{"product_id":"himalaya-isbn-9781611805901","title":"Himalaya","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntimate, exhilarating writings on adventure, meditation, and life in the captivating wildness of the Himalayan Mountains—with contributions from Amitav Ghosh, Mark Twain, Rabindranath Tagore, Peter Matthiessen, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor some, the Himalaya is a frontier against which people test themselves. Others find refuge and tranquility in the mountains, a place where they can seek their true selves, perhaps even God. Over millennia, the mountains have cradled civilization itself and nurtured teeming, irrepressible life. With over thirty essays, this exhilarating anthology offers a dazzling range of voices that reveal accounts of great ascents and descents—from reflecting on a deadly avalanche to searching for a snow leopard and enjoying the simple pleasure of riding a handcar down a railway track. These diverse writings bring to life the spirit of the Himalaya in an unparalleled panorama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include:\u003cbr\u003eAmitav Ghosh\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain \u003cbr\u003e Rabindranath Tagore\u003cbr\u003e Peter Matthiessen\u003cbr\u003e Edmund Hillary \u003cbr\u003e Aleister Crowley \u003cbr\u003e Andrew Harvey\u003cbr\u003e Vicki Mackenzie\u003cbr\u003e Sarat Chandra Das \u003cbr\u003e H. A. Giles (Trans.) \u003cbr\u003e Jahangir \u003cbr\u003e Sven Hedin \u003cbr\u003e Frank S. Smythe \u003cbr\u003e Anil Yadav\u003cbr\u003e Jinasena\u003cbr\u003e Arundhathi Subramaniam\u003cbr\u003e Dharamvir Bharati\u003cbr\u003e Swami Vivekananda\u003cbr\u003e Rahul Sankrityayan\u003cbr\u003e Francis Younghusband\u003cbr\u003e Ruskin Bond\u003cbr\u003e Jemima Diki Sherpa\u003cbr\u003e Kirin Narayan\u003cbr\u003e Jawaharlal Nehru\u003cbr\u003e Abdul Wahid Radhu\u003cbr\u003e Jim Corbett\u003cbr\u003e Bill Aitken\u003cbr\u003e Hridayesh Joshi\u003cbr\u003e Dom Moraes\u003cbr\u003e Manjushree Thapa“This . . . is the Himalaya, where life unfolds in all its grace and terror, revealing as much as it withholds. This anthology attempts to capture some of its complexity and vastness, traveling through time, place, and altitude. Beauty and melancholy, courage and defeat, philosophy and poetry surprise and illuminate us in these pages.”—from the introduction by Namita GokhaleRuskin Bond\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of numerous books, several of them set in the villages and towns of the Himalayan region. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eThe Room on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Flight of Pigeons\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Train at Deoli\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999, and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Namita Gokhale\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a bestselling author whose books include \u003ci\u003eParo: Dreams of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Himalayan Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Shadows. \u003c\/i\u003eNamita is also codirector of the Jaipur Literature Festival and the Bhutan literary festival Mountain Echoes.With contributions by Amitav Ghosh, Mark Twain, Rabindranath Tagore, Peter  Matthiessen, Edmund Hillary, and many more","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301436018917,"sku":"NP9781611805901","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781611805901.jpg?v=1767729067","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/himalaya-isbn-9781611805901","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}