The World Is What It Is, French Patrick

Автор: Patrick French
Название: India
ISBN: 0141041579 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141041575
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 11430.00 T
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Описание: India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any way to discover the `real` India? This book tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a vibrant democracy with one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

Автор: French, Patrick
Название: Tibet, Tibet
ISBN: 1400034175 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400034178
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 11010.00 T
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Описание: At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its history, agitated for its freedom, and risked arrest to travel through its remote interior. His love and knowledge inform every page of this learned, literate, and impassioned book.
Talking with nomads and Buddhist nuns, exiles and collaborators, French portrays a nation demoralized by a half-century of Chinese occupation and forced to depend on the patronage of Western dilettantes. He demolishes many of the myths accruing to Tibet–including those centering around the radiant figure of the Dalai Lama. Combining the best of history, travel writing, and memoir, Tibet, Tibet is a work of extraordinary power and insight.