This is the as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. Phunwang began his activism in school, where he founded a secret Tibetan Communist Party. He was expelled in 1940, and for the next nine years he worked to organize a guerrilla uprising against the Chinese who controlled his homeland. In 1949, he merged his Tibetan Communist Party with Mao's Chinese Communist Party. He played an important role in the party's administrative organization in Lhasa and was the translator for the young Dalai...
This is the as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth ...
James "Diz" Long grew up on the streets of Detroit, bouncing between houses and learning some hard truths. As he becomes a man he becomes an eyewitness to a sordid history, becoming a member of the famous Triple Nickels parachuting group, almost breaking into the NFL, becoming an MC at a famous Cleveland jazz club, running numbers for Don King, providing protection for celebrity author Harold Robbins in 1970s Hollywood, and becoming the right hand man for porn king Reuben Sturman. Diz Long leads a life in the American underbelly, surviving when few did.
James "Diz" Long grew up on the streets of Detroit, bouncing between houses and learning some hard truths. As he becomes a man he becomes an eyewitnes...