Available in English & Tibetan, & intended for readers of ages 9 to 12 years, this picture book features three illustrated tales from Tibet. Each story offers a glimpse of Tibetan culture. The stories also impart simple wisdom & exemplify living in peace & kindness. The book

Includes:: a special foreword from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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In this companion to the " Tibetan Book of the Dead", seven Tibetan yoga texts, offer meditations used by Hindu & Tibetan gurus & philosophers to attain Enlightenment. Commentaries precede the texts & an introduction compares Buddhism with European religion, philosophy & science. ...

In 1976 the missing heir to the enormous Tichbourne fortune, Sir Roger, is reported as being in Australia, & his brother Alfred sets out to investigate, accompanied by black manservant Andrew Bogle (John Kani). When Alfred dies of drink on arrival, the family deny Andrew the funds necessary to return, & so he advertizes for the missing heir. Butcher Thomas Castro (Robert Pugh), responds, & on the way back to England Andrew instructs him on the etiquette & deportment skills he will require in order to convince. However, although Lady Tichbourne accepts the claimant as her own, influential lords Arundell (Charles Gray) & Seymour (James Villiers) see that he is an imposter, & embark on a lengthy campaign to have him stripped of his new-found wealth & status & imprisoned for fraud. ...

How many times have you thought of something crucial to do & then forgotten it completely? That's why people invented lists. & very useful they are too. If, & only if, they are used effectively. Put thirty things on a list, & it becomes too daunting. Put three things on, & there's no point in having a list. ...