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" A beginner's guide to changing the world / "
Isabel Losada.
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BL
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1010846
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b765216
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| Uniform Title
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For Tibet, with love
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| Main Entry
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Losada, Isabel.
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A beginner's guide to changing the world /\ Isabel Losada.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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San Francisco :: HarperSanFrancisco,, ©2005.
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x, 371 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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006078010X
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: 0060834528
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: 9780060780104
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: 9780060834524
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| Notes
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Originally published: For Tibet, with love. London : Bloomsbury, 2004.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-371).
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| Contents
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The Quest -- Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change -- The Beginning of the Beginning -- Wednesdays Between Six and Eight -- Short History Lesson -- Waking Up in Kathmandu -- Meeting Khenpo La -- Yak Tea with the Rinpoche -- She Is So Naughty -- Closed Gates -- Head in the Clouds -- Breathe In, Breathe Out -- Bring Me Sunshine -- The Eyes of the Buddha Maitreya -- The Friendship Highway -- Who Are You? -- Official Visits -- What Did You Do in Lhasa? -- A Gentle Friendship -- The Courage to Change the Things I Can -- Helping the Helpers? -- May I Give You This Booklet? -- Wait a Minute, Sergeant -- Will You Come Next Week? -- You Need to Change the Chinese Mind-Set -- Head in the Sand -- The Free Tibet Campaign -- Can We Call You Back? -- Are You Busy Thursday Morning? -- Achievable Targets? -- What Next? -- Have You Written to Your Member of Parliament? -- Tits for Tibet? -- Getting Organized -- Princess Smarty-Pants -- So You Want to Form a Company? -- The Importance of Being Webwise -- Abandonment Issues -- Jumping for Money -- Changing Careers Again -- Grandfather Clocks and Angel Cake -- Hasn't Everyone Done That? -- Money Raising for the Wary -- Do They Think I'm Crazy? -- Not Falling, but Flying -- Asking Why -- Tea with the Ambassador -- The Dalai Lama's Representative in London -- Publicizing the Panchen -- A Mug with a Handle -- Doing Something -- Don't Dillydally -- Flames Won't Be Necessary -- Twenty-two and Climbing -- Vegetarians and Anarchists -- Red Alert -- What's the Bunting? -- Saturday Sport -- And the Wisdom to Know the Difference -- A Trip to Dhabamsala -- The Most Exciting Letter Ever -- Walk This Way! -- Words from Bapu -- Whatever You Say, Khenpo -- Don't Take the Bus -- Would You Like Some Masala Tea? -- Two Dogs Doing It -- David Beckham, Very Good Footballer -- Chicken Tonight -- It Is Helpful, Yes -- Tortured at Nineteen -- A Day Off -- Over the Hills to Far Away -- Wearing a Chupa -- An Honest Prime Minister -- Rehearsal with the Deputy Secretary -- Pinch Me, Someone -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- What Can I Do? -- Reading Books and Watching Videos -- Tibet -- China.
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Recounts the author's year-long visit to Tibet as part of her determination to take a more active role in fighting the Chinese occupation, describing her often haphazard participation in protest, fundraisers, and other activities.
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Losada, Isabel-- Travel-- China-- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Losada, Isabel.
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Politics and government
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Travel.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Description and travel.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Politics and government, 1951-
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China, Tibet Autonomous Region.
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| Dewey Classification
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951/.505
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DS786.L67 2005
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