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Title
Journeys on the Silk Road : a desert explorer, Buddha's secret library, and the unearthing of the world's oldest printed book
Author
Morgan, Joyce.
Publisher:
Lyons Press,
Pub date:
2012.
Pages:
viii, 325 p., [8] p. of plates :
ISBN:
9780762782970
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1 copy available at Aurora Campus.
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ISBN:
9780762782970
ISBN:
0762782978
Personal Author:
Morgan, Joyce.
Title:
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.
Publication info:
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2012.
Physical description:
viii, 325 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: Sydney : Picador, 2011.
Contents:
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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AURORA
Title subject:
Tripi·taka. S¯utrapi·taka. Prajñ¯ap¯aramit¯a. Vajracchedik¯a. Chinese.
Subject term:
Trade routes--China.
Subject term:
East and West.
Subject term:
Buddhist literature--Influence--Western civilization.
Subject term:
Buddhism--Influence--Western civilization.
Subject term:
Buddhism--China--History--20th century.
Geographic term:
Silk Road.
Added Entry-Personal Name:
Walters, Conrad.
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