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Peaks and Lamas: A Classic Book on Mountaineering, Buddhism and Tibet
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Peaks and Lamas: A Classic Book on Mountaineering, Buddhism and Tibet Paperback - 2004

by Pallis, Marco

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  • Title Peaks and Lamas: A Classic Book on Mountaineering, Buddhism and Tibet
  • Author Pallis, Marco
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1ST
  • Condition New
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Counterpoint, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-12-15
  • Features Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9781593760588
  • ISBN 9781593760588 / 1593760582
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects Asia, Central - Description and travel, Tibet (China) - Religion
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062615
  • Dewey Decimal Code 915.150

First line

THE STORY OF two Himalayan journeys which fills this book presented a peculiar difficulty in the telling, because of the many and sometimes bewildering sudden alternations of mood required of the reader.

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  • Ingram Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 115

About the author

Marco Alexander Pallis was a Greek-British author and mountaineer with close affiliations to the Traditionalist School. He wrote works on the religion and culture of Tibet.

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