Search Results for ‘Himalayas’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 68 matches found

Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia

Wilfred Thesiger, arguably last century's greatest explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although he originally wanted it to be a book of photographs, his diaries contained...

Annapurna

Since first publication, when it sold 400,000 copies, “Annapurna” has acquired classic status. It is the enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna...

Higher than the Eagle Soars

A highly intimate and epic account of Stephen Venables’s life, culminating in his dramatic ascent of Everest, an event that confirmed him as one of the greatest British climbers of his generation. Stephen...

Himalaya

Here is Michael Palin's account of his six month expedition through the full length of the Himalayas from the Pakistan-Afghan frontier, through India, Nepl, Tibet, China, Assam Bhutan and Bangladesh...

The Last Mughal

Dalrymple’s "The Last Mughal" tells the dramatic tale of India’s last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II. Directly descended from Genghis Khan and Timur of Akbar and Shah Jahan, his Mughal ancestors...

Magic Bus

In the 1960s hundreds of thousands of young Westerners, inspired by Kerouac and the Beatles, blazed the 'hippie trail' overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu in search of enlightenment and a bit of cheap...

Nanda Devi - A Journey to the Last Sanctuary

Until 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been visited by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks which effectively seal off the mountain at their centre it is virtually impenetrable. But...

The Wildest Dream

Winner of the Boardman-Tasker Award 2000
The discovery of the body of George Mallory on the wind-scoured North Face of Everest on 1st May 1999, marked the latest episode in a tale of heroism and tragedy...

River Dog

Faithfully accompanied by Bhaiti, his Indian pi-dog, Shand attempts to complete a journey from the beginnings of the Brahmaputra in Tibet to its delta in the Bay of Bengal. A wonderful account of an...

Empires of the Indus - The Story of a River

“Empires of Indus” is a thought-provoking history of the Indus River’s civilizations, emperors and explorers.
One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows...

Tibetan Foothold

In July 1963 Dervla arrives in Delhi after having cycled for thousands of miles (if you want to know more about that part of the story, read her first book Full Tilt). The weather is too hot to cycle...

An Area of Darkness

A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing. In An Area of Darkness, V.S. Naipaul describes his encounter with a force in his life which shocked him into awareness of a need for...

Buttertea At Sunrise

Set against the dramatic scenery of the Himalaya, "Buttertea At Sunrise" is Britta Das's beautiful memoir, revealing hardships and happiness in a land almost untouched by the West. Often seen as a magical...

Danziger's Travels

After walking and hitch-hiking through southern Turkey and the ayatollah's Iran, Danziger entered Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and spent two months dodging Russian...

Freedom in Exile

The Dalai Lama's autobiography should leave no one in doubt of his humility and genuine compassion. Written without the slightest hint of pretence, the exiled leader of Tibet recounts his life, from...

Heartlands: Travels in the Tibetan World

On a quest to come to grips and understand Tibet's culture, Michael Buckley leaves Lhasa and the Autonomous region of Tibet, where Chinese occupation has stifled Tibetan culture and visits other places...

High Adventure

All courageous attempts by man to reach the summit of Everest by heading up the northern side from Tibet had failed. The southern approach through Nepal had never before been climbed, due to its impossibly...

In Bear Country

Bears are a symbol of the health of an ecosystem - and the global population is dwindling to the point where only eight different species remain. These creatures have long fascinated us and their influence...

India In Slow Motion

In "India in Slow Motion" Mark Tully undertakes a journey that has no true beginning or end, seeking to unravel the mysteries lying at the heart of the country of his birth.
Exploring subjects such...

Into Thin Air

In 1996 Jon Krakauer joined a commercial expedition to the summit of Everest. As an accomplished climber and journalist his brief was to cover this new tourist phenomenon: guided expeditions to the...