Nepal: Trekking to Inner Dolpo   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $116, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNPL35)		  
Spectrum Guide to Nepal  •  Camerapix
GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 364 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to the country, its people, history, culture and geography, featuring excellent maps and 200 color photographs. (NPL27, $22.95)		   Spectrum Guide to Nepal
The Snow Leopard  •  Peter Matthiessen
EXPLORATION •  2008 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES • FAVORITE
The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Matthiessen's account of a five-week journey through Nepal with George Schaller combines their quest for the magnificent cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas. (NPL03, $16.00)		   The Snow Leopard
Himalaya  •  Eric Valli
EXPLORATION •  2001 •  DVD
Filmed entirely in the Dolpo region using local villagers, this tale set in remote Nepal features fine performances against a breathtaking backdrop. The narration is in French and the film in Nepali and Tibetan with English subtitles. Valli has lived in Nepal since 1983 and made several documentaries there. (NPL55, $29.95)		  
High Frontiers, Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists  •  Kenneth Michael Bauer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2004 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES
Bauer's ethnography of the people of Dolpo, covers the history and environment of this isolated region, their culture, ways of life and transformation in the 20th century in scholarly, straightforward detail. Bauer conducted field research in Nepal between 1995 and 2002 and is the founder of DROKPA (meaning "nomad" in Tibetan), a nonprofit organization that provides development assistance to pastoralists in the Himalayas and Central Asia. (NPL57, $45.00)		  
Nepal Map  •  Nelles
2008 •  MAP
A convenient double-sided map of Nepal, Sikkim and parts of neighboring Bhutan and West Bengal at a scale of 1:500,000, with detailed physical relief, sites of interest, including Patan and Pokhara, and insets of Kathmandu City and Kathmandu Valley. Two Sides. 20x40 inches. (NPL01, $13.95)		   Nepal Map



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