Ian Baker

The Heart of the World

A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise

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Produktbeschreibung

Ian Bakerà â â s memoir of his journey to the long-hidden source of the Shangri-La myth à â â à â Ë one of the most extraordinary tales of adventure and discovery ever toldà â â (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780500252437
• ISBN-10: 0500252432
• Artikelnr.: 59359590

Autorenporträt

Ian A. Baker is a cultural historian and the author of seven books on Tibetan Buddhism and Himalayan art and culture, including The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple and The Tibetan Art of Healing. He was joint curator of the 2016 exhibition 'Tibet's Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism' at the Wellcome Collection, London. He leads travel seminars in Tibet and Bhutan and was named by the National Geographic Society as one of the seven 'Explorers for the Millennium' for his groundbreaking field research in Tibet's Tsangpo Gorges.

Inhaltsangabe

New preface by author . Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama . Part I
The Call of the Hidden Lands . Part II
The Gorge . Part III
The Mountain . Part IV
The Waterfall . Epilogue