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Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
Keywords: himalayas, homage
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0810959135
ISBN-13: 9780810959132
Those who believe an unfathomable experiential chasm exists between the West and the East would do well to consult Olivier Föllmi’s photographs. In this remarkable collection, Föllmi demonstrates that the distance between cultures, no matter how great physically, is one of perception only. Once the official photographer of the Dalai Lama, Föllmi 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 place
Author: Dr. Carl Frey Constein
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: himalayas, tales
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2002-08-02
List price: $14.50
ISBN-10: 1403310300
ISBN-13: 9781403310309
This is a book of letters written to Carl Frey Constein, author of the WWII memoir Born to Fly the Hump. Most of the letters are from pilots and crew who also served in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. They tell of crashes and bailouts over the Himalayas and Burma, of mammoth thunderstorms and engine failures, of bombing runs out of China, of airdrops behind enemy lines.Other CBI veterans who served on the ground tell of rugged conditions in the high mountains of China and the dense jungles of Burma, or in the monsoons and heat of India. Wives and widows have written poignant, sinc
Author: Thomas Hale
Publisher: Zondervan
Keywords: himalayas, stones, living
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1993-10-24
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0310385113
ISBN-13: 9780310385110
In this true story, the faith and humility of doctors Tom and Cynthia Hale are matched by the beguiling personality and character of the Nepalese people, the majority of whom are subsistence farmers who share much in common with the poor of all developing countries. Reading it will transport you to one of the most enchanting lands -- first class.
Author: Prem Singh Jina
Publisher: Indus Publishing Company
Keywords: himalayas, researches, recent
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1998-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8173870691
ISBN-13: 9788173870699
Author: Gerald D. Berreman
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: change, ethnography, himalayas, hindus
Number of Pages: 497
Published: 1972-10-19
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0520014235
ISBN-13: 9780520014237
Gerald Berreman’s ethnographic study of a hill village in India is widely regarded as a classic in the field of social anthropology. In this new edition, Berreman returns to this village after ten years to record the ethnographic continuity and change in village lifestyle. A new prologue adds important insights to the bases for the ethnographic descriptions and analyses by outlining the research conditions of this study. A new epilogue records Berreman’s findings after revisiting the village--focusing on the trends found in the village and the surrounding region to draw implication
Author: Dr. Shantha N Nair
Publisher: Pustak Mahal
Keywords: gods, hindu, abode, himalayas, holy
Number of Pages: 95
Published: 2007-06-01
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 8122309674
ISBN-13: 9788122309676
This book deals with the location, description, and significance of the places of religious and spiritual importance, like Rishikesh, Haridwar, Panch Prayag, the Char Dhams namely, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, the Hemkund Saheb, the Valley of Flowers, Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, Amarnath, Kailash and Mansarovar. The Himalayas have lured people to this region since ancient times. References about the Himalayas are found even in the "Rig Veda", the oldest scripture in the world. The Himalayas mean different things to different people. For sages, saints and seekers, it is a spiritu
Author: Charles W. Maynard
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: world, ranges, mountain, himalayas
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2004-08
List price: $21.25
ISBN-10: 0823966941
ISBN-13: 9780823966943
