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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 5 items are available
for $78, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXHML27) |
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Trekking in Ladakh
• Charlie Loram
GUIDEBOOK •
2004 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A practical guide to trekking in this remote enclave, this book includes 50 maps, route descriptions, an overview of Leh and a section of color photographs.
(HML25, $19.95) |
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So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
• Barbara Crossette
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 297 PAGES
• FAVORITE
A "New York Times" Asia correspondent writes of Bhutan and neighboring kingdoms of Ladakh and Sikkim in the Himalayas, strongholds of Tantric Buddhism in an increasingly homogenized world. It's part travelogue and part history -- a personal portrait of the region.
(NPL04, $16.00) |
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Essential Tibetan Buddhism
• Robert Thurman
RELIGION •
1996 •
PAPER
• 317 PAGES
A collection of recently translated texts by the foremost Western scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. Thurman has chosen well from that tradition's sacred literature and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites.
(TBT15, $14.99) |
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A Journey in Ladakh
• Andrew Harvey
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 236 PAGES
A well told account of a 1981 journey by a young English poet in search of ancient Buddhist traditions in remote Ladakh. It's a heartfelt record of a spiritual journey. With a new afterword, twenty years later.
(HML15, $18.95) |
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India North Map
• Nelles
MAP
A colorful regional map of northern India at a scale of 1:1,500,000 with excellent topographic detail. It includes a detailed map of Zanskar & Ladakh at a scale of 1:650,000 Two Sides. 20x36 inches.
(IDA124, $13.95) |
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Also Recommended
Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
• Anuradha Chaturvedi
• GUIDEBOOK
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With chapters on Taj Mahal, Amber Fort Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Red Fort and dozens of other highlights for the traveler, this compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs features 900 color photographs, maps and site plans.
(IDA151, $25.00)
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Buddhist Himalayas
• Olivier and Danielle Follmi
• Mattieu Ricard
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A big, beautiful celebration of the Himalayas, featuring 185 richly colored, often double-page photographs and essays by Mattieu Ricard.
(HML53, $32.95)
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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
• William Dalrymple
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• FAVORITE
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Dalrymple infectiously interweaves his own experiences over a year in Delhi with the art, architecture, history and literature of the city.
(IDA06, $16.00)
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India, A History
• John Keay
• HISTORY
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A sweeping history of India from early settlement in the Indus Valley around 2000 B.C through ancient civilizations, Hindu, Christian and Muslim traditions, Mughal pomp, colonial rule, independence and the heady challenges of modern democracy.
(IDA175, $19.95)
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Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
• John Powers
• RELIGION
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A comprehensive study of the history and philosophy behind Tibetan Buddhism, suitable for the general reader.
(TBT40, $22.95)
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The Wisdom of the Buddha
• Jean Boisselier
• RELIGION
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A pocket-size primer of Buddhism, this book is an illustrated history of the sixth-century Indian prince and his quest for enlightenment. With 207 illustrations, 160 in full color.
(IDA55, $12.95)
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Trans-Himalayan Caravans, Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh
• Janet Rizvi
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Rizvi draws on archives, historical sources and personal interviews with modern traders in this colorful account of this history of trade in High Asia from the seventh to the twentieth centuries.
(HML86, $29.95)
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World Religions: Eastern Traditions
• Willard G. Oxtoby
• RELIGION
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A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader.
(ASA07, $79.95)
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Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia
• Wilfred Thesiger
• EXPLORATION
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A classic account of intrepid British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's travels through the mountain ranges of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, and Ladakh.
(ASA28, $17.99)
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Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh
• Dalai Lama
• Peter Matthiessen
• Helena Norberg-Hodge
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Norberg-Hodge documents her community work and changes from traditional ways of life; she has lived and worked in Ladakh since 1975.
(HML24, $16.95)
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Younghusband, The Last Great Imperial Adventurer
• Patrick French
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• COMING IN
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The riveting biography of Sir Francis Younghusband, a key player in Britain's scramble for power in Central Asia, thrown out of the Pamirs by the Russia in 1891, who among his many imperial adventures discovered the source of the Indus.
(TBT75, $)
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Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal
• Guy Mountefort
• Gerald Cubitt
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An informative introduction to the natural history of the region in a handsome oversize volume. With hundreds of extraordinary photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Himalayas, the Indo-Ganges Plain and the Deccan.
(IDA02, $29.95)
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Birds of India
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
• Tim Inskipp
• FIELD GUIDE
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Thoroughly revised, with 73 new plates and many others updated or repainted, the second edition of the masterful Birds of India now features all maps and text opposite the plates for quicker and easier reference.
(FG43, $39.50)
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Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas
• Bikram Grewal
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to 250 birds found from the foothills up to high elevations ranging from the Hindu Kush and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayas. With brief descriptive information, maps and 260 full-color illustrations.
(HML31, $15.95)
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