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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Publication Name
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Special Attributes
EX-LIBRARY
ISBN
9780762782970

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0762782978
ISBN-13
9780762782970
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114224087

Product Key Features

Book Title
Journeys on the Silk Road : A Desert Explorer, Buddha's Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World's Oldest Printed Book
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Asia / Central Asia, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Adventurers & Explorers, Commerce
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Author
Joyce Morgan, Conrad Walters
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
1.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-026262
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
909/.09821
Synopsis
A literary thriller-meets-travel adventure-meets-popular history rife with a fascinating cast of characters that includes a misfit explorer named Aurel Stein, a cunning abbot, and a fox terrier named Dash the Great, all set against the land of dunes, sandstorms, and the mysteries of the East., When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world's great literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancient Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. This key Buddhist teaching, made 500 years before Gutenberg inked his press, is the world's oldest printed book. The Silk Road once linked China with the Mediterranean. It conveyed merchants, pilgrims and ideas. But its cultures and oases were swallowed by shifting sands. Central to the Silk Road's rediscovery was a man named Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar and archaeologist employed by the British service. Undaunted by the vast Gobi Desert, Stein crossed thousands of desolate miles with his fox terrier Dash. Stein met the Chinese monk and secured the Diamond Sutra and much more. The scroll's journey--by camel through arid desert, by boat to London's curious scholars, by train to evade the bombs of World War II--merges an explorer's adventures, political intrigue, and continued controversy. The Diamond Sutra has inspired Jack Kerouac and the Dalai Lama. Its journey has coincided with the growing appeal of Buddhism in the West. As the Gutenberg Age cedes to the Google Age, the survival of the Silk Road's greatest treasure is testament to the endurance of the written word.
LC Classification Number
CB251.M6375 2012

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