The Seven Years In Tibet

Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : Tarcher
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874772176

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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Pdf

In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and imprisoned by British authorities. After several attempts, he escaped and crossed the rugged, frozen Himalayas, surviving by duping government officials and depending on the generosity of villagers for food and shelter.Harrer finally reached his ultimate destination-the Forbidden City of Lhasa-without money, or permission to be in Tibet. But Tibetan hospitality and his own curious appearance worked in Harrer's favor, allowing him unprecedented acceptance among the upper classes. His intelligence and European ways also intrigued the young Dalai Lama, and Harrer soon became His Holiness's tutor and trusted confidant. When the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1950, Harrer and the Dalai Lama fled the country together.This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of Tibetans. It is a must-read for lovers of travel, adventure, history, and culture. A motion picture, under the direction of Jean-Jacques Annaud, will feature Brad Pitt in the lead role of Heinrich Harrer.

Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : Spiral Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Explorers
ISBN : 1921196009

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Beyond Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Pdf

The full autobiography of one of the world's most wellknown adventurers. Heinrich Harrer, traveller, explorerand mountaineer led one of the most extraordinary livesof the twentieth century. He famously spent Seven Yearsin Tibet (published in 1953 and made into the filmstarring Brad Pitt in 1997) and was tutor, mentor and alifelong ......

Author : Peter Aufschnaiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Tibet (China)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114354470

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Peter Aufschnaiter's Eight Years in Tibet by Peter Aufschnaiter Pdf

This is a highly illustrated, personal account of Peter Aufschnaiter's eight-year sojourn in Tibet, characterized by his empathy for and understanding of Tibetan culture and enriched by his photographs and sketches. The text is a sensitive record of the Tibetans and their way of life and ends of the eve of the Chinese invasion that was to wreak such irreversible damage to this unique culture.

Author : Jean-Jacques Annaud,Becky Johnston,Laurence B. Chollet
Publisher : Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Seven years in Tibet (Motion picture)
ISBN : 1557043426

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The Seven Years in Tibet by Jean-Jacques Annaud,Becky Johnston,Laurence B. Chollet Pdf

To coincide with the October film from Mandalay/TriStar, this a beautiful hardcover book features color photos, the script, and story behind the epic movie based on the classic memoir of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis. 100 photos & drawings.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : NWU:35556035324680

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Lost Lhasa by Anonim Pdf

An account of an Austrian mountain climber's escape from a British internment camp in India during World War Two and his twenty-one-month journey through the Himalayas to safety in the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet.

Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780007323388

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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Pdf

A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Tibet
ISBN : 014007774X

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Return to Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Pdf

The bestselling author of "Seven Years in Tibet" presents this compelling mix of history, religion, and travel writing, which bears witness to the suffering and perseverance of the ancient civilization under Chinese rule.

Author : Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007347575

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The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer Pdf

A classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and terrifying climb in history.

Author : Thubten Jigme Norbu,Heinrich Harrer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047787778

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Tibet Is My Country by Thubten Jigme Norbu,Heinrich Harrer Pdf

The moving biography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, an elder brother of the fourteenth Dalai Lama. Thubten Norbu recalls the details of his life: his childhood, his recognition as a reincarnated lama, the story of his brother, and the exile of thousands of Tibetans from their homeland. Thubten Norbu told his story (it was actually taped) to Heinrich Harrer who spent Seven Years in Tibet (Harrer's account appeared in 1954) and was the tutor to the Dalai Lama.

Author : Ian Baker
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101117804

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The Heart of the World by Ian Baker Pdf

The myth of Shangri-la originates in Tibetan Buddhist beliefs in beyul, or hidden lands, sacred sanctuaries that reveal themselves to devout pilgrims and in times of crisis. The more remote and inaccessible the beyul, the vaster its reputed qualities. Ancient Tibetan prophecies declare that the greatest of all hidden lands lies at the heart of the forbidding Tsangpo Gorge, deep in the Himalayas and veiled by a colossal waterfall. Nineteenth-century accounts of this fabled waterfall inspired a series of ill-fated European expeditions that ended prematurely in 1925 when the intrepid British plant collector Frank Kingdon-Ward penetrated all but a five-mile section of the Tsangpo’s innermost gorge and declared that the falls were no more than a “religious myth” and a “romance of geography.” The heart of the Tsangpo Gorge remained a blank spot on the map of world exploration until world-class climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker delved into the legends. Whatever cryptic Tibetan scrolls or past explorers had said about the Tsangpo’s innermost gorge, Baker determined, could be verified only by exploring the uncharted five-mile gap. After several years of encountering sheer cliffs, maelstroms of impassable white water, and dense leech-infested jungles, on the last of a series of extraordinary expeditions, Baker and his National Geographic–sponsored team reached the depths of the Tsangpo Gorge. They made news worldwide by finding there a 108-foot-high waterfall, the legendary grail of Western explorers and Tibetan seekers alike. The Heart of the World is one of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory—an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on earth and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist faith.

Author : Alex McKay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136807091

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Pilgrimage in Tibet by Alex McKay Pdf

The Western image of Tibet as a sacred land is in many ways a mythical construction. But the Tibetans themselves have traditionally mapped out their land in terms of areas of sacred space, and pilgrimage, ensuring a high degree of mobility within all classes of Tibetan society. Pilgrims travelled to local, regional, and national centres throughout recorded Tibetan history. In recent years, pilgrimage has resumed in areas where it had been forbidden by the Chinese authorities, and has now become one of the most prominent religious expressions of Tibetan national identity. In this major new work, leading scholars of Asian pilgrimage traditions discuss historical and contemporary aspects of pilgrimage within the Tibetan cultural world. Myths and legends, material conditions, textual sources, a modern pilgrim's impressions, political and economic influences, biographies and contemporary developments - all these and many other issues are examined here. The result is an informative and often entertaining work which contributes greatly to our knowledge of the history and culture of Tibet as well as the wider issues of religious power and practice.

Author : Ekai Kawaguchi
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547020318

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Three Years in Tibet by Ekai Kawaguchi Pdf

This book is about an amazing three-year journey from 1899 to 1902 of a Buddhist monk from Japan making his way into Tibet which was closed to almost all foreigners at the time. The author provides a fascinating view of the culture, society, justice, domestic relations, politics, religion, etc. Kawaguchi a very admirable and knowledgeable figure also provides insight to the politics of Japan, Britain, Russia and the international relationships in Central Asia.

Author : Richard Starks,Miriam Murcutt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780762761906

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Lost in Tibet by Richard Starks,Miriam Murcutt Pdf

Author : Orville Schell
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0805043829

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Virtual Tibet by Orville Schell Pdf

What has made remote, mountainous Tibet and its only real celebrity, the Dalai Lama, so abidingly fascinating to the West? In Virtual Tibet, Orville Schell, one of the preeminent experts on modern China and Tibet, undertakes a strange and wondrous odyssey into our Tibetan fantasies. He recounts the spellbinding adventures of the Western explorers and spiritualists who for centuries were bent on reaching forbidden Tibet and the holy city of Lhasa. Simultaneously, Schell embarks on a parallel present-day journey from Beastie Boys' "Free Tibet" concerts to a re-creation of Lhasa in the high Argentine Andes -- the extravagant set of Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt. At once comic and insightful, Virtual Tibet takes us beyond the fantasies to the reality of an isolated country that has repeatedly won the West's adoration, and paid the price for believing that our allegiance is profound.

Author : John Kenneth Knaus
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822352341

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Beyond Shangri-La by John Kenneth Knaus Pdf

Beyond Shangri-La chronicles relations between the Tibetans and the United States since 1908, when a Dalai Lama first met with U.S. representatives. What was initially a distant alliance became more intimate and entangled in the late 1950s, when the Tibetan people launched an armed resistance movement against the Chinese occupiers. The Tibetans fought to oust the Chinese and to maintain the presence of the current Dalai Lama and his direction of their country. In 1958, John Kenneth Knaus volunteered to serve in a major CIA program to support the Tibetans. For the next seven years, as an operations officer working from India, from Colorado, and from Washington, D.C., he cooperated with the Tibetan rebels as they utilized American assistance to contest Chinese domination and to attain international recognition as an independent entity. Since the late 1950s, the rugged resolve of the Dalai Lama and his people and the growing respect for their efforts to free their homeland from Chinese occupation have made Tibet's political and cultural status a pressing issue in international affairs. So has the realization by nations, including the United States, that their geopolitical interests would best be served by the defeat of the Chinese and the achievement of Tibetan self-determination. Beyond Shangri-La provides unique insight into the efforts of the U.S. government and committed U.S. citizens to support a free Tibet.