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Reading Suggestions
INDIA
SUGGESTED READING LIST
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| ALLEN, CHARLES |
Plain Tales from the Raj |
| Anthology of reminiscences of India under British rule from Edwardian days to 1947- childhood memories, social life, “the daily round, the rains, hill holidays” etc. ST. MARTIN’S, 1976. |
| BOHM, ROBERT |
Notes on India |
| “Attractive and highly personal commentary on life and travel in India today...well worth discovering” SOUTH END PRESS, 1983. |
| DOWNS, HUGH |
Rhythms of a Himalayan Village. |
| GANDHI, INDIRA |
Eternal India |
| “A coffee table pictorial essay on India-- excellent pictures” |
| CARTER, LILLIAN |
Away from home |
Letter home from the President’s late mother written while she spent two years in India, the Peace Corps.
SIMON & schuster, 1977. |
| FISHLOCK, TREVOR |
GANDHI’S CHILDREN |
| “Vivid insights into the present-day country and its people... covers almost every imaginable topic- food, sex, education, sports, religion, medicine, money” and more. A compelling blend of history, social criticism, travel and commentary.” UNIVERSE, 1993. |
| MEHTA, VED |
PORTRAIT OF INDIA |
| By a correspondent for the New Yorker - “Immensely readable....sense of immersion in the sights, scents and sound of India...people from high and low walks of life.” |
| COLLINS & LAPIERRE |
Freedom at Midnight |
| “Insightful account” of the immediate events surrounding the independence of India in 1947-48, including interviews with Lord Mountbatten, those who murdered Gandhi. SIMON & SCHUSTER 1975 |
| WOLPERT, STANLEY |
A New History of India |
| FISCHER, LOUIS |
Gandhi |
| ROWLAND, BENJAMIN |
The Art & Architecture of India |
| MAHARAJA OF BARODA |
The Palaces of India |
| NARYANA, RK |
The Ramayan |
| COLLINS & LAPIERRE |
City of Joy |
| GUIDE BOOKS |
Insight Guide to India (an excellent overall book)
Insight Wildlife of India
CULTURE SHOCK- INDIA |
NEPAL
SUGGESTED READING LIST
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| GENERAL |
| APA PRODUCTIONS |
Insight Guide to Nepal (an excellent overall book) |
| BERNSTIEN,JEREMY |
The Wildest Dreams of Kew: A Profile of Nepal |
| HAGEN, TONI |
Nepal : The Kingdom of the Himalayas (Geo study by the first foreigner in Nepal) |
| HILLARY, EDMUND |
Schoolhouse in the Clouds |
| MATTHIESSEN, PETER |
The Snow Leapord |
| PEISSEL, MICHEL |
Tiger for Breakfast |
| RAJ, PRAKASH |
Kathmandu & the Kingdom of Nepal |
| WHEELER & EVERIST |
Nepal A Travel Survival Kit |
| HISTORY AND CULTURE |
| ANDERSON, MARY |
Festival of Nepal |
| FANTIN, MARIO |
Mani Rimdu Nepal (Buddhist festivals-Kumbu) |
| FISHER, MARGARET |
The Political History of Nepal |
| KIRKPATRICK, COL |
An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal |
| KRAMRISCH, STELLA |
The Art of Nepal |
| LALL,DESAR |
Nepalese Customs and Manners |
| STILLER, LUDWIG |
The Rise of the House of Gorkha |
| MOUNTAINS AND TREKKING |
| ARMINGTON, STAN |
Trekking in the Himalayas |
| BEZRUCHKA, STEPHEN |
A Guide to Trekking in Nepal |
| BONNINGTON, CHRIS |
Everest the Hard Way |
| HILLARY, EDMOND |
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win |
| SCHALLER, GEORGE |
Stones of Silence ( A naturalists survey) |
| ALSO RECOMMENDED IS CULTURE SHOCK NEPAL. |
BHUTAN
SUGGESTED READING LIST |
| GUIDEBOOKS |
| FOOTPRINT |
Bhutan |
| LONELY PLANET |
Bhutan |
| FODORS |
Nepal, Tibet & Bhutan |
| ODYSSEY GUIDE |
Bhutan |
| GENERAL |
| JOHN BERTHOLD |
Bhutan- The Land of Thunder Dragon |
| BLYTH & RUSS CARPENTER |
The Blessings of Bhutan |
| BARBARA CROSSETTE |
So Close to Heaven, The vanishing Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas |
| JAMIE ZEPPA |
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A journey into Bhutan |
| KATIE HICKMAN |
Dreams of peaceful Dragon |
| CAROL INSKIPP |
BIRDS OF BHUTAN |
| A.K HELLUM |
A Painter’s Year in Forests of Bhutan |
| LARRY SNIDER |
A World Away |
TIBET
SUGGESTED READING LIST |
| GUIDEBOOKS |
| FOOTPRINT |
Tibet |
| LONELY PLANET |
Tibet |
| FODORS |
Nepal, Tibet & Bhutan |
| TRAVEL ADVENTURE GUIDE |
Tibet |
| BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE |
Tibet |
| GENERAL |
| HENRICH HARRER |
Seven Years in Tibet |
| PATRICK FRENCH |
Tibet: A personal history of a Lost Land |
| PETER HOPKIRK |
Trespassers on the Rooftop of the World: The race for Lhasa |
| MICHEL PEISSEL |
Tibet, The secret continent |
| IAN BAKER |
The Heart of the World: A journey to Tibet’s lost paradise |
| ALEXANDRA DAVID- NEEL |
Magic and Mystery in Tibet |
| MIRIAM MURCUTT & RICHARD STARKS |
Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story of Five American Airmen, a Doomed Plane, and the Will to Survive |
| ALEC LE SUEUR |
The Hotel on the Roof of the World: From Miss Tibet to Shangri LA |
| STEVE MC CURRY |
The Path to Buddha: A Tibetan Pilgrimage |
| ISABEL LOSADA |
For Tibet, with Love |
| MICHEL PEISSEL |
Tibet: The Secret Continent |
| FOSCO MARIANI |
Secret Tibet |
| LARRY SNIDER |
A World Away |
| WILLIAM CHAPMAN |
The Face of Tibet |
SRI LANKA
SUGGESTED READING LIST
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| GUIDE BOOKS |
Insight Guide to Sri Lanka (an excellent overall book)
Lonely Planet
Fodor
CULTURE SHOCK-SRI LANKA (BEST) |
| BACKGROUND READING |
PLACES
by James Morris...travel essays
Harcourt 1973
Sri Lanka - A Survey by DeSilva, KM
University of California Press 1977
A History of Sri Lanka- De Silva KM
University of California Press 1981 |
| NOVELS |
Arthur S Clarke ...collection
The Spring of The Tiger- Victoria Holt
The Strode Venturer- Hammond Innes
Running in the Family- Michael Ondaatje |
CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, LAOS, MYANMAR AND THAILAND
SUGGESTED READING LIST
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| GUIDE BOOKS |
All-Asia Guide
Lonely Planet
Fodor
CULTURE SHOCK |
| BACKGROUND READING |
A History of South East Asia D.G.E Hall 1981
Concise History of East Asia C.P. Fitzgerald
Burma, A Profile Norman Bixler 1971
Peacocks and Pagodas, (Burma) Paul Edmonds
Anna and the King of Siam, Margaret Landon
Thailand: Land of the Free, James Basche
When the War Was over : Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Elizabeth Becker
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge, Chanrithy Him
Vietnam Now:A Reporter Returns,David Lamb
Stalking the Elephant Kings : In Search of Laos, Christopher Kremmer
Burma : The State of Myanmar, David I. Steinberg and David L. Steinberg |
| NOVELS |
The Gentleman in the Parlour- W. S. Maugham
The Bridge over the River Kwai- Pierre Boulle
Phay Vanneth: Dead or Alive, Vione Schow
Jouanah : A Hmong Cinderella, Jewell Reinhart Coburn and Anne Sibley O'Brien |
| OTHER |
The Cuisines of Southeast Asia : A Culinary |
| Journey Through Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines by Gwenda L. Hyman |
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