Across the Tibetan Plateau, Ecosystems, Wildlife, And Conservation
• Dorje Tsering
• Robert L. Fleming
• Liu Wulin
NATURAL HISTORY •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 120 PAGES
A natural history and a collection of photographs of the vast Tibetan Plateau, compiled by three dedicated scholars.
(TBT117, $49.95) |
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Among Flowers, A Walk in the Himalaya
• Jamaica Kincaid
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
An atmospheric account of celebrated writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid's journey to Nepal and the Himalayas with a small team of botanists. A volume in the National Geographic Directions series.
(HML62, $10.95) |
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Art of Tibet
• Robert Fisher
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
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, $21.95) |
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Beautiful Ghosts
• Eliot Pattison
MYSTERY •
2005 •
PAPER
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, $16.99) |
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Bone Mountain
• Eliot Pattison
MYSTERY •
2005 •
PAPER
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, $15.95) |
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Buddha
• Karen Armstrong
RELIGION •
2004 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
A concise, thought-provoking biography of the Buddha in the Penguin Lives series, written by one of the foremost experts on world religions. A member of the Association of Muslim Social Services in Jerusalem, Karen Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic nun who teaches Judaism. Her many books include: A History of God; Islam, a Short History; and Jerusalem: One City Three Faiths. She has also written a biography of Mohammed.
(REL09, $14.00) |
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Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All
• Perry Garfinkel
RELIGION •
2007 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A spiritual travelogue that scours the globe for the both the roots and world-wide extensions of Buddhism.
(REL30, $15.00) |
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Buddhism Plain and Simple
• Steve Hagen
1999 •
PAPER
A clear and straightfoward introduction to Buddhism.
(REL31, $12.00) |
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Buddhism without Beliefs
• Stephen Batchelor
RELIGION •
1998 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
An accessible, straightforward introduction to the major tenets of Buddhist wisdom and religion and their relevance to modern life.
(REL29, $14.00) |
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Cave in the Snow, A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
• Vicki MacKenzie
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 210 PAGES
The absorbing tale of a young English Buddhist and her experience as a hermit in Lahoul, a Tibetan stronghold in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh. It's a fascinating overview of the allure and practice of Tibetan Buddhism. The book is divided into three sections: the life of Diane Perry until she became a Buddhist nun; her time in seclusion in the 1970s, first in at the Tayul monastery and then on a mountain ledge; and her life back in the England. She was not lonely.
(HML61, $15.95) |
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Eastern Tibet, Bridging Tibet and China
• Christoph Baumer
• Therese Weber
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 254 PAGES
A portrait of the region at the heart of Tibetan culture, this in-depth overview of the culture and history of Eastern Tibet features 257 color photographs, four maps and informative text.
(TBT104, $60.00) |
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The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
• Robert Beer
RELIGION •
1999 •
HARD COVER
• 400 PAGES
An encyclopedic reference exploring the symbols found in the sacred Tibetan art of the thangka. 169 illustrated plates feature several thousand pieces intricate line art by the author. Entries are arranged thematically. Beer, while British, has devoted decades to the study of thangkas, a meditation device used by monks.
(TBT66, $75.00) |
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From Heaven Lake, Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
• Vikram Seth
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1987 •
PAPER
• 178 PAGES
An unconventional, award-winning travelogue of a 1981 trip to India from China via the Himalayas by the marvelous Indian novelist Vikram Seth.
(HML19, $15.00) |
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Golden Buddha
• Clive Cussler
• Craig Dirgo
LITERATURE •
2007 •
PAPER
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, $9.99) |
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A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State
• Melvyn C. Goldstein
HISTORY •
1991 •
PAPER
• 936 PAGES
An even-handed survey of the history of Tibet from 1913 to 1951, when the country was taken over by communist China. Goldstein draws on diplomatic records, as well as historical accounts and interviews with monastic leaders, soldiers and Tibetan officials to unravel the complex history of the Buddhist kingdom during this critical period.
(TBT56, $49.95) |
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Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
• Robert Thurman
• Dalai Lama
RELIGION •
1999 •
PAPER
• 356 PAGES
In this popular book, partly a memoir, Thurman brings his range of experience, scholarship and wit to the task of living as a Buddhist in contemporary America. Founder of Tibet House in New York, Thurman is a Buddhist monk, scholar and translator of Tibetan texts.
(TBT73, $16.00) |
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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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Kundun, A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama
• Mary Craig
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1998 •
PAPER
• 424 PAGES
A mesmerizing portrait of the Dalai Lama and his family, his parents, four brothers, and two sisters, and their fight for a free Tibet. This book opens in 1933 with the death of the thirteenth Dalai Lama and the frantic effort among Tibetan authorities to find his reincarnation. In their search for a baby boy with the characteristic marks of a Dalai Lama - tiger-striped legs, wide eyes, large ears, and palms bearing the pattern of a sea shell - officials were led to a tiny village in northeastern Tibet, home of Lhamo Dhondup, a smart, stubborn toddler already known for his tantrums. Responding calmly when a group of high lamas and dignitaries tested his memory of a previous life, the child easily recognized a rosary, walking stick, and drum belonging to the thirteenth Dalai Lama. In an instant this little boy and his entire family were swept into a world of unending ritual and complex internal politics. Lhamo was installed as the fourteenth Dalai Lama at the age of three, and was known from that point on as His Holiness or Kundun (the Presence), titles even his family members were obliged to use. A few years later the young Dalai Lama and his family were faced with China's invasion of Tibet. Living in exile since the late 1950s, they have waged a decades-long struggle for the freedom of their country. Mary Craig's intimate portrayal is the first to focus on the Dalai Lama's family - his parents, four brothers, and two sisters - all of whom have played integral roles in Tibet's resistance to Chinese occupation. Particularly compelling are Craig's portraits of the Dalai Lama's siblings, who have negotiated with China on behalf of their country, enlisted the aid of international allies to spearhead Tibetan Resistance, and worked tirelessly to help thousands of sick and starving refugee children.
(TBT110, $22.95) |
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Learning Practical Tibetan
• Andrew Bloomfield
• Yanki Tshering
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
1998 •
PAPER
• 202 PAGES
A slim guide designed with the traveler in mind. With sections on Tibetan numbers, festivals, and religious terms, as well as an overview of grammar and pronunciation, a short vocabulary list and dialogues for everyday situations.
(TBT38, $19.95) |
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The Life of Milarepa
• Anonymous
• Lobsang Lhalungpa
LITERATURE •
1992 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
The most beloved story of the Tibetan people, this biography can be read on several levels: a personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism; a profound guide in the search for consciousness, the tale of a life, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint; and a powerful folk tale, full of magic, disaster, feuds, deceptions, and humor. Tibet's celebrated yogi and poet Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135) is amajor figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Buddhism.
(TBT98, $16.00) |
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The Lord of Death
• Eliot Pattison
MYSTERY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
Exiled Beijing investigator Shan Tao Yun has his hands full when he happens upon an overturned bus (full suddenly freed Tibetan monks) -- and two women who have been shot -- on the slopes of Mt. Everest in this exceptional sixth intallment.
(TBT131, $14.00) |
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Magic and Mystery in Tibet
• Alexandra David-Neel
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1971 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
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) |
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Mahayana Buddhism, The Doctrinal Foundations
• Paul Williams
RELIGION •
2007 •
PAPER
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) |
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The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
• Jean-Francois Revel
• Matthieu Ricard
RELIGION •
2000 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
A collection of dialogues on Buddhism, philosophy, science, politics, and other subjects.
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My Land and My People, The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
• Dalai Lama
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1997 •
PAPER
• 238 PAGES
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.
(TBT22, $13.95) |
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Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions
• Simon Coleman
• John Elsner
RELIGION •
1997 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
An illustrated survey, organized thematically, of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Indian and Buddhist pilgrimages and sacred travel. With hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs of people, art and places.
(REL07, $32.50) |
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A Plant Hunter in Tibet
• Frank Kingdon-Ward
EXPLORATION •
2006 •
PAPER
• 317 PAGES
Long out of print, this facsimile edition of Kingdon-Ward's lively 1934 account of the people, culture, landscapes and adventures in Southeast Tibet includes his original photographs and two maps.
(TBT105, $26.00) |
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Prisoners of Shangri-La, Tibetan Buddhism and the West
• Donald S. Lopez Jr.
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 284 PAGES
A scholarly history of western myth-making and romance over the question of Tibet. It's a thought-provoking corrective to much of the hogwash about Buddhism perpetrated by both western interpreters and Tibetans themselves. Lopez, a leading scholar of Tibetan Buddhism reveals a complex country and its spiritual history in this scholarly analysis.
(TBT42, $18.00) |
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The Religions of Tibet
• Giuseppe Tucci
• Geoffrey Samuel
RELIGION •
1988 •
PAPER
• 340 PAGES
A scholarly overview of Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, monkhood and folk religion.
(TBT11, $28.95) |
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Religions of Tibet in Practice
• Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
RELIGION •
2007 •
PAPER
• 421 PAGES
A collection of 36 essays and translated texts by scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, including selections on prayers, pilgrimages, death and ritual. It is a scholarly overview of the culture and religion of Tibet, organized thematically and accessible to the general reader.
(TBT16, $28.95) |
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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 •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 204 PAGES
The stunningly photographed account of a historic pilgrimage from Nepal to Mount Kailas by the young Bon monk Gelek and his American travel companions, as recorded by photographer Thomas Kelly. With a DVD of the pilgrimage and translation of Gelek's diary, which also includes his quest to the long-vanished kingdom of Zhangzhung.
(TBT112, $65.00) |
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Seven Years in Tibet
• Jean-Jacques Annaud
2005 •
DVD
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) |
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The Snow Lion and the Dragon, China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama
• Melvyn C. Goldstein
HISTORY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 130 PAGES
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) |
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The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile
• Alison Wright
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
A handsome pictorial essay on Tibetan culture and people in exile in the monasteries, nunneries and towns of Dharamsala and surroundings in the Dhauladhar mountain range of the Indian Himalayas.
(IDA159, $34.95) |
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Stick Out Your Tongue
• Ma Jian
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 93 PAGES
Banned by the Chinese government upon its initial publication, this is the story of a Chinese writer who travels through Tibet following the dissolution of his marriage. A haunting portrait of Tibetan culture in the modern age.
(TBT128, $13.00) |
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Story of Tibet, Conversations With the Dalai Lama
• Thomas Laird
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2007 •
PAPER
• 496 PAGES
An oral history of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism as drawn from more than 60 hours of interviews with the Dalai Lama.
(TBT92, $17.00) |
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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) |
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Tibet, An Enduring Civilization
• Francoise Pommaret
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2003 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
This pocket-size encyclopedia, packed with hundreds of full-color illustrations and photos, highlights the culture and history of Tibet. Pommaret, who has written widely on the Himalayas, devotes a section to Tibet today, titled Invasion and Colonization. A volume in the acclaimed Discoveries series.
(TBT69, $12.95) |
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Tibet, Reflections from the Wheel of Life
• V. Carroll Dunham
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1993 •
HARD COVER
• 204 PAGES
An insightful photographic celebration of Tibet and the Tibetan worldview.
(TBT125, $60.00) |
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Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, A Practical Approach for Modern Life
• B. Alan Wallace
RELIGION •
1993 •
PAPER
• 214 PAGES
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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Tsangpo Gorges
• Frank Kingdon-Ward
EXPLORATION •
2010 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
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 contributions by Kenneth Cox, Ken Storm Jr. and Ian Baker, including the new discovery of Hidden Falls, located in a part of the gorge unexplored by Kingdon Ward.
(TBT103, $75.00) |
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The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival
• Ama Adhe
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1999 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
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) |
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The Way of the White Clouds
• Lama Anagarika Govinda
• Robert Thurman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
A classic memoir by the remarkable German-born traveler, monk and interpreter of Tibetan Buddhism, including an account of his travels and discoveries in Tibet in the years before the 1950 Chinese invasion. 40th anniversary edition.
(TBT87, $19.95) |
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What Makes You Not a Buddhist
• Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
RELIGION •
2007 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
With humor, authority, warmth and wit, this slim book shows the western world from a Buddhist perspective. Born in Bhutan in 1961, a Tibetan lama and filmmaker (Travellers and Magicians), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche gives a decidedly modern take on dharma, happiness, suffering and enlightenment.
(TBT96, $15.95) |
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The Wheel of Life, The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist
• John Blofeld
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1988 •
PAPER
• 316 PAGES
Blofeld's (1913-1987) enchanting account of Buddhist worlds now largely vanished, including his life and travels in China, Tibet, Mongolia, India and Burma. He describes the worlds of remote mountain monasteries, sacred chambers of lamas and yogis, and the everyday lives of ordinary people. Originally published in 1959.
(HML76, $30.00) |
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Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe
• George Schaller
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 373 PAGES
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. His focus is on the Tibetan gazelle, chiru, blue sheep and other little-known ungulates, his special interest. A detailed account of the Change Tang reserve, it's also a good introduction to the steppes of the adjoining regions of China and Inner Mongolia.
(TBT31, $27.50) |
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