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Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Tones of the Bapa Phuntso Wangye
This is the political autobiography of Phüntso Wangye (Phünwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century.

Fire Under the Snow: Story of a Tibetan Political Prisoner (In Chinese) (Published by The Laogai Research Foundation)
The first Tibetan political prisoner autobiography in Chinese language. With a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Imprisoned in his own country for 30 years, Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso shares his inspiring story of hardship, endurance and eventual triumph.

Liquid Water Does Exist on the Moon by Phuntsok Wanggyal
Written by Phuntsok Wangyal, a renowned Tibetan revolutionary and philosopher, who was imprisoned and put in solitary confinement for 18 long years in the infamous Qingcheng jail in the early 60s.

Music in the Sky: The Life, Art and Teachings of the 17th Karmapa by Michele Martin
Music in the Sky offers a series of the Karmapa's profound teachings, an extensive selection of his poetry, and a detailed account of his life and flight from his homeland.

Orphans of the Cold War and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival
Orphans of the Cold War is the inside story of America's clandestine support of Tibetan resistance, written by a 44-year CIA veteran who helped organize the training and deployment of Tibetan agents.

The Good Heart
A Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison, or Exile
Through a diverse selection of photographs, personal interviews, and historical information, this book looks beyond the Shangrila image of Tibet to the impact of political repression by the Chinese government on Tibetan lives.

Trigg in Tibet by Trigg
The book is a collection of a series of Trigg’s comic strip that featured in The Hong Kong Standard, a daily newspaper. Delightfully funny, the book is a political satire on the grim reality facing the Tibetan people.

The Dalai Lama: My Tibet by Galen Rowell
This book is a wonderful collection of color photographs by renowned photographer Galen Rowell of the people and landscapes of Tibet. The book also contains essays by the Dalai Lama on ecology, environment, spirituality, Lhasa and mount Kailash.

Tibetan Arts of Love
By Gedun Chophel, translated by Prof. Jeffery Hopkins with Dorje Yudon Yuthok, this is a Tibetan version of the Kama Sutra, that speaks eloquently for the equality of women in Tibet and their victimization by social and legal codes.

Railway Report "Tracking the Steel Dragon"
"Tracking the Steel Dragon," details the strategic significance to China of the extension of its national rail network into central Tibet, which Beijing describes as 'the southwestern frontier of the motherland', and the projected expansion of the line within Tibetan areas of the PRC and to Nepal.

2007 Religion Report: The Communist Party as a Living Buddha
The boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the Panchen Lama, one of Tibet's most important religious leaders, marked his 18th birthday and coming of age April 25, 2007, after more than a decade in Chinese custody. The Panchen Lama's plight has come to symbolize the crisis facing the survival of Tibet's religious culture. This report documents a trend of tightening control over religious practice and scholarship in Tibet today.

Interpreting Tibet: A Political Guide to Traveling in Tibet
'Interpreting Tibet' gives a reality check on the sights of Lhasa, exploring how both China’s assertions of power and Tibetan expressions of identity are revealed in the architecture of the city, as well as the reality behind Tibet’s apparent economic progress. The report advises tourists how to avoid putting Tibetans, and themselves, at risk, and offers tips on how to understand the signs of religious repression, and subtle acts of dissent by Tibetans.

Jampa: The Story of Racism in Tibet
The first comprehensive analysis of racism in Tibet, its historical roots and its impact of Tibetan society.

Dangerous Crossing: 2006 Update
Dangerous Crossing, which is based on interviews in the field in Nepal and India and monitoring of the socio-economic and political situation in Tibet, reports further incidents of forced repatriation or refoulement (the return of persons to a country where they fear persecution) of Tibetans in 2006, particularly from the border areas of Nepal, and abuse and harassment of Tibetans arriving in Nepal by Nepalese police and armed forces, including theft and beatings.