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Bibliographic Information
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Journeys on the Silk Road : a desert explorer, Buddha's secret library, and the unearthing of the world's oldest printed book
- Author
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Morgan, Joyce
- Publisher:
- Lyons Press,
- Pub date:
- 2012.
- Pages:
- viii, 325 p., [8] p. of plates :
- ISBN:
- 9780762782970
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Journeys on the Silk Road : a desert explorer, Buddha's secret library, and the unearthing of the world's oldest printed book
Morgan, Joyce
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Personal Author:
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Morgan, Joyce
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Title:
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Journeys on the Silk Road : a desert explorer, Buddha's secret library, and the unearthing of the world's oldest printed book / Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters.
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Publication info:
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Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2012.
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Physical description:
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viii, 325 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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General Note:
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Originally published: Sydney : Picador, 2011.
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Contents:
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The Great Race -- Signs of wonder -- The listening post -- The moon and the mail -- The Angels' Sanctuary -- City of sands -- Tricks and trust -- Key to the cave -- The hidden gem -- The thieves' road -- Affliction in the orchard -- Frozen -- Yesterday, having drunk too much -- Stormy debut -- Treasure hunters -- Hangman's Hill -- Facets of a jewel -- Shifting sands -- Scroll forward.
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MAIN
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Title subject:
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Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Prajñāpāramitā. Vajracchedikā. Chinese.
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Subject term:
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Trade routes--China.
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Subject term:
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East and West.
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Buddhist logic.
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Subject term:
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Buddhism--Influence--Western civilization.
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Buddhism--China--History--20th century.
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Geographic term:
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Silk Road.
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Added Entry-Personal Name:
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Walters, Conrad
