New edition. This account of renowned explorer and plant-hunter Frank Kingdom-Ward's 1933 expedition to the southeastern corner of Tibet was as significant for his geographic...
New edition. A moving and intensely revealing portrayal of life in Japan and a travel classic. Monks who cherish Mickey Mouse and collect motorbikes, hardened businessmen...
The best-selling true story of the Austrian mountaineer who escaped from British internment in India to Tibet during World War Two, and became a teacher of the Dalai Lama. Heinrich...
In 1978 Peter Mathiessen undertook a Himalayan journey in search of the beautiful and elusive snow leopard and returned with one of literature's most celebrated accounts of the bonds between man and...
Thomas Merton's trip to Asia in 1968 is a remarkable account by a Christian contemplative of spiritual life in the East. He met many prominent people including the...
Nick Danziger's account of his hair-raising adventures during an eighteen-month journey 'beyond forbidden frontiers' in Asia makes a vivid and unforgettable impact. Travelling in...
A graphic account of the author's hair-raising illegal journeys across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Tibet and Bhutan in the early 1980s. Travelling in...
The amazing story of the courageous Frenchwoman's journey through Tibet disguised as a nun. Her account of Tibet as it was a century ago is an invaluable record of the daily and ceremonial...
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations then on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia - fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia....
Indian edition. The Japanese Zen monk Kawaguchi travelled in disguise throughout Tibet, Sikkim and Nepal, including Mustang and Dolpo, and this record of his experiences is one of the...
Records the American author's three seperate journey's in Tibet including his lone trek across Tibet from Zanskar to Gyantse in 1918. The book traces his...
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