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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $80, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXTBT49)		  
To a Mountain in Tibet  •  Colin Thubron
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2012 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
Now in his eighth decade, the intrepid, soulful Thubron journeys to Kailash, the revered embodiment of life, death, impermanence and the eternal -- "the source of the universe, created from cosmic waters and the mind of Brahma." A NY Times Notable Book of 2011. (TBT134, $15.99)		   To a Mountain in Tibet
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
Lonely Planet Tibetan Phrasebook  •  Sandup Tsering
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  PAPER  • 254 PAGES
A brief guide to Tibetan with transliterations of place names, pronunciation guide and common phrases. (TBT52, $8.99)		   Lonely Planet Tibetan Phrasebook
Lonely Planet Tibet  •  Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 394 PAGES
A practical guide to Tibet with new and revised maps, features on Tibetan and Mandarin language, notes on Buddhism, Tibetan culture and its rich history. Included also are the process of acquiring visas and documents when traveling from Nepal to Tibet, as well as the political situation in the region. (TBT50, $28.99)		   Lonely Planet Tibet
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



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The Lhasa Map  •  Gecko Maps    •  This fantastically detailed walking map (1:4,000) includes architecture and points of interest. (TBT126, $23.99)
 		  
Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, How to Stay Healthy at Altitude  •  Stephen Bezruchka   • REFERENCE  •  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)
 		  
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, $26.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Mount Kailash Trek  •  Constance Roos  •  Sian Pritchard-Jones   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical trekker's guide to Tibet's sacred mountain and western Tibet. (TBT115, $22.95)
 		  
Trekking Tibet  •  Gary McCue  •  George Schaller   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An indispensable guide, featuring pre-trip planning, discussions of the most scenic routes and an overview of Tibetan culture and history. (TBT10, $29.95)
 		  
Buddhism, A Very Short Introduction  •  Damien Keown   • RELIGION  •  One of a series of very brief, authoritative introductions by Oxford University Press with chapters on The Buddha, Karma, the Mahayana, Buddhism in Asia, Buddhist practices and ethics. (ASA53, $11.95)
 		  
Happiness, A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill  •  Matthieu Ricard   • RELIGION  •  The scientist-turned-monk's primer on Buddhism as a journey to fulfillment and transformation. (GEN381, $14.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
It's Easier Than You Think, The Buddhist Way to Happiness  •  Sylvia Boorstein   • RELIGION  •  A down-to-earth, warm-hearted introduction to the basic teaching of Buddhism. (GEN264, $13.00)
 		  
Kundun  •  Martin Scorcese   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Scorsese's tribute to Tibet and the resilience of its people. (TBT111, $9.99)
 		  
Mustang: Lives and Landscapes of the Lost Tibetan Kingdom  •  Nina Wegner  •  Taylor Weidman   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This remarkable chronicle of life in Mustang, the former Kingdom of Lo, includes full-color photographs and essays on traditional life and culture in one of the most remote corners of Nepal. All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the nonprofit Vanishing Cultures Project. (TBT144, $50.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 Open Road, The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama  •  Pico Iyer   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Travel writer Pico Iyer, who has known the Dalai Lama since his days as a graduate student in Britain, draws on his long association with the man and his ideas for this remarkable portrait of the Tibetan people and the aspirations of their leader. He includes chapters on daily life in Dharamsala, travels with the Dalai Lama and incisive commentary on the history and future of Tibet. (TBT118, $15.95)
 		  
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 Tibetan Book of Living and Dying  •  Patrick Gaffney  •  Andrew Harvey  •  Sogyal Rinpoche   • RELIGION  •  This classic, modern interpretation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead is both a lucid introduction to Tibetan Buddhism and a guide to meditation and spiritual growth in an ancient esoteric tradition. (TBT137, $18.99)
 		  
The Tibetan Book of the Dead  •  Graham Coleman  •  Gyurme Dorje   • RELIGION  •  The first complete English translation of an indispensable work on Tibetan religious beliefs. (TBT88, $22.00)
 		  
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, A Biography  •  Donald S., Jr. Lopez   • RELIGION  •  A scholar of Buddhism and Tibetan studies ,Lopez unravels the strange history of this emblematic text -- not really Tibetan, not really a book -- and not even really about death. (TBT135, $19.95)
 		  
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 Tibetans  •  Matthew T. Kapstein   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Kapstein offers a clear, comprehensive overview of Tibetan history and culture from Prehistory to society, religion and today. (TBT127, $37.95)
 		  
Tibet, An Inner Journey  •  Matthieu Ricard   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  Ricard draws on his long association with the region and Buddhism for this collection of 191 vivid color photographs of the people and landscapes of Kham, or Eastern Tibet. (TBT113, $19.95)
 		  
Tragedy in Crimson  •  Tim Johnson   • HISTORY  •  Based on extensive on-the-ground reporting in China, Nepal, India, and the United States, this hard-hitting account of the status of Tibet travels from isolated Tibetan villages and monasteries to the heart of the exile movement in Dharamshala, on tour with the Dalai Lama, and to Hollywood and Washington, where the Tibet issue gets the most public exposure. (TBT138, $26.99)
 		  
Trespassers on the Roof of the World  •  Peter Hopkirk   • HISTORY  •  Hopkirk's spellbinding history of the uninvited exploration of Tibet from the 19th century to the present, including a fantastic array of Victorian adventurers. His wild tale has as its centerpiece the 1949-1951 invasion by China. (TBT08, $16.00)
 		  
A Shrine for Tibet, The Alice S. Kandell Collection  •  Robert Thurman  •  Marylin M. Rhie   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Rhie and Thurman present Tibetan art in the context of a stunning Buddhist shrine room, focusing on Manchu and Mongolian masterpieces from the 15th-18th-centuries. (TBT133, $60.00)
 		  
The Heart of the World, A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise  •  Ian Baker  •  The Dalai Lama   • EXPLORATION  •  Climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker's account of discovery in the upper reaches of the Tsangpo Gorge in the heart of the Tibetan Himalayas. Before Baker's expedition, the gorge -- a mystical sanctuary of Tibetan Buddhism -- had not been explored since 1925. (TBT78, $18.00)
 		  
The Snow Leopard  •  Peter Matthiessen   • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE  •  The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Matthiessen's account of a five-week journey through Nepal with naturalist George Schaller combines their quest for the elusive cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas. (NPL03, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
In the Shadow of the Buddha, One Man's Journey of Discovery in Tibet  •  Matteo Pistono   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An American Buddhist recounts his time spent searching for both spiritual enlightenment and political justice in modern-day Tibet. Includes maps, photos and illustrations. (TBT145, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Red Dust, A Path Through China  •  Ma Jian  •  Flora Drew   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An astounding memoir by an urban poet, painter and writer on the road to Tibet. A vagabond, rebel and Buddhist, Jian abandons his Beijing life for a 3-year southwestern journey through Tibet, Burma and Guizhou Province. (CHN150, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Sky Train, Tibetan Women on the Edge of History  •  Sam Canyon   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Winner of the 2010 Pen American Center Open Book Award. The Dalai Lama provides the forward for this affecting odyssey, which artfully mixes stories of four remarkable Tibetan women with the author's first visit to Tibet as a youth and return thirty years later for the inauguration of the Beijing-Lhasa high speed train. (TBT140, $24.95)
 		  
The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk  •  Palden Gyatso   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Palden Gyatso writes with simple eloquence of the takeover of his country, destruction of monasteries and his own determination to hold onto his beliefs in a Chinese labor camp. (TBT94, $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)
 		  
Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land  •  Patrick French   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A powerful account of travels in Tibet, part memoir and part political analysis. (TBT76, $17.95)
 		  
In the Land of the Blue Poppies  •  Frank Kingdon-Ward  •  Tom Christopher  •  Jamaica Kincaid   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Expert Tom Christopher presents excerpts from intrepid Kingdon-Ward's fascinating accounts of plant-hunting adventures in Tibet, Burma and the Himalayas in the early 20th century. (ASA35, $19.00)
 		  
Prayer of the Dragon  •  Eliot Pattison   • MYSTERY  •  In this fifth superb political thriller set in modern Tibet, former Beijing inspector Shan comes the aid of a Navajo visitor at a remote monastery. (TBT121, $14.00)
 		  
Red Poppies  •  Alai  •  Howard Goldblatt  •  Sylvia Li-Chun Lin   • LITERATURE  •  This family saga unfolds in the 1930s among the warlords of eastern Tibet. (TBT61, $24.95)
 		  
Sky Burial, An Epic Love Story of Tibet  •  Xinran   • LITERATURE  •  Xinran turns the tale of a young Chinese woman's lifelong search for her husband in Tibet, based on an 1994 interview, into a powerful, gut-wrenching tale, evoking the customs, traditions and challenges of contemporary Tibet. (CHN282, $14.95)
 		  
The Skull Mantra  •  Eliot Pattison   • MYSTERY  •  The first in Pattison's series of superb political thrillers set in Tibet. When a headless corpse turns up on a Tibetan mountainside, veteran police inspector Shan Tao Yun is released from prison to investigate the crime, and he quickly uncovers a conspiracy involving American mining interests, corrupt Party officials and Tibetan sorcerers. (TBT106, $14.95)
 		  
Tibetan Folk Tales  •  Fredrick Hyde-Chambers  •  Audrey Hyde-Chambers   • LITERATURE  •  This anthology of legends and fables, handed down by generations of storytellers, includes the Tibetan creation myth, Buddhist tales, and the famous epic of hero King Gesar of Ling. (TBT59, $21.00)
 		  
Water Touching Stone  •  Eliot Pattison   • MYSTERY  •  Second in the series. Aided by a young Kazakh woman, former Beijing police investigator Shan Tao Yun heads for a remote Tibetan plateau to investigate the murder of a venerated teacher and the subsequent disappearance of a lama, but his probe is soon complicated by the resentment of local Tibetans, a sullen resistance fighter and a dead American. (TBT107, $15.99)
 		  
Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas  •  Bikram Grewal   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pocket guide to 250 birds found from the foothills up to high elevations ranging from the Hindu Kush and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayas. With brief descriptive information, maps and 260 full-color illustrations. (HML31, $15.95)
 		  
 
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