Monday, January 15, 2007

Kamzang Book List

travel (journeys)

Himalaya – Michael Palin

Lost Horizon - James Hilton

The Seven Mountain-Travel Books - H. W. Tilman and Jim Perrin

My Life as an Explorer - Sven Hedin, Peter Hopkirk
The Great Railway Bazaar - Paul Theroux

The Long Walk - Slavomir Rawicz

Himalayan Pilgrimage - David L. Snellgrove

The World: Travels 1950-2000 - Jan Morris


india

Indian Himalaya – Lonely Planet

India – Footprints Guide

Trekking in the Indian Himalaya – Lonely Planet

Trekking in Ladakh - Charlie Loram (Trailblazers Press)

Trekking and Climbing in the Indian Himalaya - Harish Kapadia

Trekking in the Himalayas – Tomoya Iozawa

Trekking in India and Pakistan – Hugh Swift

India: A History - John Keay

Ancient Futures – Helena Norberg Hodge

Ladakh - Crossroads of High Asia - Janet Rizvi

Peasant Traders & Merchants - Janet Rizvi

Zanskar: The Hidden Kingdom – Michael Peissel

Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas - Kim Gutschow

When Men & Mountains Meet - John Keay

A Journey in Ladakh - Andrew Harvey

Wonders of the Himalaya – Francis Younghusband

Zanskar, From Earth to Sky - Oliver Folmi

Kim - Rudyard Kipling

A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry

A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

The House of Blue Mangoes - David Davidar

India: A Million Mutinies Now – V.S. Naipaul

India – V.S. Naipaul
The Raj Quartet - Paul Scott

Chasing the Monsoon – Alexander Frater

A House for Mr Biswas – V.S. Naipaul

Slowly Down the Ganges – Eric Newby

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush – Eric Newby

The Great Indian Novel – Shashi Taroor

Plain Tales from the Raj – Charles Allen

Across the Top – Sorrel Wilby

Kulu: The End of the Hospitable World – Penelope Chetwoode

The Death of Vishnu – Manil Suri

White Moguls – William Dalyrimple


tibet

Tibet – Lonely Planet

Tibet – Footprints Guide

Trekking in Tibet – Gary McCue

Pilgrim’s Guide to Tibet – Victor Chan

Mapping the Tibetan World - Atsushi Kanamaru

In Exile from the Land of Snows – John Avedon

Circling the Sacred Mountain – Robert Thurman

A Mountain in Tibet – Charles Allen

The Search for Shangri La – Charles Allen

Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land - Patrick French

Magic and Mystery in Tibet - Alexandra David-Neel

My Journey to Lhasa – Alexandra David-Neel

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road – Peter Hopkirk

Trespassers on the Roof of the World – Peter Hopkirk

Diary of a Journey Across Tibet - Captain Hamilton Bower

Seven Years in Tibet - Heinrich Harrer

A Conquest of Tibet - Sven Anders Hedin

The Great Game – Peter Hopkirk

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living – HH Dalai Lama

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk - Palden Gyatso

Peaks and Lamas: A Classic Book on Mountaineering, Buddhism and Tibet - Marco Pallis


nepal

Trekking in the Everest Region – Jamie McGuinness

Nepal – Lonely Planet

Nepal – Footprints Guide

Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya – Lonely Planet

The Snow Leopard - Peter Matthiessen

Tigers Of The Snow - Jonathan Neale

Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest - Tashi Tenzing and Judy Tenzing

View from the Summit – Sir Edmund Hillary

Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal - Geoff Childs

Sherpas: Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal - James F. Fisher

Touching My Father’s Soul – Jamling Norgay

Annapurna – Maurice Herzog

Stones of Silence: Journeys in the Himalaya - George B. Schaller

Mustang, the Forbidden Kingdom -Michel Peissel

Nepal Himalaya - H.W. Tilman

Sacred Journey: The Ganges to the Himalayas - David Howard

Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine - Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson, and William E. Nothdurft


bhutan

So Close to Heaven - Barbara Crossette

Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon: A Journey Through Bhutan - Katie Hickman