Choose a Region
Polar Regions
North America
Middle America
South America
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Mediterranean
Middle East
Africa
Central & East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australia & The Pacific
Advanced
Search
Our Favorites
New & Noteworthy
Forthcoming
Best of 2009
Mysteries
ABOUT US
The Business
The People
SMALL PRINT
Ordering
Shipping
Customer
Service
Visiting
MOUNTAIN TRAVEL-SOBEK
India: Trekking in Sikkim
|
READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
These
5
items are available for
$76
, including
U.S. shipping, a
15%
discount (Item no. EXHML45)
E-mail
Print
Select
Item
Lonely Planet Northeast India
Mark Elliott Joseph Bindloss Lindsay Brown
GUIDEBOOK 2009 PAPER 376 PAGES
This guide covers, in the hallmark Lonely Planet style, Calcutta, Sikkim, West Bengal and Orissa along with the newly opened Northeast states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Manipur. With 40 maps, plus a two-color highlights map to help with itinerary design.Covering Sunderbans National Park.
(IDA518, $23.99)
Touching My Father's Soul, A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Jamling Tenzing Norgay Broughton Coburn Dalai Lama
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR 2002 PAPER 316 PAGES
A personal account of the business of Everest, the 1996 IMAX Expedition and, most significantly, of a son who is grappling with the legacy of a famous father. The son of the man who reached the summit of Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953, Norgay has spent his entire life immersed in the culture, rituals and religion of the Sherpas.
(NPL42, $15.99)
So Close to Heaven, The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
Barbara Crossette
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 1996 PAPER 297 PAGES
FAVORITE
A "New York Times" Asia correspondent writes of Bhutan and neighboring kingdoms of Ladakh and Sikkim in the Himalayas, strongholds of Tantric Buddhism in an increasingly homogenized world. It's part travelogue and part history -- a personal portrait of the region.
(NPL04, $16.00)
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 the vibrant sacred literature of Tibet, and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites.
(TBT15, $14.99)
Sikkim Map
ITMB
MAP
A full-color detailed map of Sikkim for travelers at a scale of 1:140,000. One Side. 39x26 inches.
(HML75, $9.95)
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)
Buddhist Himalayas
Olivier and Danielle Föllmi
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)
City of Djinns, A Year in Delhi
William Dalrymple
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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)
Delhi, Then and Now
Dilip Bobb
HISTORY
A rich portfolio of archival photographs and illustrations, together with vibrant new pictures, capture Delhi in all its glorypast and present.
(IDA408, $39.95)
In the Shadow of the Himalayas, A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908
Kurt Meyer
Pamela Deuel Meyer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A collection of 144 remarkable documentary photographs of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim at the turn of the 20th century by John Claude White (1853-1918), the first British Political Officer to Sikkim.
(HML71, $65.00)
India
Stanley Wolpert
HISTORY
This wonderfully literate introduction to India by the acknowledged master tackles religion and philosophy, art and culture, politics and the environment with clarity. This revised fourth edition includes an update on foreign policy, including relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States.
(IDA04, $21.95)
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)
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, $21.00)
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, $13.00)
Himalayan Passage, Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan
Jeremy Schmidt
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
National Geographic Expert, Jeremy Schmidt, and photographer Patrick Morrow, recount their circumnavigation of the Himalayas, accompanied by their wives. Their journey by bike, truck and foot across Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan is illustrated with 32 pages of color photographs.
(HML05, $18.95)
The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen
EXPLORATION
FAVORITE
The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Peter Matthiessen's vivid account of a five-week journey through Nepal with George Schaller combines their quest for the magnificent cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas.
(NPL03, $15.00)
View from the Summit
Sir Edmund Hillary
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The remarkable Hillary discusses the adventures that shaped his long life.
(HML89, $14.95)
Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal
Guy Mountefort
Gerald Cubitt
NATURAL HISTORY
An informative introduction to the natural history of the region in a handsome oversize volume. With hundreds of extraordinary photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Himalayas, the Indo-Ganges Plain and the Deccan.
(IDA02, $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)
Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas
B. 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)
Surviving Everest (DVD)
National Geographic
A celebration of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by National Geographic. The documentary details the many triumphs and disasters that have occurred on Mt. Everest, including original 1953 footage and a 1984 tribute.
(HML58, $24.95)
Here are some other groups of books that might interest you. Click to view a listing:
More Books
home map
|
book bag
|
advanced search
|
contact us
(800) 342-2164 (212) 904-1144 115 West 30th St., Suite 1206 New York, NY 10001 USA
Choose a Region
Polar Regions
North America
Middle America
South America
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Mediterranean
Middle East
Africa
Central & East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Australia & The Pacific
Copyright 2009 Geographica, Inc.
site created by
bitflip interactive group
powered by
metarhythm