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Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia, S.J. 1712- 1727
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As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general context of the Jesuit Missions to Tibet. In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the natural world to the sociological and anthropological aspects of the people and a complete exposition of Lamaism.
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth, A Journey into Bhutan
Jamie Zeppa
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth, A Journey into Bhutan, Jamie Zeppa, Paperback, Penguin, 2000, 320 Pages, $15.00
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Bhutan, Himalayan Mountain Kingdom
Francoise Pommaret
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On the rooftop of the world, shoe-horned into the Grand Himalayas, Bhutan - or Thunder Dragon - is a fiercely independent kingdom. Isolated, charming, peaceful and religious, the Bhutanese are a pragmatic, sensitive people who take from the West what will benefit their country and leave the rest. Only 4,000 tourists will visit the kingdom in any one year and they are strictly monitored by a government that cares deeply for its people, environment and heritage. The countryside is pristine, the lifestyle and culture have been preserved for centuries, and the love of life is abundant among the people. Few outsiders know Bhutan as intimately as Francoise Pommaret; her guidebook takes you on an incredible journey of discovery and adventure; her love of the people and the place shines through; her in-depth knowledge helps aid our understanding of why this unique land has long remained one of Asia’s deepest mysteries and best-kept secrets.
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Bhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness
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The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan is the catalog of one of the most highly anticipated exhibitions of Buddhist art in recent years. The Honolulu Academy of Arts, under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Little, spent nearly three years of ambitious fieldwork and research in Bhutan. The exhibition will open in Honolulu on February 23, 2008 before embarking on a two-year worldwide tour.
The Dragon’s Gift is an exceptionally rare opportunity to introduce some of the most sacred and beloved Buddhist arts in Bhutan to international audience. Bhutanese monks and temple caretakers have been notoriously reluctant to share the sacred treasures of the country with scholars and visitors and thus little research has been conducted on the sacred arts of the country. The Academy team has enjoyed unprecedented access to the nation’s sacred art treasuries and has selected over 100 objects of superior aesthetic achievement and deep religious significance for the exhibition and the accompanying catalog. Almost all of these works of art remain in ritual use in temples and monasteries and have never been seen outside of Bhutan. The Royal Government of Bhutan, and particularly the Department of Culture, have been key partners in the development of the exhibition.
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Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang
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In June 2000, Rick Ridgeway, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and the late renowned wilderness photographer Galen Rowell set out to discover the migration route of the chiru (the tibetan antelope). A feat twice attempted by eminent wildlife biologist George Schaller�first in four-wheel-drive vehicles and later by camel caravan�Ridgeway's team resolved to use their outdoor skills, aluminum rickshaws, and their own two feet to solve this wildlife riddle.
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Footprint Tibet Handbook : The Travel Guide
Gyurme Dorje
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Modern Tibet has many attractions for visitors. The mountainous terrain of the plateau presents the ultimate challenge for climbers, trekkers, and adventurers. Sacred Buddhist sites and temples inspire pilgrims from all corners of the earth. Written and revised by a leading expert on Tibet and Tibetan culture, with up-to-date information, Footprint Tibet covers all regions including the eastern provinces of Kham and Amdo. It highlights the most worthwhile destinations, from mountain monasteries to local festivals, and features the five gateway cities to the Tibetan plateau including Kathmandu. Included is a forward by his holiness The Dalai Lama. Footprint travel guides are synonymous with discovery and adventure. Eye-opening, accurate, and reliable information is given in each guide, ensuring that every trip is memorable, enlightening, and informing.
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From Heaven Lake
By: Vikram Seth
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After two years as a postgraduate student at Nanjing University in China, Vikram Seth hitch-hiked back to his home in New Delhi, via Tibet. From Heaven Lake is the story of his remarkable journey and his encounters with nomadic Muslims, Chinese officials, Buddhists and others.
From Heaven Lake, Vikram Seth, Paperback, 1987, 178 Pages, $13.00
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In the Shadow of the Himalayas: Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim: A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908
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John Claude White (1853-1918) was a civil engineer by education, a colonial administrator by profession, and a photographer by vocation. His photographs of the Himalayas were taken from 1883-1908. He spent twenty-one years based in Gangtok, Sikkim as the first British political officer overseeing the British interests in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. Wherever he traveled, he photographed the world around him: panoramas of the vast Tibetan landscape; mountains and glaciers of Sikkim; portraits of the royal court of the King of Bhutan; the monks and monasteries of Lhasa. Mules followed him on the rugged mountain trails bearing his photographic equipment, and ensuring that the fragile glass plates survived the long return trip south intact, to be printed by the Johnston and Hoffman photography studio. White spent his entire professional life working for the British Raj. In 1909 he retired to England, where he published his memoirs. This book is a tribute to this extraordinary photographer.
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Journey in Ladakh
Andrew Harvey
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Now considered a classic among readers interested in Tibetan Buddhism and pilgrimages of the spirit of all kinds, A Journey in Ladakh is Andrew Harvey's spiritual travelogue of his arduous journey to one of the most remote parts of the world--the highest, least populated region in India, cut off by snow for six months each year. Buddhists have meditated in the mountains of Ladakh since three centuries before Christ, and it is there that the purest form of Tibetan Buddhism is still practiced today.
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Last Time I Saw Tibet
By: Bimal Dey
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A runaway teenager from Bengal treks across Tibet with a group of lamas, Bitten by wanderlust at a young age, Bimal Dey has travelled the world, including the Arctic and Antarctica. But it's his journey across Tibet, from Gangtok to Lhasa and Mansarovar when he was a teenager, that holds a special place in his heart. The Last Time I Saw Tibet recounts his adventures during this trip in 1956: a time when Sikkim was not yet part of India, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama still ruled in Tibet although Chinese presence was marked, and Indians were not banned from travelling there. Ordained as a Buddhist monk by his Guruji just before the start of the journey (only lamas can stay in monasteries), posing as one who had taken a vow of silence (he did not know enough Tibetan to convince the Chinese authorities), Dey trekked across the Nathu La pass, Chumbi valley and the Sangpo river along with an intrepid band of lamas, before reaching Lhasa, or Hla-Sa ('abode of the gods'), many months later. He visited the Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka, the summer palace, was witness to the grandeur of the Potala royal palace where the Dalai Lama resided, and even had an audience with His Holiness. From Lhasa, the author trekked on his own to Kailashnath and Mansarovar, the holiest of pilgrimages for any Hindu. During his journey, he encountered the deep generosity of the local people, made friends among ascetics and mendicants, and the awe-inspiring majesty of the Himalayas brought with it a true understanding of spirituality and faith. Many years later, in the eighties, the author would have the privilege of visiting Mansarovar twice, but he always hankered to travel alone across Tibet, a wish that was eventually granted by the Chinese authorities only at the cusp of the new millennium. This time he saw the ravages of the Chinese occupation in Lhasa, a slow decimation of the Tibetan culture across the countryside, which convinced him that ever more visitors is one way of keeping alive Tibet and its rich and unique traditions.
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Lost In Tibet
By: Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt
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The Untold Story of Five Amercan Airmen, a Doomed Plane, and the Will to Survive
Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen—flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as “The Hump”—were forced to bail out just seconds before their plane ran out of fuel. To their astonishment, they found they had landed in the heart of Tibet. Miraculously, all five survived the jump. But their ordeal was just beginning.
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Mount Kailash Trek
By: Bob Gibbons
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Isolated for centuries behind the Himalayas in Tibet is a mysterious and mythical mountain, Mount Kailash, standing 6714m (22,028ft) high. The mountain has for more than a thousand years been a central pilgrimage site for some of the world’s major religions.
This trek leads around the sacred peak in 3 to 4 days, following the pilgrims’ route. Though short, this high-altitude trek is not to be undertaken lightly – Mount Kailash remains isolated and remote, and getting there is an epic journey in itself.
Also included in the guide is a visit to the lost kingdom of Guge, still almost unknown in the west. The ethereal ruined fortress of Tsaparang, Guge’s former capital, is Tibet’s greatest Buddhist treasure-house of art and paintings – a stunning location not to be missed.
* The Kailash trek, and other treks in the region, described in detail
* Extensive practical information for planning and preparation
* The key approach routes (by foot and road) and return route to Kathmandu or Lhasa
* Historical, cultural and religious background information
For adventure-seeking trekkers this comprehensive guide opens a door into the enchanting world of Kailash and western Tibet.
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
By: Alexandra David-Neel
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An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David-Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet’s forbidden city.
In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, she used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, disguised herself as a beggar with yak hair extensions and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. With the help of her young companion, Yongden, she willingly suffered the primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control and the military to reach her goal.
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Peter Aufschnaiter's Eight Years in Tibet
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A remarkable personal account of a sojourn of nearly eight years in Tibet, ending in 1952, compiled from the notes, sketches and photographs of Peter Aufschnaiter. An Austrian agricultural engineer, Aufschaiter developed a deep love and sympathy for the Tibetan people, sentiments which were readily reciprocated. Throughout his stay in Tibet, Aufschnaiter worked tirelessly not only to understand the people, their culture and religion, but also to share his skills in any area which could improve their lot.
A brilliant linguist, mountaineer and observer, Aufschnaiter provides us with the most detailed and sensitive record available of the Tibetans and their way of life, on the eve of the Chinese invasion which was to wreak such irreversible damage to this unique culture.
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Pioneer in Tibet, The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton
By: Douglas Wissing
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Not yet in stock Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary and explorer who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. During the Great Game era, the Sheltons' sprawling station in Kham was the most remote and dangerous mission on earth. Raising his family in a land of banditry and civil war, caught between a weak Chinese government and the British Raj, Shelton proved to be a resourceful frontiersman.
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Sacred Landscape & Pilgrimage in Tibet, In Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon
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Before Buddhism, there was Bon. This book is a fascinating journey, visually and spiritually, through western Tibet by a monk of the little-known Bön faith, who is searching for the lost, sacred Bon homeland of Zhangzhung.
Including a 60 min DVD of the Pilgrimage.
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Tibet
By: Gyurme Dorje
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A complete overview of Tibet with forward by his holiness The Dalai Lama. Written by a leading expert on Tibet and Tibetan culture. Tibet with its slow measured pace of life. Swooping lammergeier, griffons and golden eagles. The cultural heartland of inner Asia. Vibrant blue salt lakes and rare blue sheep. The rarely-glimpsed snow-leopard. An enduring literary heritage.
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Tibet Guide
By: Batchelor, Stephen
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Central and Western Tibet
Tibet, the Forbidden Kingdom, Shangri-La, the Land of Snows, is here revealed in all its beauty, magic, and mystery. This completely revised and updated edition of the award-winning "Tibet Guide" contains an illustrated iconographical guide, a phrase book, and a glossary of terms. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, maps, monastery floor plans, and rare photos of historic places as they once were, the "Tibet Guide" provides answers to questions about travel logistics as well as explanations of the history, politics, and Buddhist culture of Tibet.
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Tibet's Sacred Mountain: The Extraordinary Pilgrimage to Mount Kailas
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In a remote corner of western Tibet, in one of the highest, most pristine places on Earth, rises a sublime snow-clad pyramid of rock and snow--Mount Kailas. To Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims this 22,028-foot mountain is the throne of the gods, the "Navel of the Earth," the place where the divine takes earthly form.
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Tibet, Lonely Planet Guide
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Shangri-la, the Land of Snows, the roof of the world: the magical, mysterious Buddhist kingdom of Tibet is without doubt one of the world’s most remarkable places. Whether you seek spiritual enlightenment or a close-up look at the world’s highest mountains, Lonely Planet will guide you on your quest.
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Tibet, The Bradt Travel Guide
By: Michael Buckley
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Tibet is a land of monks and mystery, of high adventure – and high controversy. The ‘land of snows’ boasts the world’s highest peaks and its deepest gorges. Despite Chinese incursions, you can experience the timeless rhythms of the ancient Tibetan civilisation, as nomads herd their yaks, pilgrims make their way around sacred Mount Kailash, and monks chant in prayer halls lit by yak-butter lamps.
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Traveler’s Tales: Tibet, James O'Reilly and Larry Habegger, editors
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True stories by Pico Iyer, Alexandra David-Neel, Lama Govinda, Wade Davis, Pamela Logan, Peter Hessler, Mark Jenkins and many more.
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Yak Butter Blues; A Tibetan Trek of Faith
By: Brandon Wilson
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Author Brandon Wilson with his wife Cheryl challenge the "impossible" and set off on an incredible 1000-kilometer journey on foot across Tibet. Join their adventure from Lhasa to Kathmandu, as they become perhaps the first Western couple to ever make this perilous trek across the unforgiving, windswept Himalayan plains.
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