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Across the Tibetan Plateau, Ecosystems, Wildlife, And Conservation


by Dorje Tsering | Robert L. Fleming | Liu Wulin

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 120 PAGES

A natural history and a collection of photographs of the vast Tibetan Plateau, compiled by three dedicated scholars. (TBT117, $49.95)

Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude

Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude


by Stephen Bezruchka

  • REFERENCE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

Bezruchka, a mountaineer and M.D., includes case studies, frequently asked questions and simple methods of diagnosis and treatment in this indispensable pocket guide. (REF02, $8.95)

Among Flowers, A Walk in the Himalaya

Among Flowers, A Walk in the Himalaya


by 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. (HML62, $10.95)

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

A classic account of intrepid British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's travels through the mountain ranges of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, and Ladakh. (ASA28, $17.99)

Among Warriors, A Martial Artist in Tibet


by Pamela Logan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 271 PAGES

The account of an aerospace scientist turned adventurer and her quest to reach the Khampa warrior horseman of Eastern Tibet. (TBT51, $14.95)

Annapurna, The Epic Account of a Himalayan Conquest and its Harrowing Aftermath

Annapurna, The Epic Account of a Himalayan Conquest and its Harrowing Aftermath


by Maurice Herzog

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Conrad Anker provides a new foreword for this new 60th-anniversary edition of Maurice Herzog's classic, dictated from his hospital bed in Paris. French minister of youth and sport in the 1960s and former mayor of Chamonix, Herzog recovered nicely (he's 102 in 2011). (HML07, $16.95)

The Art of Happiness, A Handbook for Living

The Art of Happiness, A Handbook for Living


by Dalai Lama XIV

  • RELIGION
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

Tenth anniversary edition. Drawing on Buddhist tradition and teaching, His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows how to confront negative emotions, stresses, and obstacles of everyday life in order to find the source of inner peace. (TBT124, $25.95)

Art of Tibet

Art of Tibet


by Robert Fisher

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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, $21.95)

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk


by Palden Gyatso

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER

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)

Beautiful Ghosts

Beautiful Ghosts


by Eliot Pattison

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Fourth in Pattison's series of superb political thrillers set in Tibet. Having lived a year in exile and disgrace since his unofficial release from a work camp, former Beijing inspector Shan Tao Yun is entreated by the officials who exiled him to help with a murder investigation involving missing art, his former gulag, and his son. (TBT119, $15.99)

The Big Open, On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang


by Rick Ridgeway | Conrad Anker

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

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)

Bone Mountain

Bone Mountain


by Eliot Pattison

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Third in Pattison's series of superb political thrillers set in Tibet. Agreeing to lead an expedition to return a long-lost Tibetan idol to a remote valley, former Beijing police inspector Shan finds the pilgrimage threatened by the murder of the monk guiding them, an American woman geologist who has fled to the mountains, and the Chinese army, from whom the idol had been stolen and that is now in hot pursuit. (TBT120, $15.95)

Breaking Trail, A Climbing Life

Breaking Trail, A Climbing Life


by Arlene Blum

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

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

Buddha


by Karen Armstrong

  • RELIGION
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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


by Perry Garfinkel

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A spiritual travelogue that scours the globe for the both the roots and world-wide extensions of Buddhism. (REL30, $15.00)

Buddhism Plain and Simple


by Steve Hagen

  • 1999
  • PAPER

A clear and straightfoward introduction to Buddhism. (REL31, $12.00)

Buddhism without Beliefs


by Stephen Batchelor

  • RELIGION
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

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

Buddhism, A Very Short Introduction


by Damien Keown

  • RELIGION
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

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

The Buddhist Handbook


by John Snelling

  • RELIGION
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 345 PAGES

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, $19.95)

Cave in the Snow, A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment

Cave in the Snow, A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment


by Vicki MacKenzie

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 210 PAGES

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


by Robert A. F. Thurman

  • RELIGION
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 476 PAGES

A key text by the great Tibetan philosopher Jey Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) with a modern translation and overview by Robert Thurman. (TBT85, $55.00)

Eastern Tibet, Bridging Tibet and China


by Christoph Baumer | Therese Weber

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 254 PAGES

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


by Robert Beer

  • RELIGION
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 400 PAGES

An encyclopedic reference exploring the symbols found in the sacred Tibetan art of the thangka. (TBT66, $75.00)

Footprint Tibet Handbook

Footprint Tibet Handbook


by Gyurme Dorje

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 984 PAGES

An outstanding guide by a leading Buddhist scholar, including the central plateau, eastern provinces of Kham and Amdo, as well as Bhutan and the Kathmandu Valley. Almost 1,000 pages but surprisingly compact, with maps, color photographs, and a brief overview of culture and history. (TBT37, $29.95)

Gentle Bridges, Conversations With the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind


by Jeremy Hayward | Francisco Varela | Dalai Lama

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER

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

Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk


by Susan T. Hitchcock | John Esposito | Desmond Tutu | Mpho Tutu

  • RELIGION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred. (REL05, $24.00)

Golden Buddha


by Clive Cussler | Craig Dirgo

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER

Cussler and co-author Dirgo put their adventurers on a spy ship with an impossible mission -- find the Golden Buddha and its secrets, stolen by the Chinese from the Dalai Lama in 1959, and make a deal with Russia and China for an independent Tibet. (TBT116, $9.99)

The Great Religions, Essential Questions


by Marc-Alain Quaknin | Dom Robert Le Gall | Claude Levenson | Malek Chebel | Bruce Feiler

  • RELIGION
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER

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)

The Heart of the World, A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise

The Heart of the World, A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise


by Ian Baker | The Dalai Lama

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

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, $17.00)

Himalaya


by 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)

Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology

Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology


by Frank Kingdon-Ward

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1990
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

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


by Ed Viesturs

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

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)

A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State


by Melvyn C. Goldstein

  • HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 936 PAGES

A history of Tibet during the critical period from World War I to the Chinese takover in 1951. (TBT56, $49.95)

In the Land of the Blue Poppies

In the Land of the Blue Poppies


by Frank Kingdon-Ward | Tom Christopher | Jamaica Kincaid

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 242 PAGES

Expert Tom Christopher presents 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

In the Shadow of the Himalayas, A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908


by Kurt Meyer | Pamela Deuel Meyer

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • OUT OF PRINT

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


by Robert Thurman | Dalai Lama

  • RELIGION
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 356 PAGES

In this popular book Buddhist monk, scholar and translator Robert Thurman mediates on Buddhism, Tibet and contemporary life. (TBT73, $16.00)

Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster


by Jon Krakauer

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

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)

It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness

It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness


by Sylvia Boorstein

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 145 PAGES

A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism. (GEN264, $13.00)

Kailash Trekking Map


by Gecko Maps

  • 1999
  • MAP

A detailed topographic map (1:50,000) of the trekking route circling Mount Kailas. (TBT64, $21.95)

Kundun


by Martin Scorcese

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • DVD

Scorsese's tribute to Tibet and the resilience of its people. (TBT111, $9.99)

Kundun, A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama

Kundun, A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama


by Mary Craig

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES

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, $22.95)

The Last River, The Tragic Race for Shangri-La

The Last River, The Tragic Race for Shangri-La


by Todd Balf

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 293 PAGES

A thrilling account of a first-ever descent into the heart of Tibet. (TBT44, $14.00)

Learning Practical Tibetan


by Andrew Bloomfield

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1998
  • CASETTE TAPE
  • 202 PAGES

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

Life and Death on Mt. Everest, Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering


by Sherry B. Ortner

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

A vividly written, scholarly study of the relationship between the Sherpas and the mountaineers who come to "conquer" the Himalayas. (TBT33, $29.95)

The Life of Milarepa

The Life of Milarepa


by Anonymous | Lobsang Lhalungpa

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Beloved by the Tibetan people, this classic folktale traces the life of the yogi and poet Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135) with humor. (TBT98, $16.00)

Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama


by Tulku Chagdud

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

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

Magic and Mystery in Tibet


by Alexandra David-Neel

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1971
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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)

Mahayana Buddhism, The Doctrinal Foundations


by Paul Williams

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER

A clear, scholarly summary of the principles of Mahayana Buddhism as they are found in both the Indo-Tibetan and East Asian forms of Mahayana. (ASA60, $39.95)

The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life


by Jean-Francois Revel | Matthieu Ricard

  • RELIGION
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

This collection of dialogues on Buddhism, philosophy, science, politics, and other subjects takes the form of a conversation between the Buddhist scholar and his father. (REL28, $15.95)

The Mount Kailash Trek

The Mount Kailash Trek


by Constance Roos | Sian Pritchard-Jones

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER

A compact, practical trekker's guide to Tibet's sacred mountain and western Tibet. (TBT115, $22.95)

My Land and My People, The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet

My Land and My People, The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet


by Dalai Lama

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 238 PAGES

The Dalai Lama recounts his life and struggle for an independent Tibet. It's one of the most remarkable stories of our time, simply and compassionately told. (TBT22, $13.95)

Peaks and Lamas


by Marco Pallis

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A classic account of mountaineering and Buddhist Tibet, first published in 1949. (TBT83, $18.00)

Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions

Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions


by Simon Coleman | John Elsner

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

An illustrated survey, organized thematically, of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Indian and Buddhist pilgrimages and sacred travel. (REL07, $32.50)

Pilgrimage, Twenty Journeys to Inspire the Soul


by David Souden

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

An illustrated account of journeys to sacred places. (GEN247, $29.95)

A Plant Hunter in Tibet

A Plant Hunter in Tibet


by Frank Kingdon-Ward

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

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


by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

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

Red Dust, A Path Through China


by Ma Jian | Flora Drew

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Religions of Tibet in Practice

Religions of Tibet in Practice


by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 421 PAGES

A collection of 36 essays and translated texts by scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, including selections on prayers, pilgrimages, death and ritual. (TBT16, $28.95)

Sacred Landsacpe and Pilgrimage in Tibet, In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon

Sacred Landsacpe and Pilgrimage in Tibet, In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon


by Gesha Gelek Jinpa | Charles Ramble | V. Carroll Dunham | Thomas L. Kelly

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 204 PAGES

The inspiring account of a historic pilgrimage from Nepal to Mount Kailas by a young Bon monk and his American travel companions, as stunningly recorded by photographer Thomas Kelly. Includes 160 color illustrations and DVD. (TBT112, $65.00)

The Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain, Passages in the Lives of a Father and Son


by Will Johnson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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


by Charles Allen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Both travelogue and straight-ahead religious history. (TBT67, $17.95)

Seeing Lhasa, British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936-1947

Seeing Lhasa, British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936-1947


by Clare Harris | Tsering Shakya

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

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

Seven Years in Tibet


by Jean-Jacques Annaud

  • 2005
  • DVD

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)

The Skull Mantra

The Skull Mantra


by Eliot Pattison

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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. (TBT106, $14.95)

The Snow Lion and the Dragon, China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama

The Snow Lion and the Dragon, China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama


by Melvyn C. Goldstein

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 130 PAGES

A brief history of the relationship of China and Tibet in the 20th century. Goldstein, a professor of history and expert on the region, includes a call for the United States to take an active role in mediating a diplomatic solution to the conflict. (TBT23, $21.95)

So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas


by Barbara Crossette

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 297 PAGES
  • 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)

South Asia

South Asia


by Sumit Ganguly

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $21.00)

The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile

The Spirit of Tibet, Portrait of a Culture in Exile


by Alison Wright

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A handsome pictorial essay on Tibetan culture and people in exile in the monasteries, nunneries and towns of Dharamsala and surroundings in the Dhauladhar mountain range of the Indian Himalayas. (IDA159, $34.95)

The Story of Buddhism, A Concise Guide to Its History & Teachings


by Donald S. Lopez

  • RELIGION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An overview of Buddhism by a well-known scholar. (ASA42, $15.99)

Story of Tibet, Conversations With the Dalai Lama

Story of Tibet, Conversations With the Dalai Lama


by Thomas Laird

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The extraordinary history of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism as recounted by the Dalai Lama. (TBT92, $17.00)

Tears of Blood, A Cry for Tibet

Tears of Blood, A Cry for Tibet


by Mary Craig

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 341 PAGES

A hard-hitting history of Tibet since 1959. (TBT82, $21.95)

Temptations of the West, How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, And Beyond

Temptations of the West, How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, And Beyond


by Pankaj Mishra

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas

Tibet's Sacred Mountain, The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas


by Russell Johnson | Kerry Moran

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 126 PAGES

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, An Inner Journey

Tibet, An Inner Journey


by Matthieu Ricard

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES
  • COMING IN OCTOBER

Ricard draws on his long association with the region and Buddhism for this collection of 191 vivid color photographs of the people and landscapes of Kham, or Eastern Tibet. (TBT113, $19.95)

Tibet, Reflections from the Wheel of Life


by V. Carroll Dunham

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 204 PAGES

An insightful photographic celebration of Tibet and the Tibetan worldview. (TBT125, $60.00)

Tibet, The Roof of the World between Past and Present


by Maria Antonia Sironi Diemberger

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A photographic portrait of Tibet. (TBT49, $45.00)

Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land


by Patrick French

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A powerful account of travels in Tibet, part memoir and part political analysis. (TBT76, $17.95)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

The Tibetan Book of the Dead


by Graham Coleman | Gyurme Dorje

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The first complete English translation of an indispensable work on Tibetan religious beliefs. (TBT88, $21.00)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Liberation from Understanding the In Between

The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Liberation from Understanding the In Between


by Robert Thurman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 275 PAGES

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

Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up, A Practical Approach for Modern Life


by B. Alan Wallace

  • RELIGION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 214 PAGES

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 Folk Tales

Tibetan Folk Tales


by Fredrick Hyde-Chambers | Audrey Hyde-Chambers

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES

This anthology of legends and fables, handed down by generations of storytellers, includes the Tibetan creation myth, Buddhist tales, and the famous epic of hero King Gesar of Ling. (TBT59, $21.00)

Tibetan Pilgrimage, Architecture of the Sacred Land

Tibetan Pilgrimage, Architecture of the Sacred Land


by Michel Peissel

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 134 PAGES

This visual guide to Tibet, its monstseries, villages and sacred sites features Peissel's gorgeous watercolor illustrations. (TBT89, $35.00)

Tsangpo Gorges


by Frank Kingdon-Ward

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

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)

The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival

The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival


by Ama Adhe

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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

War at the Top of the World, The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet


by Eric Margolis

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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, $30.95)

Water Touching Stone

Water Touching Stone


by Eliot Pattison

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Second in the series. 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, $15.99)

What Makes You Not a Buddhist

What Makes You Not a Buddhist


by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

Born in Bhutan in 1961, a Tibetan lama and filmmaker (Travellers and Magicians), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche gives a decidedly modern take on dharma, happiness, suffering and enlightenment in this engaging primer. (TBT96, $15.95)

The Wheel of Life, The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist


by 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. (HML76, $30.00)

Where the Indus is Young, Midwinter in Baltistan

Where the Indus is Young, Midwinter in Baltistan


by Dervla Murphy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 270 PAGES

For three months Dervla and six-year-old Rachel explore Little Tibet, high in the Karakoram Mountains, traveling on foot and by pony along the Indus Gorge and into nearby valleys. Originally published in 1977. (PKN16, $29.95)

Why the Dalai Lama Matters


by Robert Thurman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

With knowledge, depth and compassion (Thurman was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the Dalai Lama 40 years ago), Thurman offers not only a sympathetic portrait of the Tibetan leader but also a succinct overview Tibetan Buddhism and his hope for peace with China. (TBT122, $14.00)

Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe

Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe


by George Schaller

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 373 PAGES

A detailed account of the Change Tang reserve, Schaller's natural history is also a good overview of the adjoining Himalayan regions. His focus is on the Tibetan gazelle, chiru, blue sheep and other little-known ungulates, (TBT31, $27.50)

The Wisdom of the Buddha

The Wisdom of the Buddha


by Jean Boisselier

  • RELIGION
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 191 PAGES

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

A Woman's Asia


by 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. (ASA49, $17.95)

A Woman's Asia

A Woman's Asia


by 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. (ASA49, $17.95)

Worlds of Transformation


by Marilyn M. Rhie | Robert Thurman

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 480 PAGES

Two hundred exquisite Tibetan thangka paintings from the 12th through the 20th centuries, spanning the spectrum of Tibetan artistic schools. (TBT97, $95.00)

 

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