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	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, 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)
	Khumbu Trekking Map • Trails Illustrated • A map of the Everest trekking region at a scale of 1:125,000 with contours at 100 meter intervals, printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper. (NPL47, $16.99)
	The Ascent of Rum Doodle • W. E. Bowman • Bill Bryson • LITERATURE • Firmly in the school of offhand, bumbling British exploration, this book is hardly handicapped by the fact that its author had never been near the Himalayas. It's a spoof of British mountaineering. Very funny indeed. (HML55, $13.99)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 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)
	Circling the Sacred Mountain • Tad Wise • Robert Thurman • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	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 Crystal Horizon • Reinhold Messner • Jill Neate • Audrey Salkeld • EXPLORATION • Messner's account of the first successful solo ascent of Everest, which he accomplished without the aid of supplemental oxygen in 1980. (HML69, $24.95)
	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)
	Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books • Eric Shipton • EXPLORATION • Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia. (EXP12, $38.00)
	Everest, A Mountaineering History • Walter Unsworth • EXPLORATION • A classic history of mountaineering, updated through 1998 for this third edition. (NPL38, $45.00)
	Everest, Expedition to the Ultimate • Reinhold Messner • Audrey Salkeld • EXPLORATION • 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)
	Everest, The Mountaineers Anthology IV • Peter Potterfield • EXPLORATION • A collection of eyewitness accounts. (NPL49, $16.95)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent • Krys Kazmierczak • Ber Van Perlo • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field guide to 1,300 species. (FG40, $45.00)
	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)
	Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan • Gyurme Dorje • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN SEPTEMBER • An outstanding guide to all of Tibet, including the central plateau, eastern provinces of Kham and Amdo, as well as Bhutan and the Kathmandu Valley. Dorje is a leading Buddhist scholar who knows the region well. (TBT37, $29.95)
	Freedom in Exile, The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama • Dalai Lama • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A vivid self-portrait, told with optimism, great determination, humor and insight. (TBT25, $15.95)
	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)
	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 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)
	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 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, $45.00)
	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 • 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)
	Kailash Trekking Map • Gecko Maps • A detailed topographic map (1:50,000) of the trekking route circling Mount Kailas. (TBT64, $16.95)
	Khumbu Himal (Everest) Map • Nelles • An trekkers map of the Mt. Everest region. (NPL33, $13.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills • The Mountaineers • GUIDEBOOK • The essential handbook for mountaineers, in a seventh revised edition. With chapters on outdoor fundamentals, rock, snow, ice, and alpine climbing, emergency prevention and response, the mountain environment, and gear. (GEN267, $29.95)
	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)
	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)
	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, $28.00)
	Pilgrimage, Twenty Journeys to Inspire the Soul • David Souden • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An illusrtated account of journeys to sacred places. (GEN247, $29.95)
	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)
	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 Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain, Passages in the Lives of a Father and Son • Will Johnson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A memoir and spiritual tale of a father-and-son journey to Mount Kailas. (TBT79, $16.95)
	The Search for Shangri-La, A Journey into Tibetan History • Charles Allen • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Both travelogue and straight-ahead religious history. (TBT67, $14.95)
	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)
	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)
	The Snow Leopard • Peter Matthiessen • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE • Matthiessen's vivid story of discovering Buddhism and reality in the high Himalayas. The account of a five-week journey through Nepal with George Schaller in search of the magnificent leopard is only one of the many pleasures of this extraordinary book, his most perceptive and acutely observed of all. (NPL03, $15.00)
	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)
	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)
	The Struggle for Modern Tibet, The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering • Melvyn C. Goldstein • William Siebenschuh • Tashi Tsering • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The life story of an idealistic young man who juggled traditional hierarchy in traditional Tibet with the promise and poison of Mao's Cultural revolution. (TBT53, $26.95)
	Surviving Everest (DVD) • National Geographic • A celebration of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by National Geographic. The documentary details the many triumphs and disasters that have occurred on Mt. Everest, including original 1953 footage and a 1984 tribute. (HML58, $24.95)
	Surviving Everest (VHS) • National Geographic • A National Geographic documentary on Mt. Everest. (HML57, $19.95)
	Tears of Blood, A Cry for Tibet • Mary Craig • HISTORY • A hard-hitting history of Tibet since 1959. (TBT82, $17.50)
	Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas • Russell Johnson • Kerry Moran • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	Tibet, The Roof of the World between Past and Present • Maria Antonia Sironi Diemberger • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A photographic portrait of Tibet. (TBT49, $45.00)
	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)
	Tibetan Pilgrimage, Architecture of the Sacred Land • Michel Peissel • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This visual guide to Tibet, its monstseries, villages and sacred sites features Peissel's gorgeous watercolor illustrations. (TBT89, $35.00)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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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