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These 4 items are available for $63, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXIDA97)

Nanda Devi, A Journey to the Last Sanctuary  •  Hugh Thomson EXPLORATION •  2005 •  PAPER  • 126 PAGES An account of the history, allure and exploration of the isolated Himalayan sanctuary on the border of India and Tibet. Thomson (White Rock) interweaves his own adventures on an expedition in 2000 with those of illustrious predecessors like Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman. (HML66, $14.00)
Garhwal & Kumaon, A Trekker's Guide  •  K. P. Sharma GUIDEBOOK •  1998 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES This practical guide covers trekking, nature, history, temples and and culture of the Uttarkhand region of the India Himalaya, culminating in Nanda Devi. (HML81, $15.95)
Gods, Demons and Others  •  R. K. Narayan  •  R.K. Laxman LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 241 PAGES Hindu myths and stories as freely adapted by Narayan, one of India's foremost writers. The collection includes material from both the Ramayana and the Mahabarata. These tales are as wonderful to read as they are revealing of India's religious traditions. (IDA101, $21.00)
City of Djinns, A Year in Delhi  •  William Dalrymple CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES • FAVORITE Dalrymple describes his year in Delhi with enormous humor, heart and understanding, skillfully interweaving his own adventures with a solidly researched history of the city and the social forces that have shaped it. A must-read for any curious traveler to Delhi. First published in 1993. (IDA06, $16.00)

Garhwal Himalaya East  •  The Swiss Foundation for Alpine Res    •  The Swiss Foundation For Alpine Research's finely drawn contour map, at a scale of 1:150,000, is centered on Nanda Devi. (HML90, $29.95)
Himalaya Map  •  Nelles    •  A colorful regional map of the Himalayas at a scale of 1:1,500,000, including Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Sikkim. (HML09, $10.95)
Northern India Map  •  Nelles    •  A regional map of northern India scaled at 1:1,500,000, with excellent topographic detail and insets of Delhi, Agra, Zanskar & Ladakh. (IDA124, $10.95)
Uttaranchal Map  •  Bharat Travel Series    •  A simple road map at a scale of 1:4.9 million. (HML93, $6.95)
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)
Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur  •  Anuradha Chaturvedi   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs featuring 900 color photographs, maps and site plans. (IDA151, $25.00)
Hindi, Start Speaking Today!  •  Educational Services Corporation   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A 90-minute crash course in Hindi featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook. The course follows the foreign service method, focusing on whole dialogues and sentences. (IDA142, $21.95)
Lonely Planet Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook  •  Richard Somers Delacy   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy phrasebook for Hindi and Urdu basics. (IDA82, $8.99)
Love Delhi  •  Love Travel Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This beautifully made, affectionate guide, packaged in its own satchel of locally woven raw silk and printed on hand-made paper, captures the soul of the city, pointing with authority to neighborhoods, shops, markets, restaurants and attractions. (IDA403, $40.00)
Dancing the Self  •  William Sax   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Based on a ten year stint, Sax's account of Garhwali society and the extraordinary tradition of performance shows rural Indian life and Hinduism as a living religion and provides an accessible introduction to the Mahabharata itself. With poems and songs. (HML91, $38.00)
Himalaya, Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, And Hope on the Roof of the World  •  Broughton Coburn  •  Richard C. Blum  •  Erica Stone   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A beautifully photographed overview of the geology, history and people of the Himalayas. (HML78, $35.00)
India  •  Stanley Wolpert   • HISTORY • BEST SELLER  •  A wonderfully literate introduction to India by the acknowledged master, this expansive book tackles religion and philosophy, art and culture, politics and the environment with clarity. (IDA04, $21.95)
India Unveiled  •  Robert Arnett   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A celebration of the people, landscapes and traditional culture of India, organized regionally and featuring 268 beautiful color photographs. It's a revealing, insightful portrait of the country combining history, geography and travelogue. (IDA107, $55.00)
May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons, A Journey Among the Women of India  •  Elisabeth Bumiller   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A wonderfully written, fascinating portrayal of Indian women from Bollywood stars to Indira Gandhi to prostitutes. It's an insightful portrait of the country as seen through the eyes of its women. (IDA37, $14.95)
The Beautiful India - Uttaranchal  •  Syed Amanur Rahman   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This useful reference to India's newest state covers the land, people, culture and history of this little explored region of the Himalayas. (HML92, $44.00)
Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India  •  Diana L. Eck   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Tremendously useful for the traveler, this rigorous guide explains the significance and meaning of Hindu temples, festivals and ritual. (IDA75, $22.00)
Hindu Art and Architecture  •  George Michell   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An excellent survey of Hindu art and architecture, explaining the meaning and construction of principal images and buildings, as well as the development of Hinduism and the corpus of myths that have influenced its artistic tradition. (IDA147, $18.95)
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)
H. W. Tilman, The Seven Mountain-Travel Books  •  H. W. Tilman   • EXPLORATION  •  This omnibus edition of Tilman's brilliant, marvelous accounts of high altitude adventure includes The Ascent of Nanda Devi. (HML94, $24.95)
Slowly Down the Ganges  •  Eric Newby   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In 1963, the author and his wife set out an a 1,200-mile voyage down the Ganges River. The title could apply as easily to the ruminative attitude Newby takes towards his journey as to the many mishaps which bedevil the quest. (IDA179, $14.95)
Hindu Myths  •  Wendy Doniger   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A sourcebook, translated from the Sanskrit, this anthology is drawn from editor and University of Chicago professor Doniger's courses on Hinduism and mythology. (IDA347, $16.00)
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)
Along the Ganges  •  Ilija Trojanow   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  In this colorful travelogue, Trojanow follows the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas to the cities that it feeds, using the holy river as a means to ponder Hinduism, culture, ecology and the tension between ancient and modern India. (IDA294, $19.95)
Bradford Washburn, Mountain Photography  •  Bradford Washburn   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This superb collection of black-and-white images, spanning Washburn's sixty-year career showcases his extraordinary, detailed aerial photographs of great mountains from Alaska to the Himalayas. (HML82, $60.00)
Glacier Ice  •  Austin Post  •  Edward R. LaChapelle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers, accompanied by explanatory text by two devoted men of ice. The text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile, and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape  •  Galen Rowell   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Rowell presents 80 of his most spectacular mountain images, divided according to visual content. Each chapter illustrates a theme or technique, supplemented by a short personal essay. (PHT06, $29.95)
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal  •  B. Grewal   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal. (IDA46, $15.95)
Birds of India  •  Richard Grimmett  •  Carol Inskipp  •  Tim Inskipp   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, authoritative guide to 1,300 birds of the subcontinent, from Nepal and Bhutan to Sri Lanka, with stunning color plates, range maps and descriptive information on facing pages. (FG43, $35.00)