Books for Sale

Tibetans in Exile by Alan Twigg – George and Ingeborg Woodcock met the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, in 1961, and founded a humanitarian aid society that is still going strong, after more than 300 projects in the Himalayas and southern India. Alan Twigg reveals the hitherto unknown private lives of this extraordinary couple, interviews their friends and recounts ongoing efforts to assist Tibetans in Canada and Asia. – Published 2009
To the Navel of the World – by Peter Somerville-Large -Yaks and unheroic travels in Nepal and Tibet Peter Somerville-Large ventured to uncharted lands on that most uncompromising of beasts, the yak. The result is an extraordinarily engaging travel book, offering glimpses if the Himalayas, the Forbidden City and the Tibetans, Chinese and Nepalese. – Published 1987 – (paperback)
Tibetan Portrait The Power of Compassion – Photographs by Phil Borges Text by the Dalai Lama – Published 1996 – (hardcover)
Tibet Today – by the Foreign Languages Press, Peking 1974 “Photo book” – (paperback)
Tibet The Lost Civilization – by Simon Normanton – Published 1988 “Simon Normanton has skillfully woven together from the accounts of expeditions (and, in one case, of an Austrian mountaineer who lived in Lhasa during the Second World War) a vivid picture of a unique civilization. It is illustrated throughout by many remarkable early colour photographs, few of which have ever been seen.” – (hardcover)
Tibet – Work by a number of photographers who have travelled extensively in Tibet has been drawn together in this book. – Published 1988 – “Featuring stunning color photography, illuminating photo cations and accompanied by an in-depth essay on each country or place.” – (hardcover)
Tibet is my Country – The autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, brother of the Dalai Lama as told to Heinrich Harrier – Published 1961 – (hardcover)
Tibet Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama – by Pierre Toutain and Pierre Joffroy – Published 1987 – (hardcover)
Tibet – by Kevin Kling – Published 1985 Radiant photographs capture the very essence of one of the last great unexplored regions on earth – (paperback)
Tibet – A fascinating Look at the Roof of the World, Its People and Culture – by Elizabeth B. Booz Published by Passport Books, a travel guide 1986 – (paperback)
The Way to Freedom – By His Holiness, The Dalai Lama of Tibet The Way to Freedom” begins with the Dalai Lama’s gentle and profoundly eloquent exposition of the Buddha’s teachings and instructions presented in easy-to-understand steps. With unprecedented simplicity and beauty, he reveals the essence of Tibetan Buddhism to both novice and advanced students/practitioners. He also offers elegant, straightforward reflections on death, rebirth, karma, the Four Noble Truths and the cultivation of bodhisattva ideals and deeds: generosity, ethics, patience, effort, concentration, and wisdom. – Published 1974 – (hardcover)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead – by W.Y. Evans-Wentz – Published 1960 – The Tibetan Book of the Dead has its origins in the treasure texts said to have been hidden away by Padmasambhava, the Lotus Guru, in Tibet in the 8th century AD so that they could be revealed at an appropriate later time. As a funerary text and guide to the afterlife, The Tibetan Book of the Dead was read aloud to the dying or recently deceased so that they could recognize the true nature of the mind and thus attain enlightenment and liberation from the suffering associated with the endless cycle of death and rebirth. If we too can recognize the true nature of the mind, each one of us can become enlightened – (paperback)
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation – by W.Y. Evens-Wentz – Published 2000 – (paperback)
Idols on the Path – by T.Y. Pemba – The author is himself a doctor who spent many years working with Tibetan refugees, and he writes passionately and evocatively about his country and the barbarous injustice it has suffered. His novel is moving and astonishing in it indestructible spirit of optimism. – Published 1966 – (hardcover)
The Timely Rain Travels in New Tibet – by Stuart & Roma Gelder – Published 1964 – (hardcover)
Born in Tibet – by Chogyam Trungpa – Published 1977 – “Born in Tibet provides a unique account of the tradition of Buddhism as it flourished in Tibet, told by one of the leading contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism.” – (paperback)
My Land and My People Memoirs of the Dalai Lama of Tibet – Published 1962 – (paperback)
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road The search for the lost cities and treasures of Chinese Central Asia – by Peter Hopkirk The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years; however, legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese. – (paperback)
Secret Visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama – by Samten Karmay “This beautiful manuscript recounts in words and images the visionary experiences of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzabg Gyamtso (1617-1682). A new discovery, it is the sole illustrated secret autobiography known to exist in the world.” – (large “coffee table” hardcover)
The Splendors of Tibet -by Audrey Topping – Published 1980 “In Tibet, the past and present exist side by side, and the conflicts and contacts between an ancient culture and the impact of modern life are overwhelming. Audrey Topping has photographed for the first time much of the magnificent sacred art treasures that are hidden from view in Tibet’s three structures: The Potala Palace of the Dalai Lamas; the Jokhang, Temple of the Precious One; and the Drepung Monastery, known as the Rice Heap.” – (hardcover)
The Potala Palace of Tibet Palace on the World’s Rooftop – by People’s Art Publishing House, Shanghai “For many years, the Potala remains mysterious and few foreigners have been able to pay it a visit. This album is the first book to give the reader an inside picture.” -(large hardcover)
Tibet – by Jugoslovenska Revija, Belgrade and the Shanghai People’s Art Publishing House “Never before has Tibet, ancient and mysterious, been so open to the eyes of Westerners as in this magnificent book.” – (large hardcover)
Determination Tibetan Women & the Struggle for an Independent Tibet – by Carol Devine – Published 1993 “Determination presents with clarity, skill and sympathy the issues with confront Tibetan women. It is also the first work which deals exclusively with the Tibetan women’s participation in the …political process, whether it is Tibet or in exile, and as such deserves to be read by a larger audience.” – (paperback)
Freedom in Exile The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama – by Tenzin Gyatso – (paperback and hard cover)
Return to Tibet Tibet after the Chinese Occupation – by Heinrich Harrer – Published 1983 – (paperback)
Forgotten Kingdom – by Peter Goullart – “Peter Goullart went to Yunnan, a Province in South West China, to organize Industrial Cooperatives for the Chinese Government. He gives an enthralling picture of Likiang town and its irrepressible inhabitants.” – Published 1955 – (paperback)
Land of the Snow Lion An Adventure in Tibet – by Elaine Brook – “Elaine Brook is one of the first English women to have explored Tibet since the Chinese occupation of 1951.” – (paperback)
A Tibetan on Tibet – the travels and observations of Mr Paul Sherap (Dorje Zodba) of Tachienlu; with an introductory chapter on Buddhism and a concluding chapter on the Devil Dance – by G.A. Combe – First published 1926 – (paperback)
Nomads of Western Tibet The Survival of a Way of Life – Photography and text by Melvyn C. Goldstein and Cynthia M. Beall “For sixteen months between June 1986 and June 1988, Melvyn Goldstein and Cynthia Bell lived with a community of some three hundred Tibetan nomads at altitudes above 16,000 feet in yak-hair tents, weathering temperatures which reached below zero, drinking butter-salt tea, and eating tsamba – popped and ground barley – and mutton. This copiously illustrated book is their fascinating account of these remarkable people, of their traditional way of life and their continuing struggle for cultural survival.” – (hardcover)
Seven Years in Tibet – by Heinrich Harrer – Autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet. From destitute vagabond, he rose to the position of tutor and confidant to the fourteen-year-old Dalai Lama. Until their parting in 1950, when the Chinese Communists overran the country, his close relationship with the revered holy man profoundly altered his way of living, even his way of thinking. – Published 1953 – (hardcover)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead Liberation through understanding in the between – Translated by Robert A.F.Thurman – Published 1994 – (paperback)
Paul Horn CD – (March 17, 1930 – June 29, 2014) – The Journey To The Roof Of The World represents a musical odyssey beginning in Kathmandu, Nepal and ending at the Samye Monastery in Tibet, where Tibetan Buddhism is said to have originated. It is a n intimate musical syntheses of folk and sacred music as well as a series of encounters with the people, structures, sights and sounds of Tibet which reflect the spirit of this great culture.
Tibetan Traditional Songs by Tashi Lhamo CD