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	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)
	China Map • International Travel Maps • A double-sided, shaded-relief map of China, at a useful scale of 1:3,800,000, indexed with an inset map of central Beijing. (CHN06, $11.95)
	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, $18.99)
	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)
	Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World • Jack Weatherford • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Weatherford, who has lived and studied in Mongolia, interweaves his own travels and field work on the Central Asian steppes, much of it on horseback, with a lively portrait of Genghis Khan and the world of the medieval Mongols. The Mongols introduced not only mayhem, but also paper, printing, gunpowder, the compass and trousers to their far-flung empire. (CAS106, $15.00)
	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 Hill Stations of Asia • Barbara Crossette • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A modern tour of the mountain enclaves of colonial Asia -- appreciative, magnificently researched and engaging. (ASA13, $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 Passage, Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan • Jeremy Schmidt • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • National Geographic Expert, Jeremy Schmidt, and photographer Patrick Morrow, recount their circumnavigation of the Himalayas, accompanied by their wives. Their journey by bike, truck and foot across Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan is illustrated 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, $21.95)
	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, $28.00)
	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, $15.00)
	Kim • Rudyard Kipling • LITERATURE • For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama. (IDA65, $7.00)
	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, $28.95)
	Lost Cosmonaut, Observations of an Anti-tourist • Daniel Kalder • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Kalder's offball, offbeat and rather strange report from forgotten corners of the republics of Tatarstan, Kalmykia, Mari El and Udmurtia in what was once the Soviet Union. Kalder revels in being no-place. (EUR199, $19.95)
	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 Snow Leopard • Peter Matthiessen • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE • The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Peter Matthiessen's vivid account of a five-week journey through Nepal with George Schaller combines their quest for the magnificent cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas. (NPL03, $15.00)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $19.00)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $19.00)
	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, $15.99)
	The Travels of Marco Polo • Marco Polo • Ronald Lantham • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The memories of a 13th-century journey to China along the Silk Road, among the most famous travel accounts ever. Describing exotic plants, birds, precious gems, silks, and spices with a merchant's eye, this superb geographer recounts his 20 years of travel. (CAS05, $13.95)
	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)
	Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal • Guy Mountefort • Gerald Cubitt • NATURAL HISTORY • An informative introduction to the natural history of the region in a handsome oversize volume. With hundreds of extraordinary photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Himalayas, the Indo-Ganges Plain and the Deccan. (IDA02, $29.95)
	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)

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