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Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude
• Stephen Bezruchka
• REFERENCE
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This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness.
(REF02, $8.95)
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Among Flowers, A Walk in the Himalaya
• Jamaica Kincaid
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An atmospheric account of celebrated writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid's journey to Nepal and the Himalayas with a small team of botanists.
(HML62, $10.95)
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Annapurna Map
• Nelles
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A map of the Annapurna hiking region at scale of 1:100,000 with major features, color shading and contour lines.
(NPL32, $13.95)
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Annapurna, A Woman's Place
• Arlene Blum
• EXPLORATION
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This account of the historic 1978 climb celebrates the first American ascent of Annapurna by a team of 13 women. The climbers were also, notably, the first women to scale any of the world's 8,000 meter-peaks.
(HML30, $16.00)
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The Buddhist Handbook
• John Snelling
• RELIGION
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Subtitled, "The Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice and History, " this even-handed book is a concise primer covering the history, philosophical foundation and practice of Buddhism.
(ASA08, $16.95)
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Classic Hikes of the World
• Peter Pottersfield
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Pottersfield features 23 treks in this beautifully illustrated volume. Each trip gets an extended photographic essay with a route description, maps and practical details.
(WLD52, $39.95)
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The Climb, Tragic Ambitions on Everest
• Anatoli Boukreev
• EXPLORATION
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An eyewitness account of the 1996 tragedy by Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev.
(HML29, $7.99)
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Epic, Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
• Clint Willis
• ANTHOLOGY
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A terrific collection of great writing about mountaineering.
(HML37, $17.95)
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Essential Tibetan Buddhism
• Robert Thurman
• RELIGION
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A collection of recently translated texts by the foremost Western scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. Thurman has chosen well from the vibrant sacred literature of Tibet, and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites.
(TBT15, $14.95)
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Everest, A Trekker's Guide
• Kev Reynolds
• GUIDEBOOK
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A brief pocket guide to seven treks in the Everst region (including one in Tibet) with sketch maps, good general information and a few photographs.
(NPL45, $22.95)
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Everest, Mountain Without Mercy
• Broughton Coburn
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Spectacularly photographed, this book is an account of the making of the IMAX film on Everest, including an account of the 1996 disaster.
(HML20, $24.00)
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Everest, the West Ridge
• Thomas F. Hornbein
• EXPLORATION
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A vivid, moving personal account of the American expedition to Everest in 1963.
(HML10, $19.95)
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The Far Pavilions
• M. M. Kaye
• LITERATURE
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A tale of love, adventure and war set during the British Raj in India, culimating with the Indian Mutiny and the Second Afghan War.
(IDA195, $19.95)
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A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
• Krys Kazmierczak
• Ber Van Perlo
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide to 1,300 species.
(FG40, $45.00)
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Ghosts of Everest, The Search for Mallory & Irvine
• Jochen Hemmleb
• Eric Simonson
• Larry Johnson
• EXPLORATION
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You may have seen the pictures. This is the illustrated, comprehensive account of the successful expedition to determine the fate of George Mallory, who disappeared on Mt. Everest in 1924.
(HML39, $24.95)
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The Great Hill Stations of Asia
• Barbara Crossette
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A modern tour of the mountain enclaves of colonial Asia -- appreciative, magnificently researched and engaging.
(ASA13, $16.00)
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A Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
• Tim Inskipp
• FIELD GUIDE
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Beautiful, comprehensive and up-to-date, this is the definitive field guide to birds from Bhutan to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. It covers 1300 species, and weighs 5 pounds. With 150 color plates and a detailed map for each species.
(FG31, $132.00)
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High Frontiers, Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists
• Kenneth Michael Bauer
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Bauer's ethnography of the people of Dolpo, covers the history and environment of this isolated region, their culture, ways of life and transformation in the 20th century in scholarly, straightforward detail.
(NPL57, $43.50)
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Himalaya
• Eric Valli
• Anne de Sales
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A handsome collection of breathtaking photographs of the landscape and people of the Himalayas.
(HML64, $50.00)
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Himalaya Map
• Nelles
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A colorful regional map of the Himalayas at a scale of 1:1,500,000, including Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Sikkim.
(HML09, $10.95)
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Himalayan Hermitess, The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun
• Kurtis Schaeffer
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The clearly translated account of the life of Orgyan Chokyi (1675-1729), who spent her life in Dolpo, with notes and an overview of Himalayan religious traditions.
(NPL56, $24.95)
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Himalayan Passage, Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan
• Jeremy Schmidt
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The story of two adventurous young couples who travel by bike, truck and foot across the Himalayas strong on the culture and people of the region. With 32 pages of color photographs.
(HML05, $18.95)
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Himalayan Quest, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
• Ed Viesturs
• EXPLORATION
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A photographic chronicle of the first American to scale all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters without the use of supplemental oxygen.
(HML63, $32.00)
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In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation
• John Avedon
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The lives of the Tibetan people at home and in exile since the Chinese takeover in 1950. Avedon (who accompanied the Dalai Lama on his first American tour) interviewed over 100 people in Dharamsala and Tibet for this now classic book.
(TBT04, $16.95)
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Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
• Jon Krakauer
• EXPLORATION
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A best-selling, minute-by-minute account of the 1996 disaster on Everest.
(HML08, $26.95)
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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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K2, Triumph and Tragedy
• Jim Curran
• EXPLORATION
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This is a tense account of disaster on the world's second highest mountain in 1986. The author was on the mountain when 13 climbers in 9 different expeditions died.
(PKN05, $15.00)
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Khumbu Himal (Everest) Map
• Nelles
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An trekkers map of the Mt. Everest region.
(NPL33, $13.95)
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Lonely Planet Nepal
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to Nepal.
(NPL28, $24.99)
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
• Jim Corbett
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The memoirs of a turn-of-the-century hunter-turned-conservationist who was much loved in India.
(HML12, $14.95)
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Mt. Everest
• National Geographic
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A gloriously detailed, birds-eye view of Everest by the cartographers at National Geographic.
(NPL36, $19.99)
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My Land and My People, The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
• Dalai Lama
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The Dalai Lama recounts his life and struggles for an independent Tibet. It's one of the most remarkable stories of our time, simply and compassionately told by the Lama himself.
(TBT22, $13.95)
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A Naturalist and Other Beasts, Tales from a Life in the Field
• George B. Schaller
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this absorbing memoir the eminent zoologist writes with authority and affection of his many field expeditions over a long career in conservation, including his time among the mountain gorillas in Rwanda, snow leopards in Nepal and his groundbreaking work on giant pandas in Sichuan.
(NAT119, $24.95)
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A Plantsman in Nepal
• Roy Lancaster
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Exploring for plants in China.
(CHN59, $79.50)
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Religions of Tibet in Practice
• Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
• RELIGION
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A collection of 36 essays and translated texts by scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, including selections on prayers, pilgrimages, death and ritual.
(TBT16, $37.95)
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Road to Katmandu
• Patrick Marnham
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Marnham's classic account of an overland journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1968.
(ASA47, $16.95)
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Rough Guide Music Himalayas
• Various Artists
• MUSIC
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A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of the Himalayas. A melding of styles from Northern India, Ladakh, Tibet, China, Nepal and Bhutan, this collection includes monastic chants and traditional folk ballads.
(NPL53, $14.98)
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Sherpas, Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
• James Fisher
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A detailed study of the change that mountaineering brought to Sherpa society.
(NPL13, $26.95)
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So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
• Barbara Crossette
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Asia correspondent for the New York Times, Crossette portrays Bhutan and neighboring Ladakh and Sikkim as strongholds of Tantric Buddhism in an increasingly homogenized world.
(NPL04, $16.00)
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Something Hidden Behind the Ranges, A Himalayan Quest
• Daniel Taylor-Ide
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The author takes us on a journey through the mountain kingdoms.
(HML22, $14.95)
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The Soul of the Rhino, A Nepali Adventure With Kings and Elephant Drivers, Billionaires and Bureaucrats, Shamans and Scientis
• Hemanta R. Mishra
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(NPL59, $24.95)
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South Asia
• Sumit Ganguly
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
(IDA308, $18.00)
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Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, A Practical Approach for Modern Life
• B. Alan Wallace
• RELIGION
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A straightforward primer on the essentials of Buddhism as practiced in Tibet. The book is the result of a lecture series introducing the practice of Buddhism to the general public.
(TBT19, $15.95)
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Tiger Moon, Tracking the Great Cats in Nepal
• Mel Sunquist
• Fiona Sunquist
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An account of two years on the track of tigers.
(NPL46, $18.00)
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Tigerland, and Other Unintended Destinations
• Eric Dinerstein
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Dinerstein, chief scientist with WWF, is a wise and witty writer, combining stories of his own transformation into a conservation biologist with deft portraits of key researchers and some fine observations about place.
(CON30, $16.95)
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Touching My Father's Soul, A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
• Jamling Tenzing Norgay
• Broughton Coburn
• Dalai Lama
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A personal account of the business of Everest, the 1996 IMAX Expedition and, most significantly, of a son who is grappling with the legacy of a famous father.
(NPL42, $15.95)
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Trekking in the Everest Region
• Jamie McGuinness
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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A compact guide to treks in the Everest region featuring route maps, village plans and concise information on preparations.
(NPL31, $22.95)
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The Wheel of Life, The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist
• John Blofeld
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Blofeld's ( (1913-1987) enchanting account of Buddhist worlds now largely vanished, including his life and travels in China, Tibet, Mongolia, India and Burma.
(HML76, $30.00)
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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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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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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, $62.95)
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