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Nanda Devi, A Journey to the Last Sanctuary

by 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. (HML66, $14.00)

City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

by William Dalrymple

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2003
PAPER
350 PAGES
FAVORITE

Dalrymple infectiously interweaves his own experiences over a year in Delhi with the art, architecture, history and literature of the city. (IDA06, $16.00)

Gods, Demons and Others

by R. K. Narayan | R.K. Laxman

LITERATURE
1993
PAPER
241 PAGES

Hindu stories freely adapted by Narayan, one of India's foremost writers. They include tales both highly readable and revealing of Indian Hindu traditions, some drawn from the Ramayana and the Mahabarata. (IDA101, $23.00)

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Himalaya Map

by Nelles

A colorful regional map of the Himalayas at a scale of 1:1,500,000, including Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and Sikkim. (HML09, $13.95)

Uttaranchal Map

by 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

by Stephen Bezruchka

REFERENCE
2005
PAPER
128 PAGES

Bezruchka, a mountaineer and M.D., includes case studies, frequently asked questions and simple methods of diagnosis and treatment in this indispensable pocket guide. (REF02, $8.95)

Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

by Anuradha Chaturvedi

GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
320 PAGES

With chapters on Taj Mahal, Amber Fort Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Red Fort and dozens of other highlights for the traveler, this compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs features 900 color photographs, maps and site plans. (IDA151, $25.00)

Lonely Planet Hindi, Urdu & Bengali Phrasebook

by Richard Somers Delacy

LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
2005
PAPER
303 PAGES

A handy phrasebook travel basics. (IDA82, $8.99)

Love Delhi

by Fiona Caulfield

GUIDEBOOK
2010
BOXED
166 PAGES

Packaged in very fashionable locally woven cloth, this beautifully made, discerning guide captures the soul of the city, pointing with authority to neighborhoods, shops, markets, restaurants and attractions. A labor of love by the Bangalore-based Fiona Caulfield and friends. Third edition. (IDA403, $50.00)

Dancing the Self

by William Sax

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2002
PAPER
240 PAGES

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, $45.00)

Himalaya, Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, and Hope on the Roof of the World

by Broughton Coburn | Richard C. Blum | Erica Stone

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2006
HARD COVER
256 PAGES

A beautifully photographed overview of the geology, history and people of the Himalayas. (HML78, $35.00)

India

by Stanley Wolpert

HISTORY
2009
PAPER
281 PAGES

Reflections on India -- religion and philosophy, art, culture, and politics -- by the dean of its American historians: beautifully written, and provocative as well as evocative. (IDA04, $24.95)

India Unveiled

by Robert Arnett

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2007
HARD COVER
215 PAGES

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

by Elisabeth Bumiller

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1991
PAPER
220 PAGES

A wonderfully written and 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

by Syed Amanur Rahman

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2006
HARD COVER
344 PAGES

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

by Diana L. Eck

ART & ARCHITECTURE
1998
PAPER
115 PAGES

Tremendously useful for the traveler, this rigorous guide explains the significance and meaning of Hindu temples, festivals and ritual. Darsan, which translates as "seeing", reveals religious expression in India. (IDA75, $25.00)

Hindu Art and Architecture

by George Michell

ART & ARCHITECTURE
2000
PAPER
224 PAGES

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)

Along the Ganges

by Ilija Trojanow

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
PAPER
160 PAGES

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, $11.95)

Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books

by Eric Shipton

EXPLORATION
2011
PAPER
800 PAGES

Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia, now in paper. (EXP12, $34.95)

H. W. Tilman, The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

by H. W. Tilman

EXPLORATION
2004
PAPER
896 PAGES

This omnibus edition of Tilman's brilliant, marvelous accounts of high altitude adventure includes The Ascent of Nanda Devi. (HML94, $34.95)

Slowly Down the Ganges

by Eric Newby

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
PAPER
384 PAGES

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, $18.95)

Hindu Myths

by Wendy Doniger

ANTHOLOGY
2004
PAPER
386 PAGES

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

by W. E. Bowman

LITERATURE
2010
PAPER
192 PAGES

This hilarious send-up of the great British mountaineers, originally published in 1956, is hardly handicapped by the fact that Bowman never set foot in the Himalayas. (HML55, $15.95)

Bradford Washburn, Mountain Photography

by Bradford Washburn

NATURAL HISTORY
1999
HARD COVER
142 PAGES
OUT OF PRINT

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

by Austin Post | Edward R. LaChapelle

NATURAL HISTORY
2000
PAPER
145 PAGES

A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)

Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape

by Galen Rowell

NATURAL HISTORY
2011
PAPER
224 PAGES

The 25th anniverary edition of Rowell's landmark book, featuring 80 spectacular 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

by Bikram Grewal

FIELD GUIDE
1998
PAPER
144 PAGES

A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal. (IDA46, $15.95)

Birds of India

by Richard Grimmett | Carol Inskipp | Tim Inskipp

FIELD GUIDE
2012
PAPER
384 PAGES

Thoroughly revised, with 73 new plates and many others updated or repainted, the second edition of the masterful Birds of India now features all maps and text opposite the plates for quicker and easier reference. (FG43, $39.50)

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