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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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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) |
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Annapurna, The Epic Account of a Himalayan Conquest and its Harrowing Aftermath
• Maurice Herzog
EXPLORATION •
2010 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• FAVORITE
This new edition of Maurice Herzog's classic, with a new forward by Conrad Anker, is published in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Annapurna on June 3, 2010. Expedition leader Herzog dictated this masterful account of the first-ever ascent of an 8,000-meter peak and extraordinary rescue from his hospital bed in Paris. The American Women's Himalayan Expedition, led by Arlene Blum, became the first American team to summit this 10th highest mountain in 1978, and no team repeated Herzog's feat until 1970. Now 101 years old, Herzog, who was French Minister of Youth and Sport in the 1960s and the former mayor of Chamonix, recovered nicely!
(HML07, $16.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Also Recommended
The Complete Whitewater Rafter
• Jeff Bennett
• REFERENCE
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A popular, practical guide to whitewater rafting, with information on preparing for your trip, choosing equipment, safety and rescue, the history of rafting, as well as introductions to water currents and rapid classifications.
(OCE59, $17.95)
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The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes
• Barbara J. Scot
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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.
(HML14, $16.95)
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Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
• Jon Krakauer
• EXPLORATION
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In this bestseller, climber and journalist Krakauer reconstructs a minute-by-minute account of what went wrong on the great mountain in 1996.
(HML13, $15.00)
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Arresting God in Kathmandu
• Samrat Upadhyay
• LITERATURE
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This collection of stories explores the nature of desire and spirituality in modern Nepali society.
(NPL61, $14.95)
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Escape from Kathmandu
• Kim Stanley Robinson
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Himalayan Voices, An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature
• Michael Hutt
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of 20th-century Nepali poetry and short fiction, much of it translated into English for the first time. This anthology offers insight into Nepal's literary traditions, society and culture.
(HML35, $28.95)
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In the Land of No Right Angles
• Daphne Beal
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Mountains Painted With Turmeric
• Lil Bahadur Chettri
• LITERATURE
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Originally published in 1958, this slim novel beloved by the Nepalese offers readers a rare window onto the daily work, society and personalities of village life in far eastern Nepal.
(NPL58, $27.50)
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Travelers' Tales Nepal
• Rajendra Khadka
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN
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This anthology of travel writing on Nepal features mostly modern stories by Peter Matthiessen, Jan Morris and other great writers, local and foreign.
(NPL16, $17.95)
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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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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal
• Bikram Grewal
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal.
(IDA46, $15.95)
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Birds of Nepal
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
• Tim Inskipp
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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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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