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1	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist Author Matthiessen documents his travels in Nepal with naturalist George Schaller, including his attempts to come to grips with his wife's death from cancer, and his general pondering of questions of life and death. The snow leopard becomes a symbol to Matthiessen of the elusive silence of the peace of Zen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure more books like this by Sarah MacDonald add to wishlist After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist Thirty years after his classic "The Great Railway Bazaar," Theroux revisits Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia. Wherever he goes, his omnivorous curiosity and unerring eye for detail never fail to inspire, enlighten, inform, and entertain. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $5.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language more books like this by Katherine Russell Rich add to wishlist Rich documents her experiences in India--ranging from the bizarre to the frightening to the unexpectedly exhilarating--using Hindi as the lens through which she is given a new perspective not only on India, but on the radical way the country and the language itself were changing her. see all copies from $15.59! new only from $15.59! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan more books like this by Jamie Zeppa add to wishlist In this memoir, a young Canadian woman decides to take her first trip outside of North America before she is to be married. After accepting a teaching post in Bhutan, a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas bordering China and India, she eventually breaks off her engagement and falls in love with another man. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Culture Smart! India: A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette more books like this by Nicki Grihault add to wishlist "Culture Smart!" provides priceless nuggets of cultural information on India not found in a standard guidebook. Whether you are looking to secure a business deal, enrich your travels, or simply better understand India, its people and customs, "Culture Smart!" provides the information in a clear and highly readable guide. Rather than get bogged ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $4.93! \| SVS
7	Slowly Down the Ganges more books like this by Eric Newby add to wishlist Newby's tribute to the richness of life along the Ganges River was written after a 1200-mile trip he made in 1961 with his wife, Wanda. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.30! \| first editions
8	City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist A fascinating portrait of a year in the life of the city of Delhi by the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for travel writing in 1995. see all copies from $5.69! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	India more books like this by Dorling Kindersley Publishing (Creator) add to wishlist Recognized the world over by frequent flyers and armchair travelers alike, this Eyewitness Travel Guide is the most colorful and comprehensive guide to India on the market. With beautiful commissioned photographs and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of this exotic country, this amazing travel guide shows what others only tell. see all copies from $10.52! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Everest: The West Ridge more books like this by Thomas F Hornbein add to wishlist In one of mountaineering's great-st adventure stories, Thomas Hombein tells of his and Willi Unsoeld's dramatic first ascent of Everest's West Ridge -- a route that had been dismissed as hopeless by all previous expeditions. Part of the first successful American expedition, Hombein and Unsoeld ascended beyond "the point of no return" to make the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the Northwest Frontier of India more books like this by Sir Aurel Stein add to wishlist "On Alexander's Track to the Indus", first published in 1929, is Aurel Stein's account of the expeditions he mounted following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great during the triumphant invasion that, interestingly, left not a trace in Indian literature or tradition. Stein's account has justifiably achieved cult status for the dangers and ... see all copies from $2.61! new only from $4.19! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle more books like this by Dervla Murphy add to wishlist During the particularly harsh winter of 1963, Dervla Murphy rode her bicycle across Europe, Persia, Afghanistan, the Himalayas, Pakistan and India. This account of her extraordinary solo journey tells of her resourcefulness in the face of personal dangers and unexpected encounters. Dervla Murphy has also written "In Ethiopia with a Mule", ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Annapurna South Face more books like this by Chris Bonington add to wishlist In 1970, Chris Bonington and his now-legendary team of mountaineers were the first climbers to tackle a big wall at extreme altitude. Their target was the south face of Nepal's Annapurna: 12,000 feet of steep rock and ice leading to a 26, 454-ft. summit. As serious armchair climbers will tell you, Annapurna South Face is better than all but a ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $10.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lonely Planet India more books like this by Sarina Singh add to wishlist the longest running and best selling guide to India Indian lead author Sarina Singh, eight years with Lonely Planet, has a greater insight into Indian society, culture and languages than any guidebook author detailed itinerary maps guide you around the main sights and highlights of the North, the South, and off the beaten track much more to draw ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.49! \| SVS
15 view cover	Sorcerer's Apprentice more books like this by Tahir Shah add to wishlist In this memoir/travelogue an amateur British conjurer recalls the colorful characters he met and the places he went across India in his search for one of his childhood idols. When he finds him, he is told to apprentice himself to a second conjurer, with whom he travels across India, and finds his patience sorely strained by his mentor's ways. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $32.33! \| first editions
16 view cover	Calcutta more books like this by Geoffrey Moorhouse add to wishlist Classic history of the Victorian seat of the British Raj, setting for the notorious Black Hole where 2 score English settlers diedin an 18th century uprising, and today the 4th largest city in the world. Kipling called it the city of dreadful night - a city of unspeakable poverty, of famine, riot and disease. Yet Calcutta, once the seat of the Raj ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.17! \| first editions \| SVS
17	The Imperial Way more books like this by Paul Theroux, Steve McCurry (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-La more books like this by Todd Balf add to wishlist This chronicle of a 1998 kayak expedition on the white waters of the Tsangpo River in Tibet tells of both wonder and tragedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush more books like this by Eric Newby add to wishlist This frank and funny account of an ill-prepared Himalayan expedition, taking the reader from London to the wilds of Afghanistan, is one of the classics of travel writing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Age of Kali: Indian Travels & Encounters more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist William Dalrymple, who wrote about India in "City of Djinns", returns to the country in a series of essays. Featured in the pages this work are 15-year-old guerrilla girls and dowager Maharanis; flashy Bombay drinks parties and violent village blood feuds; a group of vegetarian terrorists intent on destroying India's first Kentucky Fried Chicken ... see all copies from $3.82! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Crystal Horizon: Everest--The First Solo Ascent more books like this by Reinhold Messner add to wishlist On August 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, the world-renowned master of alpine-style climbing, became the first person to reach the summit of Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen. A vivid account of Messner's expedition, "The Crystal Horizon" also reflects on how he explored his innermost thoughts while facing the most extreme physical ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $23.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Delhi, Agra & Jaipur more books like this by Anuradha Chaturvedi (Editor), Dharmendar Kanwar (Editor), Partho Datta (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! new only from $12.50! \| SVS
23 view cover	The autobiography of an unknown Indian more books like this by Nirad C. Chaudhuri add to wishlist Evokes the first 24 years of the author's life in Calcutta and in his ancestral village in East Bengal. The book combines memoirs with a sweeping survey of Indian history and culture in the last years of the Raj. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Travels on My Elephant more books like this by Mark Shand add to wishlist For Mark Shand, there is no better way to see India than from the howdah of an Indian elephant. Before he set off on his 1000 kilometre journey, Tara was a scrawny 33-year-old begging elephant and by the time they reached the Sonepur Mela (the world's oldest elephant market) she had been transformed through tender loving care into a star ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Frommer's India more books like this by Pippa de Bruyn, Dr. Keith Bain, Pippa de Bruyn add to wishlist Frommer's. The best trips start here. This book lets you experience a place the way the locals do. It lets you enjoy the best it has to offer. It offers expert advice on seeing the splendors of India with ease. It contains outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not. It lists exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.71! \| first editions \| SVS

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