forests, the royal Himalayan cedars, with their luxuriant green foliage, […]
Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936-1947

March 22, 2015

During the 1930s and 1940s the British cultivated political and social relations with the Tibetan elite. This photographic study reveals the way in which the city, its palaces, monasteries and mansions became the backdrop for a social world in which the British and Tibetans interacted. During the 1930s and 1940s the British cultivated close political […]
Tibet: Caught in Time (Caught in Time: Great Photographic Archives)

March 22, 2015

In Lhasa, a noble family take a picnic in a park, the women’s elaborate headdresses adorned with pearls. Travelling folk-opera singers pose in costumes and masks. Tibet covers an area as large as the UK, France and Germany combined, with a landscape that includes magnificent glaciers and Himalayan peaks, but also high plateaux and valleys […]
Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story Of Five American Airmen, A Doomed Plane, And The Will To Survive

March 22, 2015

Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen–flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as “The Hump”–were forced to bail out just seconds before their plane ran out of fuel. To their astonishment, they found they had landed in the heart of Tibet. There they had to confront […]

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