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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

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Aurora Campus.
  

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    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    CB251 .M6375 2012	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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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.

  Held by:

  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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