Tenzin Geyche Tethong

Summary: "This beautifully illustrated chronicle presents an in-depth, firsthand narrative of the Dalai Lama's life story and the Tibetan saga. From remembrances of those close to him, and a treasure trove of over 400 images of Tibet's priceless visual heritage, it preserves a record of what it was like to create a nation from nothing, in exile, and how His Holiness rallied endlessly for his people. A...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DALAI LAMA XIV TET

Norman, Alexander

Summary: "The first definitive biography of the Dalai Lama-a story by turns inspiring, surprising-from an acclaimed Tibetan scholar with exceptional access to his subject"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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Rau, Dana Meachen

Summary: "Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today. Two-year-old Lhamo Thondup never imagined he would be anything other than an ordinary child, but after undergoing a series of tests, he was proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. By age 15, he found himself the undisputed leader of six million people who were facing the threat of a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who Dalai

Summary: Chronicles the life of writer, poet, and meditation master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers, whose students include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Royal Family of Bhutan.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Alive Mind 2011

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRI

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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