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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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Everest, Expedition to the Ultimate
• Reinhold Messner
• Audrey Salkeld
EXPLORATION •
1999 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
In 1978, Messner and Peter Habler climbed Everest without using supplemental oxygen. This is Messner's frank account of their very difficult -- but ultimately successful -- climb.
(HML49, $24.95) |
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Everest, The Mountaineers Anthology IV
• Peter Potterfield
EXPLORATION •
2003 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
A collection of eyewitness accounts by Greg Mallory and Sandy Irvine, Edmund Hillary, Tom Hornbein, Jim Whittaker, Frank Smythe, Eric Simonson, Reinhold Messner, and many other climbers over the decades. Published in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first ascent. Pottersfield is publisher of mountainzone.com
(NPL49, $16.95) |
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First Ascent
• Stephen Venables
REFERENCE •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES
First-hand accounts and archival photographs document 24 challenging ascents over the last 200 years, including not just classic summits but first attempts at rock climbing, unassisted climbing, big-wall climbing, ice climbing and clean climbing.
(EXP69, $45.00) |
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Glacier Ice
• Austin Post
• Edward R. LaChapelle
NATURAL HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 145 PAGES
A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. The text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile and other parts of the world.
(SCI07, $27.95) |
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High Crimes, The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
• Michael Kodas
HISTORY •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 368 PAGES
Looking for adventure, journalist Michael Kodas set out to climb Everest in 2004, and found instead a criminal underworld devoted to preying on naïve climbers. His expose is both a warning and a fascinating and harrowing look at greed, backstabbing and neglect for human life on the path to Everest's peak.
(NPL65, $24.95) |
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Himalaya
• Eric Valli
• Anne de Sales
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 432 PAGES
A handsome collection of breathtaking photographs of the landscape and people of the Himalayas.
(HML64, $50.00) |
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Himalayan Quest, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
• Ed Viesturs
EXPLORATION •
2009 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
In 1986, Austrian Reinhold Messner became the first man to scale all 14 peaks which stand above 8,000 meters, all of which are located in the Himalayas. Seventeen years later, Ed Viesturs became the first American to accomplish this daunting feat. This appealing photographic guide chronicles Viestur's journey, complete with breathtaking images of the Himalayan landscape (made more impressive when one imagines how difficult it must have been to take them while climbing!) as well as informative maps of the region.
(HML63, $21.95) |
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Mountain Madness, Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High
• Robert Birkby
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2009 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
A vivid, candid biography of mountaineer Scott Fischer, who died on Mt. Everest in 1996, written by one of Fischer's close friends.
(NPL64, $16.95) |
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Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills
• The Mountaineers
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
HARD COVER
• 592 PAGES
It's all here in this 50th anniversary edition of the essential mountaineering handbook, which covers everything from choosing equipment and tying knots to basic rappelling techniques and planning an expedition
(GEN267, $39.95) |
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South Asia
• Sumit Ganguly
HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Sumit Ganguly is the Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian cultures and civilizations and professor of political science at Indiana University.
(IDA308, $22.00) |
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Tales of Mountaineering
• Stefano Ardito
EXPLORATION •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
An oversize photographic history of the great ascents and climbers in 20th-century mountaineering.
(EXP51, $35.00) |
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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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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
ANTHOLOGY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 310 PAGES
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. Featuring selections from Jan Morris, Pamela Logan and Alison Wright.
(ASA49, $17.95) |
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