Mustang Trek: Exploring a Hidden Ancient Kingdom   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $100, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNPL55)		  
Mustang: Lives and Landscapes of the Lost Tibetan Kingdom  •  Nina Wegner  •  Taylor Weidman
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2012 •  HARD COVER  • 120 PAGES
This remarkable chronicle of life in Mustang, the former Kingdom of Lo, includes full-color photographs and essays on traditional life and culture in one of the most remote corners of Nepal. All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the nonprofit Vanishing Cultures Project. (TBT144, $50.00)		   Mustang: Lives and Landscapes of the Lost Tibetan Kingdom
The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes  •  Barbara J. Scot
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2005 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
A heartfelt portrait of the Nepalese people and culture, resulting from the author's year teaching in Nepal. An excellent memoirist, Scot combines personal observation, thoughtful commentary and warmth in this deceptively simple book. With black-and-white photographs, orientation maps and glossary. This revised edition includes an April 2004 epilogue by the author. (HML14, $16.95)		   The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes
Trekking Nepal, A Traveler's Guide  •  Stephen Bezruchka
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES
A respected guide covering, in detail, route planning for trekkers, national parks, health, where to go and what to do in Nepal. With an overview of the geography, history, religion and culture of the region. Regularly revised, the guide has been around since 1976. Invaluable for its route descriptions, the book also includes good information on cross-cultural understanding. With 16 so-so maps, elevation profiles of major treks and 76 black-and-white photographs. (NPL10, $29.95)		   Trekking Nepal, A Traveler's Guide
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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Annapurna Adventure Map  •  Trails Illustrated    •  Produced in conjunction with the Himalayan Map House in Kathmandu, this detailed map (1:135,000) shows 100-meter contour lines. (NPL74, $11.95)
 		  
Journey to Mustang  •  Guiseppi Tucci   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this new edition of his travalogue of an exploratory trek through western Nepal in 1952, the legendary linguist and Tibetologist, Guiseppi Tucci, describes his experiences and discoveries as the first 20th century western scholar to travel through the region. (NPL78, $29.00)
 		  
Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude  •  Stephen Bezruchka   • REFERENCE  •  Bezruchka, a mountaineer and M.D., includes case studies, frequently asked questions and simple methods of diagnosis and treatment in this indispensable pocket guide. (REF02, $8.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Nepal  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, practical guide to Nepal. (NPL28, $25.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Nepali Phrasebook  •  Mary-Jo O'Rourke   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (NPL62, $8.99)
 		  
Trekking Tibet  •  Gary McCue  •  George Schaller   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An indispensable guide, featuring pre-trip planning, discussions of the most scenic routes and an overview of Tibetan culture and history. (TBT10, $29.95)
 		  
Mountain  •  Sandy Hill   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Published with the American Alpine Club, this stunning celebration of the allure of climbing and grandeur of the great peaks features images by nature photographers and adventurers spanning two centuries, Ansel Adams, Edmund Hillary, Bradford Washburn and Galen Rowell among them. Sandy Hill, one of the first women to reach all seven summits, and others provide concise essays but it is the 350 oversized, sumptuously produced black-and-white and color photographs that entrance. (EXP97, $85.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Goa, and the Blue Mountains or Six Months of Sick Leave  •  Richard Burton   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A facsimile edition of Burton's first book, an account of travels in Goa, the Nilgiri mountains and cities along the Malabar coast of southwestern India, first published in 1851. (IDA259, $28.95)
 		  
The Waiting Land, A Spell in Nepal  •  Dervla Murphy   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Murphy describes her various journeys by air, by bicycle and on foot into the remote and mountainous Lantang region on the border of Tibet in this charming tale of great adventure. (NPL05, $29.95)
 		  
Buddha's Orphans  •  Samrat Upadhyay   • LITERATURE  •  This novel by Samrat Upadhyay (Arresting God in Kathmandu) sets Nepal's political upheaval as a backdrop to the love story of Raja, an orphan boy, and Nilu, a daughter of privilege. Their story transports readers across generations and explores family connections. (NPL71, $26.00)
 		  
Escape from Kathmandu  •  Kim Stanley Robinson   • LITERATURE  •  The four interconnected stories in this laugh-out-loud novel include the (mis)adventures of two young Americans with a Yeti, international espionage, mountain climbing of the highest sort and a quest for Shangri-La. (NPL41, $18.99)
 		  
In the Land of No Right Angles  •  Daphne Beal   • LITERATURE  •  Beal evokes the grit of Kathmandu and the emotional intricacies of trying to do good in the world in this tale of a young American student abroad, an older expat and a young village woman whose life they change forever. (NPL60, $13.95)
 		  
In the Land of the Blue Poppies  •  Frank Kingdon-Ward  •  Tom Christopher  •  Jamaica Kincaid   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Expert Tom Christopher presents excerpts from intrepid Kingdon-Ward's fascinating accounts of plant-hunting adventures in Tibet, Burma and the Himalayas in the early 20th century. (ASA35, $19.00)
 		  
The Ascent of Rum Doodle  •  W. E. Bowman   • LITERATURE  •  This hilarious send-up of the great British mountaineers, originally published in 1956, is hardly handicapped by the fact that Bowman never set foot in the Himalayas. (HML55, $15.95)
 		  
The Godfather of Kathmandu  •  John Burdett   • MYSTERY  •  Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the tenacious Thai police detective, is put to the test as both a cop and as a Buddhist in Burdett's latest, wickedly entertaining mystery, fourth in the series. (TLD93, $14.95)
 		  
Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe  •  George Schaller   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A detailed account of the Change Tang reserve, Schaller's natural history is also a good overview of the adjoining Himalayan regions. His focus is on the Tibetan gazelle, chiru, blue sheep and other little-known ungulates, (TBT31, $27.50)
 		  
Birds of Nepal  •  Richard Grimmett  •  Carol Inskipp  •  Tim Inskipp   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Covering all 760 species of birds occurring in Nepal, this book features 110 color plates. Text and illustrations are integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field. (NPL40, $35.00)
 		  
 
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