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Nepal: Land and Culture

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	Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya
	Armington, Stan
	Wisdom Price £13.49 (save 10%)
	The Lonely Planet guide to enjoying the splendour of Nepal on...
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	Himalayan Households
	Tamang Demography and Domestic Processes
	Fricke, Tom
	Wisdom Price £19.80 (save 10%)
	A comprehensive study of the cultural ecology, demography, and domestic organisation of the Tamang, the largest Tibeto-Burman speaking population of...
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	High Religion
	A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism
	Ortner, Sherry B
	Wisdom Price £22.37 (save 17%)
	An anthropological study examining the founding of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth...
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	Sherpas
	Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
	Fisher, James F
	Wisdom Price £17.96 (save 10%)
	Traces the impact of modern education and tourism on Sherpa society and assesses the Sherpa's concern for the...
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	Spirited Women
	Gender, Religion, & Cultural Identity in the Nepal Himalaya
	Watkins, Joanne C
	Wisdom Price £20.66 (save 10%)
	The traditional culture of the Nyishangba, a small group of Tibetan Buddhists from the Himalayan highlands of northern Nepal. Here...
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	Horses Like Lightning [Sale Edition]
	A Story of Passage Through the Himalayas
	Craig, Sienna
	Wisdom Price £4.29 (save 67%)
	Sale edition. Sienna Craig first ventured into Mustang, Nepal, as a 19 year-old anthropologist interested in the...
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	Born in Nepal
	A Miscellany of Buddhist Stories, Legends and Traditions
	Hoivik, Susan
	Wisdom Price £4.49 (save 25%)
	A revealing collection of legends, short stories, traditions, and information on Himalayan Buddhist culture. It was written as a general...
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	Himalayan Mountain Cults
	Sailung, Kalingchok, Gosainkund: Territorial Rituals and Tamang Histories
	Tautscher, Gabriel
	Wisdom Price £15.29 (save 10%)
	An anthropological study on the history and formation of the shamanic rituals and practices found in...
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	Kathmandu Valley as a Water Pot
	Abstracts of Research Papers on Newar Buddhism in Nepal
	Yoshizaki, Kazumi
	Wisdom Price £10.16 (save 15%)
	A fascinating collection of academic study papers on the Newar Buddhism in Nepal. It includes details on...
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	Nomadic Sacrifice
	The Chod Pilgrimage Among the Bonpo of Dolpo, Western Nepal: Includes DVD
	Nicoletti, Martino
	Wisdom Price £19.13 (save 15%)
	In the heart of the Himalayas, practitioners of the ancient pre-Buddhist Tibetan religion of Bon undertake a long...
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	Glory of Nepal
	A Mythological Guidebook to the Kathmandu Valley
	Forbes, William
	Wisdom Price £9.95
	A collection of nine entertaining myths and stories from the Himavatkhanda and Nepal Mahatmya, translated from the Sanskrit. The book answers such...
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	Road to Katmandu
	Marnham, Patrick
	Wisdom Price £8.99 (save 10%)
	An extraordinary account of the legendary hippy trail. In the 1960's and '70's, the overland route from Europe to Asia became popular with disillusioned Westerners seeking answers in the...
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	Horses Like Lightning
	A Story of Passage Through the Himalayas
	Craig, Sienna
	Wisdom Price £8.70 (save 33%)
	Sienna Craig first ventured into Mustang, Nepal, as a 19 year-old anthropologist interested in the mysterious horse culture that existed high in...
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	Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas
	Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo
	Heller, Amy
	Wisdom Price £38.50 (save 30%)
	A richly illustrated book with a free CD including photographs of all the original Tibetan texts. In 1999, a...
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	Ecstatic Body
	Notes on Shamanism and Corporeity in Nepal
	Nicoletti, Martino
	Wisdom Price £10.19 (save 15%)
	A booklet of brief writings and sketches of Shamans and shamanistic practices in the Nepalese...
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	Journey to Mustang
	Tucci, Giuseppe
	Wisdom Price £12.91 (save 32%)
	New edition. A fascinating travalogue of an exploratory trek through western Nepal in 1952 to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Mustang by the renowned Tibetologist Guiseppe...
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	Ancient Stone Images of Buddha and Bodhisattva in Nepal
	Ratna Shakya, Milan
	Wisdom Price £11.01 (save 15%)
	This work on Buddhist art illustrates the sculptural history of Buddhas and bodhisattva images in ancient...
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	Kathmandu Valley Painting
	The Jucker Collection
	Kreijger, Hugo E
	Wisdom Price £31.50 (save 10%)
	For most lovers of Nepalese art, the Jucker collection will come as a revelation. The collection gives an excellent overall view of the painting...
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	Royal Nepal 1930-36
	Through the Lens of Richard Gordon Matzene
	Sirhandi, Marcella
	Wisdom Price £31.50 (save 10%)
	This beautifully illustrated book offers a rare glimpse into the lives and personalities that ruled Nepal and an amazing insight into the...
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	Thakali
	A Himalayan Ethnography
	Vinding, Michael
	Wisdom Price £27.00 (save 10%)
	A thorough ethnography of the Thakali, whose homeland is the Thak Khola valley of Mustang, Nepal, detailing their history, culture and society. The author lived among the people, and...
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