Four referenced in Ed Douglas’ Chomolungma Sings the Blues:
- The Sherpa of Khumbu (Barbara Brower)
- Ascent of Rum Doodle (WE Bowman). A parody.
- Nepal Himalaya (Bill Thilman)
- Travels in Nepal (Charlie Pye Smith)
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Homage to the Himalayas (Olivier Fí¶llmi, 2006)
Book description:
“Once the official photographer of the Dalai Lama, Fí¶llmi has been training his lens on the Himalayas for more than 25 years. Here he captures the essence of the region and its people as no one else could—its dizzying peaks, treacherous climate, and spiritual serenity. Images of Buddhist holy places are counterposed with portraits of ordinary people, their ruddy faces worn to leather by snow and wind. This is a breathtaking collection by a great artist whose subject is nothing less than our shared humanity.”
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Himalaya: Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, and Hope (Brot Coburn, 2006)
Book description:
“Both a magnificent celebration and a call for compassion, Himalaya is a panorama of the unique history and uncertain future of the world’s highest region and its colorful inhabitants. The awesome beauty of these lofty peaks, including Everest, Kanchenjunga, and Annapurna, is brought to life by gifted photographers like Steve McCurry, Art Wolfe, and many more, while such notable contributors as Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and over two dozen others share vivid personal tales of Himalayan life…”The book begins by introducing the region: its astonishing biodiversity, its mountaineering history, its rich ethnic heritage, and the interplay between two major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism. Himalaya addresses challenges to these mountainous domains: political turmoil, population growth, touristic demands, and ecological stresses…”
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Rough Guide to Bangkok
(Fourth edition, January 2007)
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(Peter Matthiessen, Penguin, 1987)
Book description:
“In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, “the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.” Their voyage was in quest of one of the world’s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.”
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- Trans-Himalayan Traders: Economy, Society and Culture in Northwest Nepal.
- High Frontiers: Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists.
- Spirited Women: Gender, Religion and Cultural Identity in Nepal.
- Popular Deities, Emblems and Images of Nepal.
- Short Description of Gods, Goddesses and Ritual Objects of Buddhism and Hinduism in Nepal.
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Books I Tried to Read but Couldn’t Get Into
[Listed here so I don’t keep checking the same books out of the library.]
- Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil: Identities and Representations in the Himalayas.
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