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	Across the Tibetan Plateau, Ecosystems, Wildlife, And Conservation • Dorje Tsering • Robert L. Fleming • Liu Wulin • NATURAL HISTORY • A natural history and a collection of photographs of the vast Tibetan Plateau, compiled by three dedicated scholars. (TBT117, $49.95)
	Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude • Stephen Bezruchka • REFERENCE • This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness. (REF02, $8.95)
	Among Flowers, A Walk in the Himalaya • Jamaica Kincaid • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	Among Warriors, A Woman Martial Artist in Tibet • Pamela Logan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The account of an aerospace scientist turned adventurer and her quest to reach the Khampa warrior horseman of Eastern Tibet. (TBT51, $13.00)
	Ancient Wisdom, Living Tradition, The Spirit of Tibet in the Himalayas • Marcia Keegan • Dalai Lama • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A lovely photo essay on Tibetan life and culture. (TBT48, $34.95)
	Annapurna, The Epic Account of a Himalayan Conquest and its Harrowing Aftermath • Maurice Herzog • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE • This classic account of the first ascent of an 8,000-meter peak was dictated by expedition leader Herzog from his hospital bed in Paris. (HML07, $16.95)
	The Art of Happiness, A Handbook for Living • Dalai Lama XIV • RELIGION • His Holiness the Dalai Lama, together with psychiatrist Cutler, shows how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement, through conversation, stories and meditation. (TBT124, $23.95)
	Art of Tibet • Robert Fisher • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A concise survey of the culture and religion of Tibet as expressed through its art. With 200 illustrations of monasteries, painting and sculpture throughout the country. (TBT13, $18.95)
	Beautiful Ghosts • Eliot Pattison • MYSTERY • Fourth in Pattison's series of superb political thrillers set in Tibet. Having lived a year in exile and disgrace since his unofficial release from a work camp, former Beijing inspector Shan Tao Yun is entreated by the officials who exiled him to help with a murder investigation involving missing art, his former gulag, and his son. (TBT119, $14.95)
	Below Another Sky, A Mountain Adventure in Search of a Lost Father • Rick Ridgeway • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A touching account of the return to a mountain where tragedy had struck 20 years earlier. (TBT55, $25.00)
	The Big Open, On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang • Rick Ridgeway • Conrad Anker • EXPLORATION • An adventure writer recounts his trek across Tibet's inhospitable northern region in search of the chiru, an endangered species of antelope. (TBT80, $26.00)
	Bone Mountain • Eliot Pattison • MYSTERY • Third in Pattison's series of superb political thrillers set in Tibet. Agreeing to lead an expedition to return a long-lost Tibetan idol to a remote valley, former Beijing police inspector Shan finds the pilgrimage threatened by the murder of the monk guiding them, an American woman geologist who has fled to the mountains, and the Chinese army, from whom the idol had been stolen and that is now in hot pursuit. (TBT120, $14.95)
	Breaking Trail, A Climbing Life • Arlene Blum • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Blum reveals her transformation from scrawny girl in the flat Midwest to world-class climber in this inspirational memoir of a life in very high places: McKinley, Annapurna, Everest. (HML72, $14.00)
	Buddha • Karen Armstrong • RELIGION • A concise, thought-provoking biography of the Buddha in the Penguin Lives series, written by one of the foremost experts on world religions. (REL09, $14.00)
	Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All • Perry Garfinkel • RELIGION • A spiritual travelogue that scours the globe for the both the roots and world-wide extensions of Buddhism. (REL30, $13.95)
	Buddhism Plain and Simple • Steve Hagen • A clear and straightfoward introduction to Buddhism. (REL31, $10.95)
	Buddhism without Beliefs • Stephen Batchelor • RELIGION • An accessible, straightforward introduction to the major tenets of Buddhist wisdom, and particularly on their relevance to modern life. (REL29, $13.00)
	Buddhism, A Very Short Introduction • Damien Keown • RELIGION • One of a series of very brief, authoritative introductions by Oxford University Press with chapters on The Buddha, Karma, the Mahayana, Buddhism in Asia, Buddhist practices and ethics. (ASA53, $11.95)
	The Buddhist Handbook • John Snelling • RELIGION • 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)
	Cave in the Snow, A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment • Vicki MacKenzie • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The absorbing tale of a young English Buddhist and her experience as a hermit. (HML61, $15.95)
	The Central Philosophy of Tibet, A Study and Translation of Jey Tsong Khapa's Essence of True Eloquence • Robert A. F. Thurman • RELIGION • A key text by the great Tibetan philosopher Jey Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) with a modern translation and overview by Robert Thurman. (TBT85, $45.00)
	Circling the Sacred Mountain • Tad Wise • Robert Thurman • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman's account of his journey, both physical and spiritual, to the sacred graveyards, monasteries, and meditation caves of Kailas with Tad Wise and students. (TBT54, $18.00)
	A Cultural History of Tibet • Hugh Richardson • David Snellgrove • HISTORY • The classic history by a scholar of Buddhism and the last British ambassador to independent Tibet, divided into chapters on the early kingdoms, the middle ages and modern period. Revised by Snellgrove for this thrid edition. (TBT03, $35.00)
	Eastern Tibet, Bridging Tibet and China • Christoph Baumer • Therese Weber • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of the region at the heart of Tibetan culture, featuring 257 color photographs. (TBT104, $60.00)
	The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs • Robert Beer • RELIGION • An encyclopedic reference exploring the symbols found in the sacred Tibetan art of the thangka. (TBT66, $65.00)
	Gentle Bridges, Conversations With the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind • Jeremy Hayward • Francisco Varela • Dalai Lama • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A fascinating study of Buddhist faith, science and the interaction between the two, the result of a historic meeting between the Dalai Lama and a group of Western scientists. (TBT100, $23.95)
	Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk • Susan T. Hitchcock • John Esposito • Desmond Tutu • Mpho Tutu • RELIGION • A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred. (REL05, $24.00)
	God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories • Tom Bissell • LITERATURE • Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea. (CAS117, $13.95)
	Golden Buddha • Clive Cussler • Craig Dirgo • LITERATURE • Cussler and co-author Dirgo put their adventurers on a spy ship with an impossible mission -- find the Golden Buddha and its secrets, stolen by the Chinese from the Dalai Lama in 1959, and make a deal with Russia and China for an independent Tibet. (TBT116, $7.99)
	The Great Religions, Essential Questions • Marc-Alain Quaknin • Dom Robert Le Gall • Claude Levenson • Malek Chebel • Bruce Feiler • RELIGION • Four authors, representing four faiths -- Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, and Tibetan Buddhism -- respond to fundamental questions of religion in this clear, accessible overview. (REL23, $24.95)
	The Heart of the World, A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise • Ian Baker • The Dalai Lama • EXPLORATION • Climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker's account of discovery in the upper reaches of the Tsangpo Gorge in the heart of the Tibetan Himalayas. Before Baker's expedition, the gorge -- a mystical sanctuary of Tibetan Buddhism -- had not been explored since 1925. (TBT78, $16.00)
	Himalaya • Eric Valli • Anne de Sales • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A handsome collection of breathtaking photographs of the landscape and people of the Himalayas. (HML64, $50.00)
	Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology • Frank Kingdon-Ward • EXPLORATION • An anthology by the great Himalayan explorer and plant-collector Frank Kingdon-Ward. (HML03, $19.95)
	Himalayan Quest, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants • Ed Viesturs • EXPLORATION • 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)
	A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State • Melvyn C. Goldstein • HISTORY • A history of Tibet during the critical period from World War I to the Chinese takover in 1951. (TBT56, $45.00)
	In the Land of the Blue Poppies, The Collected Plant Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon-Ward • Frank Kingdon-Ward • Tom Christopher • Jamaica Kincaid • ANTHOLOGY • Tom Christopher experts 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)
	In the Shadow of the Himalayas, A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908 • Kurt Meyer • Pamela Deuel Meyer • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A collection of 144 remarkable documentary photographs of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sikkim at the turn of the 20th century by John Claude White (1853-1918), the first British Political Officer to Sikkim. (HML71, $65.00)
	Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness • Robert Thurman • Dalai Lama • RELIGION • In this popular book Buddhist monk, scholar and translator Robert Thurman mediates on Buddhism, Tibet and contemporary life. (TBT73, $15.00)
	Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster • Jon Krakauer • EXPLORATION • In this bestseller, climber and journalist Krakauer reconstructs a minute-by-minute account of what went wrong on the great mountain in 1996. (HML13, $14.95)
	It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness • Sylvia Boorstein • RELIGION • A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism. (GEN264, $13.00)
	Kailash Trekking Map • Gecko Maps • A detailed topographic map (1:50,000) of the trekking route circling Mount Kailas. (TBT64, $16.95)
	Kundun, A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama • Mary Craig • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A mesmerizing portrait of the Dalai Lama and his family, his parents, four brothers, and two sisters, and their fight for a free Tibet. (TBT110, $20.00)
	The Last River, The Tragic Race for Shangri-La • Todd Balf • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A thrilling account of a first-ever descent into the heart of Tibet. (TBT44, $14.00)
	Learning Practical Tibetan • Andrew Bloomfield • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A slim guide with two 90-minute audio tapes designed with the traveler in mind. (TBT93, $55.00)
	Life and Death on Mt. Everest, Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering • Sherry B. Ortner • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A vividly written, scholarly study of the relationship between the Sherpas and the mountaineers who come to "conquer" the Himalayas. (TBT33, $27.95)
	The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan • Anonymous • Lobsang Lhalungpa • LITERATURE • A biography of Jetsun Milarepa, one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets and a key figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Buddhism. A classic Tibetan folk tale full of magic, feuds, and humor. (TBT98, $14.95)
	Lonely Planet Tibet • Bradley Mayhew • John Vincent Bellezza • Tony Wheeler • Chris Taylor • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Tibet with maps, features on Tibetan and Mandarin language, notes on Buddhism, Tibetan culture and its rich history. (TBT50, $26.99)
	Lonely Planet Tibetan Phrasebook • Sandup Tsering • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A brief guide to Tibetan with transliterations of place names, pronunciation guide and common phrases. (TBT52, $8.99)
	Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama • Tulku Chagdud • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Cagdud, an internationally renowned Vajrayana Buddhist Master, was forced into exile by the Chinese invasion and lived for 20 years in India and Nepal serving as a doctor and lama to his fellow refugees. (TBT99, $16.95)
	Magic and Mystery in Tibet • Alexandra David-Neel • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An unabridged reprint of David-Neel's influential 1932 account of pioneering travels in Tibet. With 32 photographs by the author. An accomplished scholar and keen observer, David-Neel was the first western woman (albeit in disguise) to see Lhasa. (TBT90, $12.95)
	Mahayana Buddhism, The Doctrinal Foundations • Paul Williams • RELIGION • A clear, scholarly summary of the principles of Mahayana Buddhism as they are found in both the Indo-Tibetan and East Asian forms of Mahayana. (ASA60, $39.95)
	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, $14.95)
	Monk Dancers of Tibet • Mattieu Ricard • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Matthieu Ricard documents, in words and full-color photographs, the traditional dances of the monks at the Shechen monastery. (TBT77, $29.95)
	The Mount Kailash Trek • Constance Roos • Sian Pritchard-Jones • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical trekker's guide to Tibet's sacred mountain and western Tibet. (TBT115, $22.95)
	My Land and My People, The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet • Dalai Lama • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The Dalai Lama recounts his life and struggle 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)
	On Top of the World, Five Women Explorers in Tibet • Luree Miller • EXPLORATION • An inspiring account of the adventures of five intrepid women explorers in 19th-century Tibet. (TBT28, $12.95)
	Peaks and Lamas • Marco Pallis • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic account of mountaineering and Buddhist Tibet, first published in 1949. (TBT83, $18.00)
	Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions • Simon Coleman • John Elsner • RELIGION • An illustrated survey, organized thematically, of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Indian and Buddhist pilgrimages and sacred travel. (REL07, $28.00)
	Pilgrimage, Twenty Journeys to Inspire the Soul • David Souden • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An illusrtated account of journeys to sacred places. (GEN247, $29.95)
	A Plant Hunter in Tibet • Frank Kingdon-Ward • EXPLORATION • The lively account of a 1933 expedition to a remote corner of southeast Tibet. (TBT105, $26.00)
	Prisoners of Shangri-La, Tibetan Buddhism and the West • Donald S. Lopez Jr. • HISTORY • A scholarly history of western myth-making and romance over the question of Tibet. Lopez, a leading scholar of Tibetan Buddhism reveals a complex country and its spiritual history in this scholarly analysis. (TBT42, $18.00)
	Religions of Tibet in Practice • Donald S. Lopez, Jr. • RELIGION • A collection of 36 essays and translated texts by scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, including selections on prayers, pilgrimages, death and ritual. (TBT16, $37.95)
	Sacred Landsacpe and Pilgrimage in Tibet, In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon • Gesha Gelek Jinpa • Charles Ramble • V. Carroll Dunham • Thomas L. Kelly • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The inspiring account of a historic pilgrimage from Nepal to Mount Kailas by a young Bon monk and his American travel companions, as stunningly recorded by photographer Thomas Kelly. Includes 160 color illusrtations and DVD. (TBT112, $65.00)
	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 Search for Shangri-La, A Journey into Tibetan History • Charles Allen • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Both travelogue and straight-ahead religious history. (TBT67, $14.95)
	Seeing Lhasa, British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936-1947 • Clare Harris • Tsering Shakya • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An extraordinary document of the country. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, this book presents a trove of photographs, albums and film by Harry Staunton, Evan Nepean, Hugh Richardson and other British visitors to Tibet. (TBT71, $39.95)
	Seven Years in Tibet • Jean-Jacques Annaud • The 1997 blockbuster film starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis. Based on the classic memoir by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who became tutor to the Dalai Lama. (TBT101, $14.94)
	The Skull Mantra • Eliot Pattison • MYSTERY • The first in Pattison's series of superb political thrillers set in Tibet. When a headless corpse turns up on a Tibetan mountainside, veteran police inspector Shan Tao Yun is released from prison to investigate the crime, and he quickly uncovers a conspiracy involving American mining interests, corrupt Party officials, and Tibetan sorcerers. Winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. (TBT106, $7.99)
	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, $17.95)
	So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas • Barbara Crossette • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • 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)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $18.00)
	The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile • Alison Wright • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A handsome pictorial essay on Tibetan culture and people in exile. (IDA159, $34.95)
	The Story of Buddhism, A Concise Guide to Its History & Teachings • Donald S. Lopez • RELIGION • An overview of Buddhism by a well-known scholar. (ASA42, $15.95)
	Story of Tibet, Conversations With the Dalai Lama • Thomas Laird • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The extraordinary history of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism as recounted by the Dalai Lama. (TBT92, $17.00)
	Tears of Blood, A Cry for Tibet • Mary Craig • HISTORY • A hard-hitting history of Tibet since 1959. (TBT82, $17.50)
	Temptations of the West, How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, And Beyond • Pankaj Mishra • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The thread that binds these engaging accounts of Panjak's insightful travel through South Asia (Buddhist Tibet, Bollywood, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal) is the confrontation of traditional and modern society. (ASA51, $15.00)
	Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas • Russell Johnson • Kerry Moran • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this handsome illustrated journal, two Americans record their journey around 22,000-foot Mt. Kailas, documenting the landscapes, rituals and traditions of the sacred mountain. (TBT41, $25.00)
	Tibet, An Inner Journey • Matthieu Ricard • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Ricard draws on his long association with the region and Buddhism for this collection of 191 vivid color photographs of the people and landscapes of Kham, or Eastern Tibet. (TBT113, $45.00)
	Tibet, Reflections from the Wheel of Life • V. Carroll Dunham • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An insightful photographic celebration of Tibet and the Tibetan worldview. (TBT125, $60.00)
	Tibet, The Roof of the World between Past and Present • Maria Antonia Sironi Diemberger • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A photographic portrait of Tibet. (TBT49, $45.00)
	Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land • Patrick French • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A powerful account of travels in Tibet, part memoir and part political analysis. (TBT76, $14.95)
	The Tibetan Book of the Dead • Graham Coleman • Gyurme Dorje • RELIGION • The first complete English translation of an indispensable work on Tibetan religious beliefs. (TBT88, $20.00)
	The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Liberation from Understanding the In Between • Robert Thurman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A key text as presented by Robert Thurman for a western audience. This is the Tibetan guidebook to dying or "the between," written in the 8th or 9th century by Padma Sambhava. (TBT06, $18.00)
	Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, A Practical Approach for Modern Life • B. Alan Wallace • RELIGION • 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)
	Tibetan Buddhist Life • Don Farber • RELIGION • A beautiful and informative celebration of Tibetan Buddhist culture. (TBT70, $30.00)
	Tibetan Folk Tales • Fredrick Hyde-Chambers • Audrey Hyde-Chambers • LITERATURE • An anthology of legends and fables, first published in 1981, including the Tibetan creation myth, Buddhist tales, and the famous epic of King Gesar of Ling, a national hero. (TBT59, $21.00)
	A Tibetan on Tibet • Paul Sherap • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The 1926 account by Dorje Zodba of his adventurous early boyhood and travels as told to British Consul and Buddhist scholar Combe. (TBT109, $12.95)
	Tibetan Pilgrimage, Architecture of the Sacred Land • Michel Peissel • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This visual guide to Tibet, its monstseries, villages and sacred sites features Peissel's gorgeous watercolor illustrations. (TBT89, $35.00)
	Tsangpo Gorges • Frank Kingdon-Ward • EXPLORATION • Legendary plant-explorer Kingdon-Ward's original account of his 1924-1925 expedition to the source of the Tsangpo, expertly edited and annotated by modern explorer Kenneth Cox, who brings the story of the exploration of this almost inaccessible corner of south-east Tibet up to date. With 250 color photographs. (TBT103, $75.00)
	Vanished Kingdoms: A Woman Explorer in Tibet, China, and Mongolia 1921-1925 • Mabel H. Cabot • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An illustrated account of a 1920s expedition to Western China, Inner Mongolia, and northwestern Tibet, featuring 140 documentary photographs of remote Imperial China (many hand tinted). (TBT91, $35.00)
	The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival • Ama Adhe • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Ama Adhe recounts with dignity and clarity her 27 years in prison for supporting the Khampa resitance to the Chinese takeover of Tibet. (TBT102, $16.95)
	War at the Top of the World, The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet • Eric Margolis • HISTORY • An overview of geography, religion and politics of the High Himalayas, and its strategic value to Pakistan, India and China. Updated throughout in this second edition, with a new chapter on the Taliban. (PKN09, $25.95)
	Water Touching Stone • Eliot Pattison • MYSTERY • The second of Pattison's superb political thrillers set in Tibet. Aided by a young Kazakh woman, former Beijing police investigator Shan Tao Yun heads for a remote Tibetan plateau to investigate the murder of a venerated teacher and the subsequent disappearance of a lama, but his probe is soon complicated by the resentment of local Tibetans, a sullen resistance fighter, and a dead American. (TBT107, $7.99)
	What Makes You Not a Buddhist • Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse • RELIGION • From the Buddhist lama and filmmaker comes a book on viewing the postmodern Western world through Buddhist perspectives on happiness, suffering, and enlightenment, written with warmth and wit. (TBT96, $19.95)
	The Wheel of Life, The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist • John Blofeld • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	Why the Dalai Lama Matters • Robert Thurman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Thurman introduces Buddhism and the Tibetan concept of the Dalai Lama in this illuminating portrait. (TBT122, $24.00)
	Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe • George Schaller • NATURAL HISTORY • Ecology and conservation in the highlands of Tibet, China and Mongolia. Schaller, who has also written books about the Serengeti and Himalayas, provides a comprehensive account of the flora and fauna of the region. (TBT31, $24.00)
	The Wisdom of the Buddha • Jean Boisselier • RELIGION • 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)
	A Woman's Asia • Marybeth Bond • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	A Woman's Asia • Marybeth Bond • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Worlds of Transformation • Marilyn M. Rhie • Robert Thurman • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Two hundred exquisite Tibetan thangka paintings from the 12th through the 20th centuries, spanning the spectrum of Tibetan artistic schools. (TBT97, $95.00)
	Younghusband, The Last Great Imperial Adventurer • Patrick French • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The riveting biography of Sir Francis Younghusband, a key player in Britain's scramble for power in Central Asia. (TBT75, $16.00)

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