Dalai Lama (Modern Heroes) - Softcover

Gary Smailes

9781842056707: Dalai Lama (Modern Heroes)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842056700 ISBN 13: 9781842056707

Publisher: Waverley Books, 2009

The Dalai Lama - part of the Modern Heroes series - is ideal for school projects for young readers. Modern Heroes is a series of colourful, illustrated books about the lives of some remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. Concise, accessible, entertaining, the series are excellent introductions to history or modern studies. The Dalai Lama is a Tibetan monk who was born a leader of his people. Despite having to escape from his own country, because his life was in great danger, he has dedicated himself to peace and freedom for his people. The Dalai Lama is the most important person in the Buddhist religion. Buddhists believe that each time the Dalai Lama dies, his spirit lives on and is reborn in another body. There have been 14 Dalai Lamas so far. Today the Chinese are in control of Tibet and the Dalai Lama lives in exile.

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About the Author:

Gary Smailes is a writer and researcher and author of eight books in the Modern Heroes series. The Modern Heroes series consists of: Pope John Paul II, Anne Frank, Gandhi, Muhammad Ali, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, The Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King. This excellent series is an ideal collection for any home or school.

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