Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso
Summary: A forefront Buddhist leader describes his witness to the torture and arrest of his family and teachers by Chinese authorities, his suffering at the sides of fellow monks under occupier "reeducation" practices, and his eventual escape to Tibet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Tibet, a once-sovereign nation for thousands of years, much of the country remains under harsh Communist Chinese rule and "patriotic re-education." The surviving Tibetan folk music shapes an endangered people's identity. Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan musicologist who fled for India at the age of two, returned home to capture the music of his people. He was arrested and sentenced to eighteen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TIBGovinda, Anagarika Brahmacari.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3923 GOVSummary: "When a young man notices several thefts of sought-after Tibetan mastiffs from local farms, he decides to sell his family's dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when he discovers their dog missing. His search to buy back his dog leads to a series of tragicomic events that threaten to tear the family apart, while showing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OLDLehman, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Umbrage Editions 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 951.5 LEHDalai Lama XIV
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 951.505 DALKendra, Judith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 951 KENFarrer-Halls, Gill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theosophical Pub. House 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 294.3923 FARRankin, Louise
Summary: Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta, in search of her stolen dog Pempa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RANGerstein, Mordicai.
Summary: After dying, a Tibetan woodcutter is given the choice of going to heaven or to live another life anywhere in the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1987
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC GERPeissel, Michel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.15 PEIThurman, Robert A. F.
Summary: Explores why the Dalai Lama has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but also highly probable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 THUSummary: Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THARobeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3923 THUO'Brian, Patrick
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBRScorsese, Martin
Summary: Documents Martin Scorsese's experience with the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people while making his film "Kundun."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: After the Chinese Nationalist Government fled to Taiwan, Soong Mei-ling remained in the public eye as the distant and mysterious "Madame Chiang." She continued the role she had played during her years in mainland China, remaining prominent in foreign affairs and devoted to her work with women and charitable causes. This program examines the second half of Madame Chiang's life: her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The original Ohm is a hand cast and hand hammered singing bowl made of pure brass. Accompanying this 3.5 inch diameter bowl is a classic hand carved wooden striker and has sewn felt cushion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Distributed by the Ohm store] 1990
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2 available in Sight and Sound Equipment, Call number: Music equipment-Singing bowl kit #2Call number: Music equipment-Singing bowl kit #3
Summary: Born into a prominent family in China, Soong Mei-ling was nonetheless thoroughly Western in thought and philosophy, having studied in America-one of the first Chinese women to do so. After marrying Chiang Kai-shek, the couple led a China embroiled in years of war and political intrigue. During World War II, she became the first Chinese national ever to address a joint session of the U.S....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Gyuto Monks
Contents: Yamantaka (27:44) -- Mahakala (26:58) -- #2 for Gaia (9:17).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rykodisc 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN GYUTesson, Sylvain
Summary: "The Art of Patience is an account of an expedition to the mountains of Tibet in search of the elusive snow leopard. After recovering from an accident, adventurer Sylvain Tesson and his traveling companions embraced the virtues of patience and silence, and were rewarded when the snow leopard revealed itself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.1 TESSummary: Part four of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes details the watershed Nixon-Mao diplomacy, Mao's death and its aftermath, and the legacy of his rule and philosophy. Scenes showing an aged and infirm Mao meeting with foreign emissaries and CPC assemblies reveal his determination to shape policy and preserve his imposing image as long as possible. Today's citizens who look back nostalgically on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006