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1) Kim
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Fraternizing with a horse trader who doubles as an agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service, helping a Tibetan lama search for a lost river, touring a mystical, magical land that is the shining jewel in the British crown are all in a day's work for Kimball O'Hara, the sly adventurous waif known as Kim.
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302 pages : map ; 21 cm
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"From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upons Sticks, a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as a pair of estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding. Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama somewhere in the vast Mongolian landscape, the young monk Chuluun seeks the help of his identical twin, Mun, who was recognized as a reincarnation himself as a child, but has since renounced...
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Lama blanc volume 1
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140 pages : all color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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Lama blanc volume 2
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145 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"When the Grand Lama Mipam died, he left his monastery open to corruption. Gabriel, the reincarnation of the Grand Lama, has hidden his true identity as the trained to battle a great evil and save the land from destruction. Now Gabriel must complete his training and confront his enemies, but if he fails to defeat his own personal demons, all wil be lost!" -- Google Books
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349 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
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"In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamo -- haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracle -- tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the...
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xi, 209 pages ; 22 cm
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""What makes you purr? Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or sedentary senior, whether you're a scrawny alley Tom, or sleek-coated uptown girl, whatever your circumstances you just want to be happy. Not the kind of happy that comes and goes like a can of flaked tuna, but an enduring happiness. The deep down happiness that makes you purr from the heart." His Holiness's cat...
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ix, 199 pages ; 22 cm
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""If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being. a twitching of limbs, a quivering of the jaw, sometimes, perhaps, a snuffling noise or a meow. Cats may indeed be capable of great mindfulness, but we are thinking beings too. In my own case, unfortunately, a being who thinks rather too much." In the latest installment of the Dalai...
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xiv, 367 pages ; 22 cm
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"Roland Merullo's playful, eloquent, and life-affirming novel finds the Pope and the Dalai Lama teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside to rediscover the everyday joys of life that can seem, even for the two holiest men in the world, unattainable. What happens when the Pope and the Dali Lama decide they need an undercover vacation? During a highly publicized official visit at the Vatican, the Pope suggests an adventure...
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63 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 32 cm
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Three traditional tales about mystical beings, yaks, an enormous sow, and yeti introduce Tibetan culture and wisdom. Includes a foreword from the Dalai Lama, map of Tibet, glossary of Tibetan terms, and description of a Tibetan chant.
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Sonchai Jitpleecheep -- John Burdett's inimitable Royal Thai Police detective with the hard-bitten demeanor and the Buddhist soul -- is summoned to the most shocking and intriguing crime scene of his career. Solving the murder could mean a promotion, but Sonchai, reeling from a personal tragedy, is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama based in Kathmandu who has become his guru -- and has forty million dollars' worth of heroin for sale....
12) Kundun
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1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama, and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. Powerfully told, deeply spiritual and visually elegant, the film chronicles the life of the young Dalai Lama as he matures in both age and learning.
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viii, 335 pages ; 24 cm
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Starting a rumor about an assassination plot targeting the Dalai Lama as part of an effort to gain support for a secret weapons system, Bird McIntyre and Angel Templeton provoke Washington crises that bring the United States and China to the brink of war.
14) A beam of light
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When Inspector Montalbano falls under the charms of beautiful gallery owner Marian, his longtime relationship with Livia comes under threat. Meanwhile, he is also troubled by a strange dream as three crimes demand his attention: the assault and robbery of a wealthy merchant's young wife, shady art deals, and a search for arms traffickers that leads him deep into the countryside, where the investigation takes a tragic turn.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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Español
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Sin que nadie sepa muy bien por qué, ni siquiera ella misma, la llama Dana se ha levantado de muy mal humor. No quiere cepillarse el pelo, dice que la comida de la abuela está asquerosa y, cuando sale de excursión por la montaña con su papá, en seguida dice que no quiere seguir trotando porque le duelen las pezuñas. ¿Qué le pasará a la pequeña llama que está armando tanto drama?a escritora alemana Anna Taube y la ilustradora holandesa Eefje...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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In this bilingual version of the classic rhyme, set in Peru, Maria takes her llama to school one day.
Everyones know about Mary and her little lamb. But do you know Maria? She takes her lama to school one day. With gorgeous, Peruvian-inspired illustrations and English and Spanish retellings, Angela Dominguez gives another twist to the classic rhyme.--From publisher description.
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245 pages ; 22 cm
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"In The Wrong Heaven, anything is possible: bodies can transform, inanimate objects come to life, angels appear and disappear. In the title story, a schoolteacher's life takes an unexpected turn when the plastic Jesus and Mary lawn ornaments she buys start talking to her. In "Horse," the story's narrator decides to join her best friend, who is undergoing regular IVF injections, with injections of her own - ones that will transform her into a horse....
19) 100 rifles
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Yaqui Joe, an Indian, robs a bank to buy guns for his people who are being oppressed by a cruel military government. When he flees to Mexico, he's pursued by an American lawman who has sworn to bring him back. Both become allies and, with the help of Sarita, take up the cause of the Indians to help them live in freedom and dignity.
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xxxii, 536 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"In this second volume, Beau L'Amour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his father's notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written as well as speculating about the ways they might have ended. These selections include the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic science fiction tale,...
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