Author: John Walter GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
To the Alps of Chinese Tibet
Author: John Walter GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
To the Alps of Chinese Tibet
Author: John Walter GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
To a Mountain in Tibet
Author: Colin ThubronPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062066056
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted." —Pico Iyer, New York Review of Books "Thubron walks for the dead and writes for the living, and I can't remember when I have been so thoroughly and deeply moved by an author's outward journey inward." —Bob Shacochis, Boston Globe New York Times bestselling author Colin Thubron returns with a moving, intimate, and exquisitely crafted travel memoir recounting his pilgrimage to the Hindu and Buddhist holy mountain of Kailas—whose peak represents the most sacred place on Earth to roughly a quarter the global population. With echoes of Peter Matthiessen’s The Snow Leopard, Peter Hessler’s Country Driving, and Paul Theoroux’s Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Thubron’s follow up to his bestselling Shadow of the Silk Road will illuminate, interest, and inspire anyone interested in traveling the world or journeying into the soul.
To the Alps of Chinese Tibet
Author: John Walter GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Land of Pure Vision
Author: David ZurickPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813145597
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen. In The Philosophy of War Films, David LaRocca compiles a series of essays by prominent scholars that examine the impact of representing war in film and the influence that cinematic images of battle have on human consciousness, belief, and action. The contributors explore a variety of topics, including the aesthetics of war as portrayed on-screen, the effect war has on personal identity, and the ethical problems presented by war. Drawing upon analyses of iconic and critically acclaimed war films such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Rescue Dawn (2006), Restrepo (2010), and Zero Dark Thirty (2012), this volume's examination of the genre creates new ways of thinking about the philosophy of war. A fascinating look at the manner in which combat and its aftermath are depicted cinematically, The Philosophy of War Films is a timely and engaging read for any philosopher, filmmaker, reader, or viewer who desires a deeper understanding of war and its representation in popular culture.
The Tibetan History Reader
Author: Gray TuttlePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231144695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
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 and religious studies and world civilizations. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, this anthology offers both a general and ..
The Geology and Physical Geography of Chinese Tibet, and Its Relation to the Mountain System of South-eastern Asia, from Observations Made During the Percy Sladen Expedition, 1922
Author: John Walter GregoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Tibet and Nationalist China's Frontier
Author: Hsaio-ting LinPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774859881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In this ground-breaking study, Hsiao Ting Lin demonstrates that the Chinese frontier was the subject neither of concerted aggression on the part of a centralized and indoctrinated Chinese government nor of an ideologically driven nationalist ethnopolitics. Instead, Nationalist sovereignty over Tibet and other border regions was the result of rhetorical grandstanding by Chiang Kai-shek and his regime. Tibet and Nationalist China's Frontier makes a crucial contribution to the understanding of past and present China-Tibet relations. A counterpoint to erroneous historical assumptions, this book will change the way Tibetologists and modern Chinese historians frame future studies of the region.
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: M. EpsteinPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1517
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The Literary Digest International Book Review
Author: Clifford SmythPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description