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Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude
• Stephen Bezruchka
• REFERENCE
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This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness.
(REF02, $8.95)
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Among Flowers, A Walk in the Himalaya
• Jamaica Kincaid
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Among Warriors, A Woman Martial Artist in Tibet
• Pamela Logan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The account of an aerospace scientist turned adventurer and her quest to reach the Khampa warrior horseman of Eastern Tibet.
(TBT51, $13.00)
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Ancient Wisdom, Living Tradition, The Spirit of Tibet in the Himalayas
• Marcia Keegan
• Dalai Lama
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A lovely photo essay on Tibetan life and culture.
(TBT48, $34.95)
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Below Another Sky, A Mountain Adventure in Search of a Lost Father
• Rick Ridgeway
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A touching account of the return to a mountain where tragedy had struck 20 years earlier.
(TBT55, $25.00)
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The Buddhist Handbook
• John Snelling
• RELIGION
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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)
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Cave in the Snow, A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
• Vicki MacKenzie
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The absorbing tale of a young English Buddhist and her experience as a hermit.
(HML61, $15.95)
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Circling the Sacred Mountain
• Tad Wise
• Robert Thurman
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
• Robert Beer
• RELIGION
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An encyclopedic reference exploring the symbols found in the sacred Tibetan art of the thangka.
(TBT66, $65.00)
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Himalaya
• Eric Valli
• Anne de Sales
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A handsome collection of breathtaking photographs of the landscape and people of the Himalayas.
(HML64, $50.00)
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Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology
• Frank Kingdon-Ward
• EXPLORATION
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An anthology by the great Himalayan explorer and plant-collector Frank Kingdon-Ward.
(HML03, $19.95)
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Himalayan Quest, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
• Ed Viesturs
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State
• Melvyn C. Goldstein
• HISTORY
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A history of Tibet during the critical period from World War I to the Chinese takover in 1951.
(TBT56, $39.95)
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In the Land of the Blue Poppies, The Collected Plant Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon-Ward
• Frank Kingdon-Ward
• Tom Christopher
• Jamaica Kincaid
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness
• Robert Thurman
• Dalai Lama
• RELIGION
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In this popular book Buddhist monk, scholar and translator Robert Thurman mediates on Buddhism, Tibet and contemporary life.
(TBT73, $15.00)
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Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
• Jon Krakauer
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness
• Sylvia Boorstein
• RELIGION
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A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism.
(GEN264, $13.00)
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Kailash Trekking Map
• Gecko Maps
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A detailed topographic map (1:50,000) of the trekking route circling Mount Kailas.
(TBT64, $16.95)
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Lonely Planet Tibet
• Bradley Mayhew
• John Vincent Bellezza
• Tony Wheeler
• Chris Taylor
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Lonely Planet Tibetan Phrasebook
• Sandup Tsering
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A brief guide to Tibetan with transliterations of place names, pronunciation guide and common phrases.
(TBT52, $8.99)
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On Top of the World, Five Women Explorers in Tibet
• Luree Miller
• EXPLORATION
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An inspiring account of the adventures of five intrepid women explorers in 19th-century Tibet.
(TBT28, $12.95)
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Pilgrimage, Twenty Journeys to Inspire the Soul
• David Souden
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An illusrtated account of journeys to sacred places.
(GEN247, $29.95)
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Red Dust, A Path Through China
• Ma Jian
• Flora Drew
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Red Poppies
• Alai
• Howard Goldblatt
• Sylvia Li-Chun Lin
• LITERATURE
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This family saga unfolds among the warlords of eastern Tibet in the 1930s before the Chinese occupation.
(TBT61, $14.00)
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The Search for Shangri-La, A Journey into Tibetan History
• Charles Allen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Both travelogue and straight-ahead religious history.
(TBT67, $14.95)
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So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
• Barbara Crossette
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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South Asia
• Sumit Ganguly
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
(IDA308, $18.00)
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South Asia
• Sumit Ganguly
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
(IDA308, $18.00)
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The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile
• Alison Wright
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A handsome pictorial essay on Tibetan culture and people in exile.
(IDA159, $34.95)
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Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas
• Russell Johnson
• Kerry Moran
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Tibet, The Roof of the World between Past and Present
• Maria Antonia Sironi Diemberger
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic portrait of Tibet.
(TBT49, $45.00)
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Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, A Practical Approach for Modern Life
• B. Alan Wallace
• RELIGION
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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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Tibetan Buddhist Life
• Don Farber
• RELIGION
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A beautiful and informative celebration of Tibetan Buddhist culture.
(TBT70, $30.00)
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Tibetan Folk Tales
• Fredrick Hyde-Chambers
• Audrey Hyde-Chambers
• LITERATURE
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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)
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War at the Top of the World, The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet
• Eric Margolis
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Wheel of Life, The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist
• John Blofeld
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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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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