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" Sacred sea : "
Peter Thomson.
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BL
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1033158
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b787528
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| Main Entry
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Thomson, Peter.
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| Title & Author
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Sacred sea : : a journey to Lake Baikal /\ Peter Thomson.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0198038119
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: 0198038119
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: 1435609522
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: 6611156429
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: 9780198038115
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: 9781435609525
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: 9786611156428
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0195170512
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9780195170511
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-308) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. The Sacred Sea. A Flash of Blue Light -- Songs and Whispers -- The Earth Splits, Water Rushes In -- Into the Lake-Shallow -- Into the Lake-Deep -- Buryatia, in Black & White and Color -- On the Trail with Pod Boy and Monkey Mind -- Bad Roads are Good for Baikal -- Traveling and Staying Home -- pt. 2. 180°. The Long Way Home -- The Great Circle -- Zigzag to Russia -- Power in the East -- Across the Sleeping Land -- Angels and Ghosts in Irkutsk -- pt. 3. Baikal, Too, Must Work. One of the Best Enterprises in Russia -- Righteousness, Uncertainty and the Point of No Return -- Connecting the Dots -- Dr. Hope and Dr. Despair -- Blind Love is a Dangerous Thing -- 360° -- Epilogue: The Great Baikal Chain.
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Author's Note. Prologue: Blagopoluchnoe. Part One: The Sacred Sea. 1. A Flash of Blue Light. 2. Songs and Whispers. 3. The Earth Splits, Water Rushes In. 4. Into the Lake-Shallow. 5. Into the Lake-Deep. 6. Buryatia, in Black & White and Color. 7. On the Trail with Pod Boy and Monkey Mind. 8. Bad Roads are Good for Baikal. 9. Traveling and Staying Home. Part Two: 180°. 10. The Long Way Home. 11. The Great Circle. 12. Zigzag to Russia. 13. Power in the East. 14. Across the Sleeping Land. 15. Angels & Ghosts in Irkutsk. Part Three: Baikal, Too, Must Work. 16. One of the Best Enterprises in Russia.
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Thomson, Peter-- Travel-- Russia (Federation)-- Baikal, Lake.
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Natural history-- Russia (Federation)-- Baikal, Lake.
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Natural history.
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NATURE-- Regional.
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Travel.
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Baikal, Lake (Russia), Description and travel.
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Russia (Federation), Lake Baikal.
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| Dewey Classification
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508.47
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QH161.T52 2007eb
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