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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan Staff Pick Grennan's story is a wonderfully written account of hope, persistence, and accomplishment against all odds. If you liked Three Cups of Tea, you'll need to read Little Princes, too — it's a bright spot in our increasing awareness of the mistreatment of... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover 
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A Journey in Ladakh: Encounters with Buddhism by Andrew Harvey Publisher Comments 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,... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ancient Futures: Lessons From Ladakh for a Globalizing World (09 Edition) by Helena Norberg-hodge Publisher Comments This gripping portrait of the rapidly evolving socioeconomic life of Ladakh - the Western Himalayan land known as Little Tibet - offers crucial lessons in sustainable development as its people attempt to balance growth and technology with cultural values.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa Publisher Comments A woman who lived for three years in Bhutan chronicles her extraordinary experiences in this Buddhist kingdom on the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. Reprint.... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Massacre at the Palace: The Doomed Royal Dynasty of Nepal by Jonathan Gregson Publisher Comments "Nothing in Nepal's Earlier History compared to the massacre in Narayanhiti on June 1, but it was certainly not the first time there had been bloodshed within the palace. Internal strife and conspiracies were an all too familiar part of the Shah family's... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Journey in Ladakh by Andrew Harvey Publisher Comments Far in the north of India are the mountains of Ladakh. Cut off by snow for six months of the year, Ladakh is where the purest form of Tibetan Buddhism is practiced, with meditations that date back to 300 years before the birth of Christ. Harvey traveled... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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AIDS in Nepal: Communities Confronting an Emerging Epidemic by Jill Hannum Publisher Comments In 1993, the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) began a three-year, community-based AIDS prevention program in 17 sites scattered throughout the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, with the objective of enabling people to protect themselves and their... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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All the way to heaven :an American boyhood in the Himalayas by Stephen Alter Book News Annotation Novelist Stephen Alter evocatively describes his upbringing as the son of Presbyterian missionaries living on a hill station in India's high Himalayas, an area of memorable natural beauty that the author finds impossible to forget. Annotation c. Book... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Violet Shyness of Their Eyes: Notes from Nepal by Barbara J Scot Publisher Comments Cultural Writing. Travel. Memoir. Revised Edition 2005. Ranging across mountains and memories, Scot's classic journal of her experiences in Nepal in 1990 is now published in a revised edition that includes reflections on a return trip in 2004. "Scot's... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gurkhas by Byron Farwell Publisher Comments This book will tell who the Gurkhas are and where they come from. It will describe their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers, with special attention to their unique skills and remarkable valor. Their story is as colorful and as... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan Publisher Comments An astonishing testament to true courage, the transformative power of love, and the ability of one man to make a real difference. In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan embarked on a yearlong journey around the globe, beginning with... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas by Barbara Crossette Publisher Comments For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa Publisher Comments "Reading the early pages of this rich, romantic, lushly descriptive memoir of Zeppa's three years in the tiny Buddhist kingdom just south of Tibet, I counted my cushy American blessings...But by the end, I not only got why Zeppa stayed in Bhutan...I... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Himalayas: Journeys Through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan by Jeremy Bernstein Publisher Comments Armchair travelers and real-life trekkers will welcome this fully revised and updated edition of Jeremy Bernstein's In the Himalayas. In this book, Bernstein - writer, physicist, and mountaineer - surveys the people, places, and politics of some of the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Living martyrs :individuals and revolution in Nepal by James F Fisher Publisher Comments This book details the life experiences of two important Nepalese. Tanka Prasad Acharya and his wife Rewanta Kumari. This is his story of a crusade against the autocratic Rana regime; it is also the story of Rewanta Kumari's struggle to keep the family... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The traveler :an American odyssey in the Himalaya by Eric Hansen Book News Annotation Not only an eloquent tribute to Hugh Swift (1943-1991), a man with a passionate quest for travel and understanding, but also a portrait of an era of unusual experimentation and exploration. A selection of Swift's beautiful photos illustrate the text... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Nepali Aama :life lessons of a Himalayan woman by Broughton Coburn List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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So close to heaven :the vanishing Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas by Barbara Crossette Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-283) and index.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Governing irrigation systems in Nepal :institutions, infrastructure, and collective action by Wai Fung Lam Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.... (read more) Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hindus of the Himalayas Ethnography & by Gerald D Berreman Description Bibliography: p. 405-425.... (read more) Your price: $4.98 Used - Hardcover
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