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Kailas: Sacred Mountain of Tibet   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $129, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTBT36)		  
Trekking Tibet  •  Gary McCue  •  George Schaller
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES
A well informed guide to Tibet, featuring pre-trip planning, discussions of the most scenic routes, and an overview of Tibetan culture and history. Trek duration, distance and elevations are listed for each route description. The book also includes a helpful Tibetan language chapter, a 16-page photo color insert and 15 maps. With a trek to the sacred Mount Kailas, among other long- and short- distance treks. John Miceler (High Asia) contributed the chapter on mountaineering. (TBT10, $29.95)		   Trekking Tibet
Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas  •  Russell Johnson  •  Kerry Moran
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 126 PAGES
In this handsome illustrated journal, two Americans record their trek around 22,000-foot Mt. Kailas. With 100 color photographs, map and accompanying text, the book documents the landscapes, rituals and traditions of the sacred mountain. The photographs of pilgrims are particularly affecting. (TBT41, $25.00)		   Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas
My Tibet  •  Galen Rowell
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1995 •  PAPER  • 162 PAGES
Rowell captures the spirit and powerful allure of Tibet in this collection of striking color photographs of the people and landscapes. With accompanying essays by the Dalai Lama on ecology, environment, spirituality, Lhasa and Mt. Kailas. (TBT58, $49.95)		   My Tibet
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
Kailash Trekking Map  •  Gecko Maps
1999 •  MAP
A detailed topographic map (1:50,000) of the trekking route circling Mount Kailas. Two Sides. 26x27 inches. (TBT64, $21.95)		  



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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)
 		  
Essential Tibetan Buddhism  •  Robert Thurman   • RELIGION  •  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)
 		  
In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation  •  John Avedon   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  Avedon's masterful, passionate cris de coeur, still the best book on the subject, shows the lives of the Tibetan people at home and in exile since the Chinese takeover in 1950 through the eyes of its leaders, monks and regular people. (TBT04, $16.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Art of Pilgrimage, The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred  •  Phil Cousineau   • RELIGION  •  Cousineau draws on his own experiences, mixing quotes and excerpts from classic accounts in this soulful guide to the art of travel. (TVL11, $18.95)
 		  
The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life  •  Jean-Francois Revel  •  Matthieu Ricard   • RELIGION  •  This collection of dialogues on Buddhism, philosophy, science, politics, and other subjects takes the form of a conversation between the Buddhist scholar and his father. (REL28, $15.95)
 		  
The Snow Lion and the Dragon, China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama  •  Melvyn C. Goldstein   • HISTORY  •  A brief history of the relationship of China and Tibet in the 20th century. Goldstein, a professor of history and expert on the region, includes a call for the United States to take an active role in mediating a diplomatic solution to the conflict. (TBT23, $21.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Kailash Kora  •  Hamish Fulton   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A collection of drawings, with text, from the walking artist Hamish Fulton's circuit of the pilgrimage route around Mount Kailish. (TBT132, $50.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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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 Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain, Passages in the Lives of a Father and Son  •  Will Johnson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A memoir and spiritual tale of a father-and-son journey to Mount Kailas. (TBT79, $16.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
To a Mountain in Tibet  •  Colin Thubron   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The intrepid, soulful Thubron journeys from Nepal to Kailas, the revered mountain, "source of the universe, created from cosmic waters and the mind of Brahma." (TBT134, $25.99)
 		  
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