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)
After Sorrow, An American Among the Vietnamese  •  Lady Borton CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES • COMING IN In this remarkable book, the author collects the oral histories of Vietnamese women who lived through the war, taking refuge in the hills, smuggling weapons and mourning the dead. A 25-year resident of the country, Borton lived in three villages at the heart of the war. The women she interviews convey their essential spirit as well the tenacity, courage and resilience it took to survive that era in Vietnamese history. (VNM17, $15.00)