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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $70, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTBT20)		  
Trekking Tibet  •  Gary McCue  •  George Schaller
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES
A well informed guide to Tibet, featuring pre-trip planning, discussions of the most scenic routes, and an overview of Tibetan culture and history. Trek duration, distance and elevations are listed for each route description. The book also includes a helpful Tibetan language chapter, a 16-page photo color insert and 15 maps. With a trek to the sacred Mount Kailas, among other long- and short- distance treks. John Miceler (High Asia) contributed the chapter on mountaineering. (TBT10, $29.95)		   Trekking Tibet
Tibet, An Enduring Civilization  •  Francoise Pommaret
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES
This pocket-size encyclopedia, packed with hundreds of full-color illustrations and photos, highlights the culture and history of Tibet. Pommaret, who has written widely on the Himalayas, devotes a section to Tibet today, titled Invasion and Colonization. A volume in the acclaimed Discoveries series. (TBT69, $12.95)		   Tibet, An Enduring Civilization
Essential Tibetan Buddhism  •  Robert Thurman
RELIGION •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES
A collection of recently translated texts by the foremost Western scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. Thurman has chosen well from that tradition's sacred literature and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites. (TBT15, $14.99)		   Essential Tibetan Buddhism
Tibet Map  •  Gizi Map
2011 •  MAP
A detailed traveler's map of Tibet and surrounding regions at a scale of 1:2,000,000, including Kashgar, Delhi, Katmandu, Thimphu and portions of the Xinjiang. With an index on the reverse. Two Sides. 33x49 inches. (TBT17, $16.95)		   Tibet Map



Also Recommended

Bradt Guide Tibet  •  Michael Buckley   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical, detailed overview of Tibetan history, culture, attractions and natural life. Includes color photographs, local maps and excellent travel information. (TBT74, $22.95)
 		  
Footprint Tibet Handbook  •  Gyurme Dorje   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An outstanding guide by a leading Buddhist scholar, including the central plateau, eastern provinces of Kham and Amdo, as well as Bhutan and the Kathmandu Valley. Almost 1,000 pages but surprisingly compact, with maps, color photographs, and a brief overview of culture and history. (TBT37, $29.95)
 		  
Learning Practical Tibetan  •  Andrew Bloomfield  •  Yanki Tshering   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A guide to learning useful Tibetan phrases, designed with the traveler in mind. (TBT38, $19.95)
 		  
Buddhist Himalayas  •  Olivier and Danielle Follmi  •  Mattieu Ricard   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A big, beautiful celebration of the Himalayas, featuring 185 richly colored, often double-page photographs and essays by Mattieu Ricard. (HML53, $32.95)
 		  
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism  •  John Powers   • RELIGION  •  A comprehensive study of the history and philosophy behind Tibetan Buddhism, suitable for the general reader. (TBT40, $22.95)
 		  
Life and Death on Mt. Everest, Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering  •  Sherry B. Ortner   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A vividly written, scholarly study of the relationship between the Sherpas and the mountaineers who come to "conquer" the Himalayas. (TBT33, $29.95)
 		  
My Tibet  •  Galen Rowell   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Rowell captures the spirit and powerful allure of Tibet in these striking color photographs of the people and landscapes. (TBT58, $49.95)
 		  
Prisoners of Shangri-La, Tibetan Buddhism and the West  •  Donald S. Lopez Jr.   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly history of western myth-making and romance over the question of Tibet. Lopez, a leading scholar of Tibetan Buddhism reveals a complex country and its spiritual history in this scholarly analysis. (TBT42, $18.00)
 		  
Religions of Tibet in Practice  •  Donald S. Lopez, Jr.   • RELIGION  •  A collection of 36 essays and translated texts by scholars of Tibetan Buddhism, including selections on prayers, pilgrimages, death and ritual. (TBT16, $28.95)
 		  
Seeing Lhasa, British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936-1947  •  Clare Harris  •  Tsering Shakya   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An extraordinary document of the country. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, this book presents a trove of photographs, albums and film by Harry Staunton, Evan Nepean, Hugh Richardson and other British visitors to Tibet. (TBT71, $39.95)
 		  
The Dragon in the Land of Snows  •  Tsering Shakya   • HISTORY  •  A comprehensive account of the history and political development of Tibet since 1947, which includes eye-opening details of the American, British and Indian players involved in Tibet's struggle for sovereignty. (TBT32, $18.00)
 		  
The Search for the Panchen Lama  •  Isabel Hilton   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A skillful and subtle story of the selection -- and kidnapping -- of the 11th incarnation of the Pachen Lama, revealing much of the current state of affairs between Tibet and China. (TBT43, $14.95)
 		  
The Snow Lion and the Dragon, China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama  •  Melvyn C. Goldstein   • HISTORY  •  A brief history of the relationship of China and Tibet in the 20th century. Goldstein, a professor of history and expert on the region, includes a call for the United States to take an active role in mediating a diplomatic solution to the conflict. (TBT23, $21.95)
 		  
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Liberation from Understanding the In Between  •  Robert Thurman   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A key text as presented by Robert Thurman for a western audience. This is the Tibetan guidebook to dying or "the between," written in the 8th or 9th century by Padma Sambhava. (TBT06, $18.00)
 		  
The Wisdom of the Buddha  •  Jean Boisselier   • RELIGION  •  A pocket-size primer of Buddhism, this book is an illustrated history of the sixth-century Indian prince and his quest for enlightenment. With 207 illustrations, 160 in full color. (IDA55, $12.95)
 		  
Art of Tibet  •  Robert Fisher   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A concise survey of the culture and religion of Tibet as expressed through its art. With 200 illustrations of monasteries, painting and sculpture throughout the country. (TBT13, $21.95)
 		  
Sacred Tibet  •  Philip Rawson   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN  •  A concise, illustrated survey of Buddhist art in its religious, social and cultural context. (TBT18, $15.95)
 		  
Annapurna, The Epic Account of a Himalayan Conquest and its Harrowing Aftermath  •  Maurice Herzog   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  Conrad Anker provides a new foreword for this new 60th-anniversary edition of Maurice Herzog's classic, dictated from his hospital bed in Paris. French minister of youth and sport in the 1960s and former mayor of Chamonix, Herzog recovered nicely (he's 102 in 2011). (HML07, $16.95)
 		  
Freedom in Exile, The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama  •  Dalai Lama   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A vivid self-portrait, told with optimism, great determination, humor and insight. (TBT25, $15.99)
 		  
From Heaven Lake, Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet  •  Vikram Seth   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An unconventional, award-winning travelogue of a 1981 trip to India from China via the Himalayas by the marvelous Indian novelist Vikram Seth. (HML19, $15.00)
 		  
My Journey to Lhasa  •  Alexandra David-Neel   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Dressed as a humble pilgrim and traveling under the cover of night, the indomitable 55-year-old David-Neel and her young companion climbed mountains and tricked soldiers to ultimately reach Tibet's forbidden capital. Originally published in 1923, her account stands as a riveting portrait of early 20th-century Tibet. (TBT26, $14.99)
 		  
My Land and My People, The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet  •  Dalai Lama   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The Dalai Lama recounts his life and struggle for an independent Tibet. It's one of the most remarkable stories of our time, simply and compassionately told. (TBT22, $13.95)
 		  
Seven Years in Tibet  •  Heinrich Harrer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  First published in 1953, this is the riveting account of a young Austrian adventurer and mountaineer who became tutor to the Dalai Lama. (TBT02, $14.95)
 		  
The Last River, The Tragic Race for Shangri-La  •  Todd Balf   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A thrilling account of a first-ever descent into the heart of Tibet. (TBT44, $14.00)
 		  
The Struggle for Modern Tibet, The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering  •  Melvyn C. Goldstein  •  William Siebenschuh  •  Tashi Tsering   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The life story of an idealistic young man who juggled traditional hierarchy in traditional Tibet with the promise and poison of Mao's Cultural revolution. (TBT53, $26.95)
 		  
Tales of Tibet: Sky Burials, Wind Horses and Prayer Wheels  •  Herbert J. Batt  •  Tsering Shakya   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of short fiction by contemporary Tibetan authors. The stories, many imbued with a Buddhist perspective, depict traditional ritual and rites. (TBT57, $33.95)
 		  
Travelers' Tales Tibet  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger   • ANTHOLOGY • COMING IN  •  An engaging, insightful and entertaining selection of eyewitness reports. (TBT65, $18.95)
 		  
Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe  •  George Schaller   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A detailed account of the Change Tang reserve, Schaller's natural history is also a good overview of the adjoining Himalayan regions. His focus is on the Tibetan gazelle, chiru, blue sheep and other little-known ungulates, (TBT31, $27.50)
 		  
Concise Flowers of the Himalaya  •  Oleg Polunin  •  Adam Stainton   • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN  •  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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