Many disenchanted Westerners have gone to the Himalayas in search of renewal, but no one
has written about the experience as perceptively and personally as Andrew Stevenson in Annapurna Circuit.A traveller all his life, Stevenson responds to people and places ...
Winner, 2018 Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian HumanitiesBuddhist representations of the cosmos
across nearly two thousand years of history in Tibet, Nepal, and India show that cosmology is a rich language for the expression of diverse religious ...
The book focuses on environment and conservation issues pertaining to the Himalayas, spanning Pakistan, Nepal,
India, Bhutan and Myanmar. Environmental degradation, changes in snow cover and glaciers in India-Bhutan, threats to protected areas, and biodiversity in this ecologically fragile region ...
After years of fighting vicious secret wars in distant, obscure locations, Gautam Shukla heads to
the hills for a life of quiet retirement. During a brief trip to Delhi, he meets Ruth, a striking young Israeli security officer and, while ...
When sixteen-year-old Alex's parents ask him to deliver a mysterious package to their animal research
camp in the Nepalese jungle, he and his twelve-year-old brother James do not know the trouble they are about to face. An unsuccessful ransom payment ...
This is the first book to systematically describe the formation and historical changes of the
Monpa people’s area (Monyul) through its nature, society, culture, religion, agriculture and historically deep ties with Bhutan, Tibet and the Tibetan Buddhist faith. The state ...
Orchid in Himalayan belts, is hot topic since the subject came in the fore front
in context of its exploration, conservation and multiplication. The presented book is a part of flonstic inventory work carried out in different regions of Himalaya ...
As a sixteenth century Himalayan mountain girl, Tara knew a husband would be chosen for
her. One day, Mughals riding sleek Arabian horses arrived seeking a woman prophesized to be one of the sultan's wives. Fear and excitement mingle in ...
