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The Heart of the World

Autor Ian Baker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iun 2020
Ian Baker's memoir of his journey to the long-hidden source of the Shangri-La myth - 'one of the most extraordinary tales of adventure and discovery ever told' (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780500252437
ISBN-10: 0500252432
Pagini: 528
Ilustrații: 1 black and white map plus colour plates; 25 Illustrations, color
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Thames & Hudson

Cuprins

Preface
Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Call of Hidden-Lands
The Gorge
The Mountain
The Waterfall
The Veils of Paradise
Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index, and List of Illustrations

Recenzii

"The Heart of the World is among the most complex, compelling and satisfying adventure books I have ever read.... Baker has written one for the ages." —The San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Up to its chin in physical adventure. Reading the book is itself a big, almost a transcendent, experience." —Adventure Magazine
 

Notă biografică

Ian Baker has lived in Kathmandu, Nepal, and been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for more than twenty years. He studied fine arts, literature, and comparative religion at Middlebury College, Oxford University, and Columbia University. He has written several books on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, including The Tibetan Art of Healing, Celestial Gallery, and The Dalai Lama’s Secret Temple: Tantric Wall Paintings from Tibet. He is also the coauthor of Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life and has contributed articles to Explorers Journal and National Geographic magazine. He currently divides his time among New York, Thailand, and the Himalayas.