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MOUNTAIN TRAVEL-SOBEK
Upper Mekong River First Descent
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 5 items are available
for $87, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCHN146) |
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The River's Tale, A Year on the Mekong
• Edward Gargan
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
A personal, probing chronicle of a 3,000 mile journey on the river from its source in China through Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia to the Mekong delta in Vietnam. Gargan, a veteran correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times, spent a year traveling the river.
(SEA33, $15.95) |
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The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future
• Milton Osborne
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A cultural history of the great river from prehistory to European exploration, colonial tensions and modern challenges. It's an engaging introduction to the history of Southeast Asia. Osborne has also written an account of the 19th-century search for the source of the Mekong (SEA29).
(SEA28, $16.00) |
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South of the Clouds, Tales from Yunnan
• Lucien Miller
ANTHOLOGY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 342 PAGES
Featuring memorable tales from throughout the Yunnan Province, this book showcases 54 wonderfully insightful and entertaining stories. The collection also includes an overview of the places and people of Yunnan. It is an excellent introduction to the province.
(CHN45, $32.95) |
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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) |
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China South Map
• Nelles
2005 •
MAP
A detailed travel map of Southern China, from Taiwan to Hong Kong and the Yunnan Province, at a 1:1,500,000 scale. With city maps of Hon Kong, Macau and Guilin. Two Sides. 20x40 inches.
(CHN27, $13.95) |
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Also Recommended
China, A New History
• John Fairbank
• Merle Goldman
• HISTORY
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A sweeping history of China from the Paleolithic to Tiananmen, revised with a new chapter by Merle Goldman. A standard for history buffs.
(CHN11, $26.50)
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In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation
• John Avedon
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• COMING IN
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Avedon's masterful, passionate cris de coeur, still the best book on the subject, shows the lives of the Tibetan people at home and in exile since the Chinese takeover in 1950 through the eyes of its leaders, monks and regular people.
(TBT04, $16.95)
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Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
• John Powers
• RELIGION
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A comprehensive study of the history and philosophy behind Tibetan Buddhism, suitable for the general reader.
(TBT40, $22.95)
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
• Graham Coleman
• Gyurme Dorje
• RELIGION
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The first complete English translation of an indispensable work on Tibetan religious beliefs.
(TBT88, $21.00)
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Understanding China
• John Bryan Starr
• HISTORY
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The Yale professor brings us up to date in this third edition of his succinct and refreshingly forthright best-selling guide to China's economy, history and politics.
(CHN196, $17.95)
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Leaving Mother Lake
• Yang Erche Namu
• Christine Mathieu
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this entrancing memoir, Chinese singing sensation Namu recounts her coming-of-age among the matriarchal Mosuo people in Southwest China near the Chinese-Tibetan border.
(CHN270, $14.99)
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The Plant Hunters
• Tyler Whittle
• EXPLORATION
• COMING IN
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Tales of the botanist-explorers who enriched our gardens, including adventures in the Himalayas.
(NAT29, $16.95)
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Lost Horizon, A Novel
• James Hilton
• LITERATURE
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First published in 1933, this novel (and subsequent movie) introduced the world to the Himalayan paradise of Shangri-La, which a group of Americans and Englishmen discover after a plane crash.
(HML73, $12.99)
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The Explorer's Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials
• Daniel Hinkley
• Roy Lancaster
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Remarkable finds in the Himalayas, Yunnan and other exotic locations around the world.
(NAT28, $24.95)
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Concise Flowers of the Himalaya
• Oleg Polunin
• Adam Stainton
• FIELD GUIDE
• COMING IN
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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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Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas
• Bikram Grewal
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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