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BHUTAN: THE CHOMOLHARI TREK
Worth Looking For
Within the Realm of Happiness
• Kinley Dorji
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
A collection of 13 short stories, memoirs, and essays representing Kinley Dorji's childhood memories, travel tales, and his reflections on the rapidly changing society in Bhutan. The noted Bhutanese journalist and intelelctual provides sensitive insights into the dilemmas that the people and society confront every day. Available in Bhutan.
(BHU40, $27.00) |
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Bhutan, Hidden Lands of Happiness
• John Wehrheim
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 279 PAGES
• COMING IN
Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness is a geographical and cultural passage from the yak pastures along the Tibetan border to the rice lands in central Bhutan. Guiding the reader through the districts of Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Gasa, Laya, Lunana, Wangdi, Bumthang and Trongsa, the book reveals remote hot springs and isolated hermitages and ends in the streets and nightclubs of the country's capital, Thimphu Town. 108 black and white images narrated with stories, journal entries, folklore, dharma teachings and oral history create a portal across centuries. Clear, skillfully composed and rich in depth and detail, these flawless images illustrate an intimate tale of Bhutan told by an artist who is deeply familiar with his subject.
(BHU30, $65.00) |
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Bhutan, the Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom
• Michael Aris
HISTORY •
1979 •
PAPER
• 344 PAGES
• COMING IN
An illustrated history of the kingdom of Bhutan and its 20th-century monarchy,
(BHU32, $) |
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Seeing with the Third Eye
• T. Sangay Wangchuk
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2006 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
• COMING IN
In this affectionate overview of Bhutanese beliefs and culture and a tribute to his grandmother, Wangchuk recalls with earthy detail the rhythms, festivals and traditional ways of life in rural Bhutan. Sangay Wangchuk, who lives in Thimphu, Bhutan, is a guide and director of Bhutan Walkers.
(BHU29, $16.00) |
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In the Shadow of the Himalayas, A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908
• Kurt Meyer
• Pamela Deuel Meyer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• COMING IN
A collection of 144 remarkable documentary photographs of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim at the turn of the 20th century. John Claude White (1853-1918), the first British Political Officer to Sikkim, among his many adventures in the Himalyas, was the official photographer of the Younghusband Expedition.
(HML71, $65.00) |
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Bhutan, A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom
• Michael Hawley
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 218 PAGES
• COMING IN
Remarkable in many respects, this gorgeously produced book features hundreds of photographs of the landscapes, places, festivals and especially the people of Bhutan. It's in part the record of four treks across the Himalayan kingdom by Michael Hawley and his team from MIT. All proceeds from the book are donated by the publisher to education in Bhutan. It's Hawley's little big book, still an impressive five pounds. The world's largest book, from which it is drawn, is a 150-pound, 5-by-7-foot technical marvel, available upon request with a custom aluminum stand for a $15,000 donation. White glove overnight shipping by FedEx is included.
(BHU20, $100.00) |
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A Painter's Year in the Forests of Bhutan
• A.K. Hellum
NATURAL HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 148 PAGES
• COMING IN
An informal account of a year in Bhutan, featuring paintings of 100 mountain plants by a Norwegian-born forestry consultant. Hellum has also written and illustrated a guide to trees in Guyana. "This book is not about the art, science, or business of forestry; it is about a forester and his relationships with people, young and old, in Bhutan...It is a tribute to the natural history, people and religion of this remote and beautiful country," writes U of A professor of forest fire science Dr. Paul Woodard in a review of "A Painter's Year in the Forests of Bhutan."
(BHU14, $18.95) |
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Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as Told to His Daughter
• Ashi Dorji Wangmo
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1999 •
HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
• COMING IN
A memoir of her father by one of Bhutan's four current queens. It's a vivid, personal account of the Wangchuck dynasty -- and of life and society in the Himalayan Kingdom -- as told by the 70-year-old Yab Ugyen Dorji to his daughter. With color and archival photographs dating back to the founding of the dynasty in 1907.
(BHU10, $39.95) |
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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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Bhutan, Mountain Fortress of the Gods
• Francoise Pommaret
• Christian Schicklgruber
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 280 PAGES
• COMING IN
With its gorgeous color photographs and informative essays on the history, culture and arts of Bhutan, this visually rich oversize volume is an excellent introduction to the country, its people, religion and traditions.
(BHU07, $75.00) |
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Memoirs of a Political Officer's Wife in Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan
• Margaret D. Williamson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1987 •
PAPER
• COMING IN
Williamson, the wife of a British political officer stationed in Gangtok in the 1930s, captures the culture, society and flavor of the region in this wonderfully personal account. With black-and-white photographs by the author.
(BHU05, $18.95) |
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