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	Aami in America, A Pilgrimage of the Heart • Broughton Coburn • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An account of a coast-to-coast tour in the company of an 84-year-old nepalese woman. (USA11, $14.95)
	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 Map • Nelles • A map of the Annapurna hiking region at scale of 1:100,000 with major features, color shading and contour lines. (NPL32, $13.95)
	Annapurna, A Woman's Place • Arlene Blum • EXPLORATION • 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)
	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)
	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)
	The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk • Palden Gyatso • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Palden Gyatso writes with simple eloquence of the takeover of his country, destruction of monasteries and his own determination to hold onto his beliefs in a Chinese labor camp. (TBT94, $14.00)
	Bradt Guide Tibet • Michael Buckley • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, detailed overview of Tibet, its history, culture, attractions and natural history with color photographs, local maps and excellent travel information. (TBT74, $22.95)
	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)
	Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan • Jamie Zeppa • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this warm memoir, Zeppa recounts her time as a teacher in a remote village and her growing love and commitment to the Bhutanese culture and people. (BHU08, $16.00)
	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)
	Birds of Nepal • Richard Grimmett • Carol Inskipp • Tim Inskipp • FIELD GUIDE • Covering all 760 species of birds occurring in Nepal, this book features 110 color plates. Text and illustrations are integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field. (NPL40, $35.00)
	The Book of Indian Birds • Salim Ali • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • The 12th editon of this classic field guide to the birds of the plains, foothills, wetlands, and seacoast of the Indian subcontinent, published in India and authored by one of its pre-eminent ornithologists. Organized by bird family, each species is illustrated in color. (IDA45, $34.50)
	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)
	The Climb, Tragic Ambitions on Everest • Anatoli Boukreev • EXPLORATION • An eyewitness account of the 1996 tragedy by Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev. (HML29, $7.99)
	The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 • Tsering Shakya • HISTORY • A comprehensive account of the history and political development of Tibet since 1947, which includes eye-opening details of the American, British and Indian players involved in Tibet's struggle for sovereignty. (TBT32, $17.00)
	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)
	Epic, Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks • Clint Willis • ANTHOLOGY • A terrific collection of great writing about mountaineering. (HML37, $17.95)
	Escape from Kathmandu • Kim Stanley Robinson • LITERATURE • The four interconnected stories in this laugh-out-loud novel include the (mis)adventures of two young Americans with a Yeti, international espionage, mountain climbing of the highest sort and a quest for Shangri-La. (NPL41, $15.95)
	Everest, A Mountaineering History • Walter Unsworth • EXPLORATION • A classic history of mountaineering, updated through 1998 for this third edition. (NPL38, $45.00)
	Everest, Mountain Without Mercy • Broughton Coburn • NATURAL HISTORY • 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)
	Everest, the West Ridge • Thomas F. Hornbein • EXPLORATION • A vivid, moving personal account of the American expedition to Everest in 1963. (HML10, $19.95)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of China • John MacKinnon • Karen Phillipps • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to the birds of China, featuring 128 color plates illustrating 1300 species of birds. Contains introductory chapters on the history of ornithology in China, biogeography, and conservation. (CHN85, $116.25)
	Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent • K. K. Gurung • Raj Singh • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • This compact guide to 106 species features color illustrations, tracks, range maps and information about habitats and conservation. With an overview of 23 parks and reserves, including location maps and species lists. (FG33, $41.00)
	From Heaven Lake, Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet • Vikram Seth • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An unconventional, award-winning travelogue of a 1981 trip to India from China via the Himalayas by the marvelous Indian novelist Vikram Seth. (HML19, $13.00)
	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)
	Ghosts of Everest, The Search for Mallory & Irvine • Jochen Hemmleb • Eric Simonson • Larry Johnson • EXPLORATION • 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)
	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)
	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)
	Happiness, A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill • Matthieu Ricard • RELIGION • The scientist-turned-monk's primer on Buddhism as a journey to fulfillment and transformation. (GEN381, $14.99)
	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)
	Himalaya Map • Nelles • A colorful regional map of the Himalayas at a scale of 1:1,500,000, including Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Sikkim. (HML09, $10.95)
	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 Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan • Jeremy Schmidt • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	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)
	Himalayan Voices, An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature • Michael Hutt • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of 20th-century Nepali poetry and short fiction, much of it translated into English for the first time. This anthology offers insight into Nepal's literary traditions, society and culture. (HML35, $26.95)
	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, $39.95)
	The Hotel on the Roof of the World • Alec Le Sueur • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An entertaining memoir and account of life in Tibet by a man who worked at a hotel there for five years. It's an insightful look at contemporary politics, quirks and challenges. (TBT81, $17.95)
	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 • A best-selling, minute-by-minute account of the 1996 disaster on Everest. (HML08, $26.95)
	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)
	K2, Triumph and Tragedy • Jim Curran • EXPLORATION • 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)
	Khumbu Himal (Everest) Map • Nelles • An trekkers map of the Mt. Everest region. (NPL33, $13.95)
	Kundun • Martin Scorcese • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Scorsese's tribute to Tibet and the resilience of its people. (TBT111, $9.99)
	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, $26.95)
	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)
	Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya • Stan Armington • GUIDEBOOK • This classic guide, now in its eighth edition, is great for both practical trail information and general information on the region. (NPL23, $19.99)
	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)
	Man-Eaters of Kumaon • Jim Corbett • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The memoirs of a turn-of-the-century hunter-turned-conservationist who was much loved in India. (HML12, $14.95)
	Memoirs of a Political Officer's Wife in Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan • Margaret D. Williamson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • OUT OF PRINT • Williamson, the wife of a British political officer stationed in Gangtok in the 1930s, captures the culture, society and flavor of the region in this wonderfully personal account. (BHU05, $18.95)
	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)
	Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape • Galen Rowell • NATURAL HISTORY • Galen presents 80 of his most spectacular mountain images, divided according to visual content. Each chapter illustrates a theme or technique, supplemented by a short personal essay. (PHT06, $29.95)
	Mt. Everest • National Geographic • A gloriously detailed, birds-eye view of Everest by the cartographers at National Geographic. (NPL36, $19.99)
	My Journey to Lhasa • Alexandra David-Neel • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Dressed as a humble pilgrim and traveling under cover of night, the indomitable 55-year-old David-Neel and her young companion climbed mountains, fooled soldiers and ultimately reached Tibet's forbidden capital. Originally published in 1923, her account stands as an riveting portrait of early 20th-century Tibet. (TBT26, $14.95)
	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 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)
	Nepal Map • Nelles • A convenient double-sided map of Nepal at a scale of 1:500,000, with insets of Kathmandu City and Kathmandu Valley. (NPL01, $10.95)
	Of Tigers and Men • Richard Ives • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A haunting, beautifully written tale of a man's quest to encounter tigers in the wild, and to understand the meaning of the threat of the tiger's extinction. Ives visits the forests of India, Thailand, and Sumatra. (IDA30, $12.50)
	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)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal • B. Grewal • FIELD GUIDE • A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal. (IDA46, $15.95)
	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, $26.50)
	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)
	The Raven Crown: the Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan • Michael Aris • HISTORY • Aris chronicles the rise of the Wangchuk dynasty in this beautifully illustrated history of the kingdom and its 20th-century monarchy featuring 106 rare archival photographs. (BHU02, $60.00)
	Red Dust, A Path Through China • Ma Jian • Flora Drew • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An astounding memoir by an urban poet, painter and writer on the road to Tibet. A vagabond, rebel, and Buddhist, Jian abandons his Beijing life for a 3-year southwestern journey through Tibet, Burma, and Guizhou Province. (CHN150, $15.00)
	Red Poppies • Alai • Howard Goldblatt • Sylvia Li-Chun Lin • LITERATURE • This family saga unfolds among the warlords of eastern Tibet in the 1930s before the Chinese occupation. (TBT61, $14.00)
	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)
	The Search for Shangri-La, A Journey into Tibetan History • Charles Allen • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Both travelogue and straight-ahead religious history. (TBT67, $14.95)
	The Search for the Panchen Lama • Isabel Hilton • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A skillful and subtle story of the selection -- and kidnapping -- of the 11th incarnation of the Pachen Lama, revealing much of the current state of affairs between Tibet and China. (TBT43, $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)
	Sherpas, Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal • James Fisher • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A detailed study of the change that mountaineering brought to Sherpa society. (NPL13, $26.95)
	Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector • Raymond Desmond • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the Victorian explorer and botanist featuring Hooker's illustrations and excerpts from his "Himalayan Journals" (GEN79, $49.50)
	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)
	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)
	Something Hidden Behind the Ranges, A Himalayan Quest • Daniel Taylor-Ide • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The author takes us on a journey through the mountain kingdoms. (HML22, $14.95)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $18.00)
	Spectrum Guide to Nepal • Camerapix • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the country, its people, history and geography, featuring excellent maps and 200 color photographs. (NPL27, $22.95)
	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, 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)
	Touching My Father's Soul, A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest • Jamling Tenzing Norgay • Broughton Coburn • Dalai Lama • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Travelers' Tales Nepal • Rajendra Khadka • ANTHOLOGY • This anthology of travel writing on Nepal features mostly modern stories by Peter Matthiessen, Jan Morris and other great writers, local and foreign. (NPL16, $17.95)
	Travelers' Tales Tibet • James O'Reilly • Larry Habegger • ANTHOLOGY • An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness reports. (TBT65, $18.95)
	Trekking in Nepal, A Traveler's Guide • Sir Edmund Hillary • Stephen Bezruchka • GUIDEBOOK • A respected guide covering, in detail, route planning for trekkers, national parks, health, where to go and what to do in Nepal. With an overview of the geography, history, religion and culture of the region. (NPL10, $16.95)
	Trekking in the Everest Region • Jamie McGuinness • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN NOVEMBER • A compact guide to treks in the Everest region featuring route maps, village plans and concise information on preparations. (NPL31, $22.95)
	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 Violet Shyness of Their Eyes, Notes from Nepal • Barbara J. Scot • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A heartfelt portrait of the Nepalese people and culture, resulting from the author's year teaching in Nepal. An excellent memoirist, Scot combines personal observation, thoughtful commentary and warmth. (HML14, $16.95)
	Visions of Tibet: Outer, Inner, Secret • Brian Kistler • Robert Thurman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Kistler's photographs, taken over a 15-year period, celebrate Tibet, its monuments, people, and places. (TBT95, $49.95)
	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)
	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)
	World Religions: Eastern Traditions • Willard G. Oxtoby • RELIGION • 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)
	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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