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Here is a brief selection of favorite, new and hard-to-find books, prepared for your journey. For your convenience, you may call (800) 342-2164
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selection of books for your voyage, go directly to Nepal Reading Guide
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Item EXNPL62. Buy these 4 items as a set for $84including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With freeshipping on anything else you order.
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Peter MatthiessenThe Snow LeopardNPL03 | 2008 | 368 pages | PAPERThe most perceptive, acutely observed and personalof all his books, Matthiessen's account of a five-weekjourney through Nepal with naturalist George Schallercombines their quest for the elusive cat with a movingintroduction to Buddhism and the people$17.00
Stephen BezruchkaTrekking Nepal, A Traveler's GuideNPL10 | 2011 | 448 pages | PAPERA respected guide covering route planning, nationalparks, health, where to go and what to do in Nepal.With an overview of the geography, history, religionand culture of the region.$29.95
Lonely PlanetLonely Planet NepalNPL28 | 2015 | 416 pages | PAPERWith up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, thishandy travel companion to Nepal features color mapsand images, suggested itineraries and a listing offestival dates.$29.99
NellesNepal MapNPL01 | 2015 | 2 pages | MAPA double-sided map at a scale of 1:500,000, withinsets of Kathmandu City and Kathmandu Valley.$13.95
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National GeographicEverest Base Camp, Nepal MapHML77 | 2004 | 2 pages | MAPA durable, folded map for treks from Lukla throughSagarmatha National Park to Everest Base Camp, ata scale of 1:50,000.$11.95
National Geographic MapsNepal Adventure MapNPL82 | 2013 | 1 pages | MAPA waterproof, tear-resistant map of Nepal at a scale of1:625,000. Includes detailed elevations and thelocations of natural attractions.$11.95
Stephen BezruchkaAltitude Illness: Prevention and TreatmentREF02 | 2005 | 128 pages | PAPERBezruchka, a mountaineer and M.D., includes casestudies, frequently asked questions and simplemethods of diagnosis and treatment in thisindispensable pocket guide.$8.95
Mary-Jo O'Rourke (Editor)Lonely Planet Nepali PhrasebookNPL62 | 2014 | 260 pages | PAPERA palm-sized guide to pronunciation, grammar andessential vocabulary for the traveler.$9.99
Joseph Bindloss, Bradley MayhewLonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal HimalayaNPL23 | 2016 | 384 pages | PAPERThis classic guide, now in its eighth edition, is great forboth practical trail information and general informationon the region.$22.99
Michael BuckleyShangri-la: A Practical Guide to the HimalayanDreamHML84 | 2008 | 191 pages | PAPERWith marvelous chapters on the many meanings andmyths surrounding Shangri-La, Buckley's practicalguide covers the contenders for this mythicalHimalayan paradise in Southwest China, Tibet, Nepal,Sikkim and Bhutan. With many maps and colorphotographs.$25.99
Kev ReynoldsTrekking in the HimalayaHML130 | 2013 | 252 pages | PAPERAn absorbing primer as well as a celebration of theHimalaya's scenic magnificence, this is aninspirational and detailed guide to 20 memorable treksby a veteran expedition leader.$29.95
Monica ConnellAgainst a Peacock Sky, Two Years in the Life of aNepalese VillageNPL89 | 2014 | 224 pages | PAPERConnell tells about her experience in the NepaleseHimalayan village of Talphi where she lived for twoyears. The place was so remote, she writes, it was aten days’ walk from the nearest road.$34.00
Peter HarrisonFortress Monasteries of the HimalayasHML117 | 2011 | 64 pages | PAPERThis slim book recreates the dramatic and colorfulfortifications of Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan,recounting their history through foreign incursions,religious conflicts and civil wars to the Tibetan uprisingand flight of the Dalai Lama from Potala Palace in1959.$18.95
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Broughton Coburn (Editor), Richard C. Blum (Editor),Erica Stone (Editor)Himalaya, Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challengeand Hope on the Roof of the WorldHML78 | 2006 | 256 pages | HARD COVERThis beautifully photographed overview of the geology,history and people of the Himalayas includescontributions by several National Geographicphotographers, introductions by Jimmy Carter and theDalai Lama, and an afterward by Sir Edmund Hillary.$35.00
Thomas BellKathmanduNPL94 | 2016 | 352 pages | HARD COVERDrawing on his years of experience in the Himalayanfortress, Bell introduces readers to Kathmandu’slayered history, touching on gods and goddesses andthe caste system as well as the present-day pushtoward modernization and the recent, devastatingearthquake.$29.95
James FisherSherpas, Reflections on Change in HimalayanNepalNPL13 | 1990 | 205 pages | PAPERA detailed study of the change that mountaineeringbrought to Sherpa society.$31.95
Maurice HerzogAnnapurna, The Epic Account of a HimalayanConquest and its Harrowing AftermathHML07 | 2010 | 256 pages | PAPERA 60th-anniversary edition of Maurice Herzog'sclassic, which he dictated from his hospital bed inParis. French Minister of Youth and Sport in the 1960sand former mayor of Chamonix, Herzog recoverednicely.$16.95
Wade DavisInto the SilenceHML101 | 2011 | 656 pages | PAPERIn this thrilling portrait of George Mallory and fellowclimbers, Davis vividly recreates Britain’s heroicattempts to scale Everest in the 1920s, putting thewhole enterprise into the context of World War I andBritish Imperial ambitions.$17.95
Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air, A Personal Account of the MountEverest DisasterHML13 | 1999 | 360 pages | PAPERIn this bestseller, climber and journalist Krakauerreconstructs a minute-by-minute account of what wentwrong on the great mountain in 1996.$16.00
Keith Dowman, Kevin Bubriski (Photographer)Power Places of Kathmandu: Hindu and BuddhistHoly Sites in the Sacred Valley of NepalNPL12 | 1995 | 130 pages | HARD COVERThis handsome book by two authorities on art andarchitecture documents the most significant spiritualsites along the pilgrimage route in Kathmandu, Patanand Bhaktapur.$39.95
Alexandra David-NeelMy Journey to LhasaTBT26 | 2005 | 317 pages | PAPERDressed as a humble pilgrim and traveling under thecover of night, the indomitable 55-year-old David-Neeland her young companion climbed mountains andtricked soldiers in order to ultimately reach Tibet'sforbidden capital. Originally published in 1923, thisaccount stands as a riveting portrait of early 20th-century Tibet.$14.99
Jeff GreenwaldSnake LakeNPL75 | 2010 | 384 pages | PAPERA touching memoir by journalist Greenwald whoreturns to his old haunts in Kathmandu during theMaoist uprising. He struggles to balance hisjourneying with obligations to his depressed brotherback home in the United States.$15.95
Isabella TreeThe Living Goddess: A Journey Into the Heart ofKathmanduNPL97 | 2016 | 384 pages | PAPERThe product of 12 years of travel and research, thistravel narrative delves into the esoteric and fascinatingNepalese tradition of choosing a Living Goddess, a girlas young as three chosen to become a centralspiritual leader.$31.00
Levison WoodWalking the HimalayasHML142 | 2016 | 304 pages | HARD COVERExplorer Levison Wood recounts his six-month, 1,700-mile trek through Afghanistan, Kashmir, Pakistan,India and into the foothills of the Himalayas, describingthe landscapes, people and dangers that he meetsalong the way.$27.00
Samrat UpadhyayArresting God in KathmanduNPL61 | 2001 | 191 pages | PAPERThis collection of stories explores the nature of desireand spirituality in modern Nepali society.$14.95
Kim Stanley RobinsonEscape from KathmanduNPL41 | 2000 | 320 pages | PAPERThe four interconnected stories in this laugh-out-loudnovel include the (mis)adventures of two youngAmericans with a Yeti, international espionage,mountain climbing of the highest sort and a quest forShangri-La.$22.99
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Daphne BealIn the Land of No Right AnglesNPL60 | 2008 | 278 pages | PAPERBeal evokes the grit of Kathmandu and the emotionalintricacies of trying to do good in the world in this taleof a young American student abroad, an older expatand a young village woman whose life they changeforever.$13.95
Frank Kingdon-Ward, Tom Christopher (Editor),Jamaica Kincaid (Introduction)In the Land of the Blue PoppiesASA35 | 2003 | 242 pages | PAPERExpert Tom Christopher presents excerpts fromintrepid Kingdon-Ward's fascinating accounts of plant-hunting adventures in Tibet, Burma and the Himalayasin the early 20th century.$19.00
W. E. BowmanThe Ascent of Rum DoodleHML55 | 2010 | 192 pages | PAPERThis hilarious send-up of the great Britishmountaineers, originally published in 1956, is hardlyhandicapped by the fact that Bowman never set foot inthe Himalayas.$18.95
Bikram GrewalA Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of India,Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka andBangladeshIDA758 | 2017 | 792 pages | PAPERAll of the greater Indian Subcontinent's birds arerepresented in this Princeton field guide. Designed foreasy field identification, it profiles over 1,375 specieswith over 4,000 color photos, up-to-date maps and thelatest distribution information.$45.00
Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim InskippBirds of NepalNPL40 | 2016 | 336 pages | PAPERCovering all 800 species of birds occurring in Nepal,this book features vivid color plates. Text andillustrations are integrated on facing pages for easyreference in the field.$50.00
Bikram GrewalPhotographic Guide to Birds of the HimalayasHML31 | 1999 | 144 pages | PAPERA pocket guide to 250 birds found from the foothills upto high elevations ranging from the Hindu Kush andKashmir to Arunachal Pradesh in the EasternHimalayas. With brief descriptive information, mapsand 260 full-color illustrations.$15.95
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