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020    9781643135687|q(hardcover) 
020    1643135686|q(hardcover) 
035    (OCoLC)1142390048 
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100 1  Kirkby, Bruce,|d1968-|eauthor. 
245 10 Blue sky kingdom :|ban epic family journey to the heart of
       the Himalayas /|cBruce Kirkby. 
246 34 Blue sky kingdom :|ban epic family journey to the heart of
       the Himalaya 
250    First Pegasus Books edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPegasus Books,|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    xxi, 295 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295). 
520    "A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go 
       of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled 
       with rich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce 
       Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at 
       his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social 
       media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive
       in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't 
       living; this wasn't him. This moment of clarity started a 
       chain reaction which ended with a grand plan: he was going
       to take his wife and two young sons, jump on a freighter 
       and head for the Himalaya. In Blue Sky Kingdom, we follow 
       Bruce and his family's remarkable three months journey, 
       where they would end up living amongst the Lamas of 
       Zanskar Valley, a forgotten appendage of the ancient 
       Tibetan empire, and one of the last places on earth where 
       Himalayan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its 
       original setting. Richly evocative, Blue Sky Kingdom 
       explores the themes of modern distraction and the loss of 
       ancient wisdom coupled with Bruce coming to terms with his
       elder son's diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. Despite the 
       natural wonders all around them at times, Bruce's 
       experience will strike a chord with any parent--from 
       rushing to catch a train with the whole family to the 
       wonderment and beauty that comes with experience the world
       anew with your children" --Amazon. 
600 10 Kirkby, Bruce,|d1968-|xTravel|zHimalaya Mountains. 
600 10 Kirkby, Bruce,|d1968-|xFamily|xTravel|zHimalaya Mountains.
600 17 Kirkby, Bruce,|d1968-|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00451032 
610 20 Karsha Monastery. 
650  0 Buddhism|zIndia|zZanskar. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Buddhism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00840028 
650  7 Travel.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01155558 
651  0 Himalaya Mountains|xDescription and travel. 
651  7 Himalaya Mountains.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01242048 
651  7 India|zZanskar.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01245573 
655  7 Travel writing.|2lcgft 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
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