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SICHUAN & CHINA'S GIANT PANDAS
Worth Looking For
Chasing the Panda
• Michael Kiefer
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 230 PAGES
• COMING IN
Subtitled: How an Unlikely Pair of Adventurers Won the Race to Capture the Mythical "White Bear", this engaging book unearths the spellbinding tale of a charismatic young Chinese American and American socialite Ruth Harkness, and their successful expedition into remote Sichuan in 1936 to recover a panda bear. The panda cub (though it lived only 16 months in the Brookfield Zoo) caused a sensation. The author, who had originally intended to write about Harkness, interviewed the elderly Quentin Young and his brother Jack for the book.
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Concise Flowers of the Himalaya
• Oleg Polunin
• Adam Stainton
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 424 PAGES
• COMING IN
A condensed version of the classic "Flowers of the Himalaya," featuring the same 700 color photographs and 315 drawings but with shorter descriptive information. The field guide covers plants occurring from the Nepal-Sikkim border in the southeast to Kashmir in the northwest. Publsihed by Oxford University Press in India.
(HML17, $25.00) |
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In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation
• John Avedon
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1994 •
PAPER
• 391 PAGES
• COMING IN
The lives of the Tibetan people at home and in exile since the Chinese takeover in 1950. Avedon (who accompanied the Dalai Lama on his first American tour) interviewed over 100 people in Dharamsala and Tibet for this new classic. After introductory sections on ancient Tibet and the Chinese occupation, Avedon tackles how the nation was thrust into the 20th century by the loss of its sovereignty. It's a masterful, passionate tribute to the people and culture of Tibet. It's also useful in understanding Nepal today.
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Lonely Planet Southwest China
• Thomas Huhti
• Bradley Mayhew
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 536 PAGES
• COMING IN
In its hallmark style, this practical guide to South West China by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information for Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Guizhou.
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