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Lost Lhasa
Language: en
Pages: 234
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: ABRAMS

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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 Hi
Lhasa
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Robert Barnett
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alley
Tibet: The Lost Frontier
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Claude Arpi
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Lancer Publishers LLC

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Delving deep into the history of the Roof of the World, this book introduces us to one of the greatest tragedies of modern times, its principal characters as we
Lost in Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Richard Starks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-04 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen--flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as "The Hump"--were f
The Traditional Lhasa House
Language: en
Pages: 410
Authors: André Alexander
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

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This book looks at a particular type of indigenous architecture that has developed in the city of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The focus is on the vernacular re