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Author:

Carroll, Charlie, author.

Title:

Peaks on the horizon : two journeys in Tibet / Charlie Carroll.

Publisher:

Soft Skull Pressan imprint of Counterpoint,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

367 pages : map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Carroll, Charlie--Travel--Tibet Autonomous Region.--Tibet Autonomous Region.
British--Tibet Autonomous Region--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.
Tibetans--Nepal--Biography.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Description and travel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Chig -- My snow leopard -- Nyi -- Western treasure -- Soom -- Ancient Tibet -- Shi -- Amdo days -- Nga -- The highest railway in the world -- Doog -- Lhasa : I -- Dün -- Lhasa : II -- Gye -- Goddess Water -- Gu -- Hero town -- Chu -- Panchen -- Chu-chig -- Nangma -- Chu-nyi -- Pilgrims' progress -- Chu-soom -- 88-48, that's my number -- Chu-shi -- The Friendship Highway -- Chö-nga -- 'The days and nights will drag on slowly in suffering'.

Summary:

A high school English teacher, Charlie Carroll took a sabbatical and set out to experience Tibet. In a teahouse at the border between China and Tibet, he met Lobsang, a Tibetan exile who was forced to flee the volatile region with his family at the age of five.

ISBN:

1619024845
9781619024847

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)