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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $66, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTBT27)		  
Bradt Guide Tibet  •  Michael Buckley
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
A practical, detailed overview of Tibetan history, culture, attractions and natural life. Includes color photographs, local maps and excellent travel information. (TBT74, $22.95)		   Bradt Guide Tibet
My Journey to Lhasa  •  Alexandra David-Neel
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES
A reprint of the 1927 classic by the indomitable Buddhist scholar Alexandra David-Neel, with a new preface by the Dalai Lama. Tibet was still closed to the West in 1923, the year that David-Neel and her adopted Tibetan son set out on their wintry trek to Lhasa. Dressed as humble pilgrims and traveling under cover of night, the duo climbed mountains, fooled soldiers and ultimately reached the capital, where they joined the pilgrim throng. David-Neel was not altogether without the prejudices of her European contemporaries, but she was markedly better-educated; and as a result her travelogue is an informed, informative portrait of early twentieth-century Tibet. (TBT26, $14.99)		   My Journey to Lhasa
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)		   Essential Tibetan Buddhism
Tibet Map  •  Gizi Map
2011 •  MAP
A detailed traveler's map of Tibet and surrounding regions at a scale of 1:2,000,000, including Kashgar, Delhi, Katmandu, Thimphu and portions of the Xinjiang. With an index on the reverse. Two Sides. 33x49 inches. (TBT17, $16.95)		   Tibet Map



Also Recommended

Learning Practical Tibetan  •  Andrew Bloomfield  •  Yanki Tshering   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A guide to learning useful Tibetan phrases, designed with the traveler in mind. (TBT38, $19.95)
 		  
Happiness, A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill  •  Matthieu Ricard   • RELIGION  •  The scientist-turned-monk's primer on Buddhism as a journey to fulfillment and transformation. (GEN381, $14.99)
 		  
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism  •  John Powers   • RELIGION  •  A comprehensive study of the history and philosophy behind Tibetan Buddhism, suitable for the general reader. (TBT40, $22.95)
 		  
My Tibet  •  Galen Rowell   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Rowell captures the spirit and powerful allure of Tibet in these striking color photographs of the people and landscapes. (TBT58, $49.95)
 		  
The Art of Happiness, A Handbook for Living  •  Dalai Lama XIV   • RELIGION  •  Tenth anniversary edition. Drawing on Buddhist tradition and teaching, His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows how to confront negative emotions, stresses, and obstacles of everyday life in order to find the source of inner peace. (TBT124, $25.95)
 		  
The Dragon in the Land of Snows  •  Tsering Shakya   • HISTORY  •  A comprehensive account of the history and political development of Tibet since 1947, which includes eye-opening details of the American, British and Indian players involved in Tibet's struggle for sovereignty. (TBT32, $18.00)
 		  
The Open Road, The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama  •  Pico Iyer   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Travel writer Pico Iyer, who has known the Dalai Lama since his days as a graduate student in Britain, draws on his long association with the man and his ideas for this remarkable portrait of the Tibetan people and the aspirations of their leader. He includes chapters on daily life in Dharamsala, travels with the Dalai Lama and incisive commentary on the history and future of Tibet. (TBT118, $14.95)
 		  
The Search for the Panchen Lama  •  Isabel Hilton   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A skillful and subtle story of the selection -- and kidnapping -- of the 11th incarnation of the Pachen Lama, revealing much of the current state of affairs between Tibet and China. (TBT43, $14.95)
 		  
Tibet, An Enduring Civilization  •  Francoise Pommaret   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This pocket-size encyclopedia, packed with hundreds of full-color illustrations and photos, highlights the culture and history of Tibet. Pommaret, who has written widely on the Himalayas, devotes a section to Tibet today, titled Invasion and Colonization. (TBT69, $12.95)
 		  
Trespassers on the Roof of the World  •  Peter Hopkirk   • HISTORY  •  Hopkirk's spellbinding history of the uninvited exploration of Tibet from the 19th century to the present, including a fantastic array of Victorian adventurers. His wild tale has as its centerpiece the 1949-1951 invasion by China. (TBT08, $16.00)
 		  
Sacred Tibet  •  Philip Rawson   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN  •  A concise, illustrated survey of Buddhist art in its religious, social and cultural context. (TBT18, $15.95)
 		  
A Journey in Ladakh  •  Andrew Harvey   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The vivid account of a 1981 journey by a young English poet in search of ancient Buddhist traditions in remote Ladakh. (HML15, $18.95)
 		  
Freedom in Exile, The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama  •  Dalai Lama   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A vivid self-portrait, told with optimism, great determination, humor and insight. (TBT25, $15.99)
 		  
Red Dust, A Path Through China  •  Ma Jian  •  Flora Drew   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An astounding memoir by an urban poet, painter and writer on the road to Tibet. A vagabond, rebel and Buddhist, Jian abandons his Beijing life for a 3-year southwestern journey through Tibet, Burma and Guizhou Province. (CHN150, $16.00)
 		  
Seven Years in Tibet  •  Heinrich Harrer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  First published in 1953, this is the riveting account of a young Austrian adventurer and mountaineer who became tutor to the Dalai Lama. (TBT02, $14.95)
 		  
The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk  •  Palden Gyatso   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Palden Gyatso writes with simple eloquence of the takeover of his country, destruction of monasteries and his own determination to hold onto his beliefs in a Chinese labor camp. (TBT94, $14.00)
 		  
The Snow Leopard  •  Peter Matthiessen   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Matthiessen's account of a five-week journey through Nepal with naturalist George Schaller combines their quest for the elusive cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas. (NPL03, $16.00)
 		  
The Struggle for Modern Tibet, The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering  •  Melvyn C. Goldstein  •  William Siebenschuh  •  Tashi Tsering   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The life story of an idealistic young man who juggled traditional hierarchy in traditional Tibet with the promise and poison of Mao's Cultural revolution. (TBT53, $26.95)
 		  
The Way of the White Clouds  •  Lama Anagarika Govinda  •  Robert Thurman   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The 40th anniversary edition of the remarkable German-born monk and interpreter of Tibetan Buddhism's account of travels and discoveries in Tibet before the 1950 Chinese invasion. (TBT87, $19.95)
 		  
Why the Dalai Lama Matters  •  Robert Thurman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  With knowledge, depth and compassion (Thurman was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the Dalai Lama 40 years ago), Thurman offers not only a sympathetic portrait of the Tibetan leader but also a succinct overview Tibetan Buddhism and his hope for peace with China. (TBT122, $14.00)
 		  
Prayer of the Dragon  •  Eliot Pattison   • MYSTERY  •  In this fifth superb political thriller set in modern Tibet, former Beijing inspector Shan comes the aid of a Navajo visitor at a remote monastery. (TBT121, $14.00)
 		  
Red Poppies  •  Alai  •  Howard Goldblatt  •  Sylvia Li-Chun Lin   • LITERATURE  •  This family saga unfolds in the 1930s among the warlords of eastern Tibet. (TBT61, $24.95)
 		  
Tales of Tibet: Sky Burials, Wind Horses and Prayer Wheels  •  Herbert J. Batt  •  Tsering Shakya   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of short fiction by contemporary Tibetan authors. The stories, many imbued with a Buddhist perspective, depict traditional ritual and rites. (TBT57, $33.95)
 		  
Travelers' Tales Tibet  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger   • ANTHOLOGY • COMING IN  •  An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness reports. (TBT65, $18.95)
 		  
 
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