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Alexandra David-Neel: Explorer at the Roof of the World

Alexandra David-Neel: Explorer at the Roof of the World

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Alexandra David-Néel, My Journey to Lhasa. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993, p. 153 . 2. Ibid., p. 154. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid., p. 156. 6. Ibid. 7. Ibid. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid., p. 159. Chapter 2 10. Quoted in Ruth Middleton, Alexandra David-Néel: Portrait of an ...
Initiations and Initiates in Tibet

Initiations and Initiates in Tibet

Alexandra David-Neel

Alexandra David-Neel. Chinnamastha, Dhumavati, Balagamukhi, Mathangi, and Mahalakshmi) will note a remote analogy between the rite described above and the chakra of the Shaktas who worship this goddess. Nevertheless, the object of ...
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling

The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling

Alexandra David-Neel

Alexandra David-Neel. many pieces. Several versions of this legend exist; one of them relates how, giving way under the torture that was imposed on him, the demon became converted and swore to become a protector of the Buddhist faith  ...
Immortality and Reincarnation: Wisdom from the Forbidden Journey

Immortality and Reincarnation: Wisdom from the Forbidden Journey

Alexandra David-Neel

In Immortality and Reincarnation Alexandra David-Neel, the first Western woman to see the forbidden city of Lhasa, Tibet, examines Taoist, Tibetan, and Hindu concepts concerning life after death.
Tibetan tale of love and magic

Tibetan tale of love and magic

Alexandra David-Néel

Tibetan Tale of Love and Magic is essentially the life story of a Tibetan highwayman around the beginning of this century, which he told to Alexandra David-Neel, prompted by the peculiar circumstances of their meeting.
Alexandra David-Neel: Portait of an Adventurer

Alexandra David-Neel: Portait of an Adventurer

Ruth Middleton

On the benches of the Sorbonne, in the salons and cafés, young people like Alexandra David were suddenly exposed to a cataclysm of ideas that would sweep away the safe, secure nineteenthcentury world into which they had been born.
The power of nothingness

The power of nothingness

Alexandra David-Neel

This exotic mystery involving the pursuit of a murderer across Tibet and into China is written by a Tibetan monk and a nineteenth-century adventuress
Magic and Mystery in Tibet

Magic and Mystery in Tibet

Madame Alexandra David-Neel

A practicing Buddhist and Oriental linguist recounts supernatural events she witnessed in Tibet during the 1920s.
Buddhism

Buddhism

Alexandra David-Neel

This author is the first Westerner to penetrate the sacred city of Lhasa in over 200 years. The text includes a description of the Buddha, Prince Siddhartha Guatama, the theory of Interdependent Origins, and other concepts of Buddhism.
Far Beyond the Garden Gate: Alexandra David-Neel's Journey ...

Far Beyond the Garden Gate: Alexandra David-Neel's Journey ...

Don Brown

Far Beyond the Garden Gate reveals an unforgettable life’s journey with vibrant, graceful prose and stunning illustrations.
Initiations and Initiates in Tibet

Initiations and Initiates in Tibet

Alexandra David-Neel

Noted authority discusses mystic rites and doctrines, methods of psychic training, various kinds of initiations and their aims, spiritual exercises, "gymnastics" of respiration, many other topics.
Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel

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AlexandraDavidNeel: Portrait ofan Adventurer. Boston: Shambhala, 1989. O' Reilly,James, and Larry Habegger. Tibet: TrueStories. San Francisco: Travelers' Tales, 2003. Oxford Atlasof Exploration. NewYork:Oxford University Press, 1997.
The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the ...

The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the ...

Barbara Foster

The definitive biography of the first European to explore Tibet at a time when foreigners were banned, this book draws on rare source material, including information from the secret files of the India office to offer a vividly detailed ...
Alice Neel: Colored People

Alice Neel: Colored People

Hilton Als

Alice Neel, Uptown' explores Neel's interest in the extraordinary diversity of twentieth century New York City and the people amongst whom she lived.
Alice Neel: Paintings and drawings, March 4-April 9, 2005

Alice Neel: Paintings and drawings, March 4-April 9, 2005

Alice Neel

... Miami Mary Cassat, Alice Neel, Karen Kilimnik: Painted Faces, The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA New Iívrk Renaissance: Masterworks Дот t/te Whitney Museum ofAmerican Art, Palazzo Reale, Milan ...
Formal Methods for Trustworthy Computer Systems (FM89): ...

Formal Methods for Trustworthy Computer Systems (FM89): ...

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ANNA Primary participants (project leader, group members): David C. Luckham, Sriram Sankar, David S. Rosenblum, Randall Neff, Geoffrey O. Mendal, Walter R. Mann, Neel Madhav, John Kenney. Survey contact: David C. Luckham ...
Alice Neel

Alice Neel

Ann Tempkin

This full-scale examination of the life & work of Alice Neel, one of the century's most powerfully original portraitists, includes essays by Ann Temkin, Susan Rothenberg, & Richard Flood.
Researching Trust and Health

Researching Trust and Health

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Julie Brownlie, Alexandra Greene, Alexandra Howson. Researching Trust and Health Edited by JulieBrownlie, Alexandra Greene and Alexandra Howson New York London First published 2008 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York,
Alice Neel: women

Alice Neel: women

Carolyn Kinder Carr

This book presents a collection of powerful portraits of women by one of the twentieth century's most intriguing artists. Alice Neel is largely regarded as one of the most important women artists of this century.
Pictures of People: Alice Neel's American Portrait Gallery

Pictures of People: Alice Neel's American Portrait Gallery

Pamela Allara

In this generously illustrated and vibrant chronicle of the life and work of prolific painter and bohemian eccentric Alice Neel, Pamela Allara shows how portraits from a career spanning the 1920s to the 1970s constitute a virtual gallery of ...
Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty

Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty

Phoebe Hoban

Phoebe Hoban's Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty tells the unforgettable story of a woman who forged a permanent place in the pantheon by courageously flaunting convention, both in her life and her work.
Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records

Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records

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The Parrots

The Parrots

Alexandra Shulman

Alexandra Shulman. Alexandra Shulman THE PARROTS Acknowledgements Follow Penguin By the same author Can We Still.
A entrega: mensagens de Jesus recebidas por Alexandra Solnado

A entrega: mensagens de Jesus recebidas por Alexandra Solnado

Alexandra Solnado

O primeiro momento deste contacto deu-se quando Alexandra Solnado passou por um momento de grande desespero - a filha estava à beira da morte e não havia nada a fazer, por isso não teve outra alternativa senão confiar ao céu a ...
Alexandra

Alexandra

Scott O''Dell

Tragedy forces Alexandra Papadimitrios, a member of a family of Florida sponge fishers, out of her traditional role into a new and dangerous course that leads her into all kinds of challenges, including the attentions of a handsome sea ...
Leaving Before the Rains Come

Leaving Before the Rains Come

Alexandra Fuller

The sequel to Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight. In her twenties Alexandra Fuller embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life.
Suspicion

Suspicion

Alexandra Monir

"If Alfred Hitchcock had directed Downton Abbey, the result would have been this book. Alexandra Monir takes us on a gripping, nonstop thrill ride with just the right amount of supernatural and an ending that you definitely won't suspect.
Kissed By

Kissed By

Alexandra Chasin

Alexandra Chasin. Who. Writes. This. Shit?! You're in your first year of college in the North, where you've always lived, and the boy you're in love with tells a room full of people that the music to which he would commit suicide is Pachel- bel's ...

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