Sense of Place Stars: Tibet

Fiction and Nonfiction Titles Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.

Fiction

  • Bone Mountain
    Author: Pattison, Eliot
    Publisher: Minotaur $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312277601 Date: 2002
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    An original and spiritual thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Skull Mantra. Tense and moving, filled with the holy and geographical landscapes of the oppressed land of Tibet, this is a spectacular book from a rising star of modern crime fiction.
    Updated 8.13.02

Nonfiction

  • The Heart of the World: A Journey To the Last Great Place
    Author: Baker, Ian
    Publisher: Penguin $ 27.95 ISBN: 1594200270 Date: 2004
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    One of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory, The Heart of the World is an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on Earth--and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist faith.
    Suggested Reading: Travel Tales
    Updated 10.19.04
  • The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
    Author: Croke, Vicki
    Publisher: Random $ 25.95 ISBN: 0375507833 Date: 2005
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    "Boston Globe" columnist Croke reveals the true story of Ruth Harkness, a bohemian socialite and dress designer who in 1936 took over her dead husband's expedition into Tibet to capture the first live giant panda.
    Suggested Reading: All Stars
    Updated 7.12.05
  • Tibet, Tibet
    Author: French, Patrick
    Publisher: Knopf $ 25 ISBN: 1400041007 Date: 2003
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    At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its history, agitated for its freedom, and risked arrest to travel through its remote interior. His love and knowledge inform every page of this learned, literate, and impassioned book.
    Suggested Reading: Travel Tales
    Updated 8.25.03
  • Hell or High Water: Seven Men, Seven Kayaks and the Last Great Quest
    Author: Heller, Peter
    Publisher: Rodale $ 24.95 ISBN: 1579548725 Date: 2004
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    In this grand adventure, an elite kayaking team makes a heroic conquest of the world's last great adventure prize: Tibet's Tsangpo River. Publication coincides with the release of a documentary about the expedition by National Geographic.
    Suggested Reading: Travel Tales | Adult Books for Teens
    Updated 8.16.04
  • Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
    by Norgay, Jamling Tenzing
    Publisher: Harper $ 26 ISBN: 0062516876 Date: 2001
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    Son of the first Sherpa to summit Everest, Jamling Tenzing Norgay traces his father's historic ascent and reveals the untold story of this famous mountain. The author is the climbing leader of the IMAX movie Everest.