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Northern India Map
• Nelles
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A regional map of northern India scaled at 1:1,500,000, with excellent topographic detail and insets of Zanskar & Ladakh.
(IDA124, $10.95)
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Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude
• Stephen Bezruchka
• REFERENCE
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This useful reference book provides essential information concerning the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness.
(REF02, $8.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
• Anuradha Chaturvedi
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs featuring 900 color photographs, maps and site plans.
(IDA151, $25.00)
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Hindi, Start Speaking Today!
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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Lonely Planet Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook
• Richard Somers Delacy
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A handy phrasebook for Hindi and Urdu basics.
(IDA82, $8.99)
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Himalaya, Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, And Hope on the Roof of the World
• Broughton Coburn
• Richard C. Blum
• Erica Stone
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A beautifully photographed overview of the geology, history and people of the Himalayas.
(HML78, $35.00)
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India
• Stanley Wolpert
• HISTORY
• BEST SELLER
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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)
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India Unveiled
• Robert Arnett
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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World Religions: Eastern Traditions
• Willard G. Oxtoby
• RELIGION
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A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader.
(ASA07, $62.95)
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Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India
• Diana L. Eck
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A fascinating and rigorous guide to deciphering Hindu symbolism, this book will help you understand and appreciate religious art in India. Despite its scholarly paraphernalia and language, the book is extremely useful for the traveler.
(IDA75, $22.00)
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Hindu Art
• T. Richard Blurton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully large paperback of excellent quality, this book is a good introduction to the complexities of Indian painting, sculpture and sacred architecture.
(IDA35, $33.00)
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Hindu Art and Architecture
• George Michell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books
• Eric Shipton
• EXPLORATION
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Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia.
(EXP12, $38.00)
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From Heaven Lake, Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
• Vikram Seth
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An unconventional, award-winning travelogue of a 1981 trip to India from China via the Himalayas by the marvelous Indian novelist Vikram Seth.
(HML19, $13.00)
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Nanda Devi, A Journey to the Last Sanctuary
• Hugh Thomson
• EXPLORATION
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An account of the history, allure and exploration of the isolated Himalayan sanctuary on the border of India and Tibet.
(HML66, $14.00)
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector
• Raymond Desmond
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the Victorian explorer and botanist featuring Hooker's illustrations and excerpts from his "Himalayan Journals"
(GEN79, $49.50)
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Slowly Down the Ganges
• Eric Newby
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Ultimate Journey, Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment
• Richard Bernstein
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this journey of self-discovery, Bernstein travels across Central Asia from China to India, loosely in the footsteps of the seventh-century Buddhist monk Hsuan Tang. An engaging, informative account of travels.
(CAS64, $14.00)
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Travelers' Tales India
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of 45 descriptive and thought-provoking short excerpts on Indian life and culture, including contributions from Rushdie, Naipaul and Dalrymple, plus some valuable excerpts from books long out of print.
(IDA05, $19.95)
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Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape
• Galen Rowell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal
• B. Grewal
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal.
(IDA46, $15.95)
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Birds of India
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
• Tim Inskipp
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Concise Flowers of the Himalaya
• Oleg Polunin
• Adam Stainton
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A condensed version of the classic Flowers of the Himalayas featuring the same 700 color photographs and 315 line drawings but with shorter descriptive information.
(HML17, $25.00)
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