Summary: The Changpa people live cut off from the rest of the world on a barren, 4,000-meter-high plateau in the southeast of Ladakh, in the Kashmir Himalayas. Here, livestock must search far and wide to pry something edible from the earth. Inhospitable as it is, the region is also home to a living treasure: Changpa goats, which grow a fine wool - but only at extremely high altitudes and in bitterly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Vignolli, David Jesus
Summary: The young human girl Vijaya finds refuge in a magical sanctuary beyond the Himalaya Mountains, among immortal beings and mystical creatures, but when the sanctuary is threatened, Vijaya must protect her new friends and home from mankind's violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LENKleeman, Julie
Summary: "Nourishing, simple, seasonal food that heals as well as fuels: This way of eating might be popular today, but it has been traditional in Tibet for over 8,000 years. Taste Tibet is a collection of over 80 recipes from the Tibetan Plateau, written for today's home cook. Create comforting soups and stews, discover the secrets of hand-pulled noodles, and learn everything you need to know about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 954.96 OSEEllsworth, Scott
Summary: "While tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was raging across the Himalayas. Contingents from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States had set up rival camps at the base of the mountains, all hoping to become recognized as the fastest, strongest, and bravest climbers in the world. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: : Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 ELLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel EllsworthRustad, Harley
Summary: "In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.4 RUSKirkby, Bruce
Summary: "A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled with rich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KIRSummary: The story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravanner. The balance of power shifts uneasily as they make their annual salt trek across the Himalayas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HIMStone, Carl
Contents: Han yan -- Bia bia -- Jame jam -- Kikanbou -- Fujiken (final section) -- Himalaya (with Akaihirume).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC STOReynolds, Jan
Summary: "Describes the customs and day-to-day life of a family living in the Himalaya Mountains"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN WLD ReynoldsDouglas, Ed
Summary: "A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world's highest mountains. For many years, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.96 DOUTanumihardja, Patricia
Summary: Take a trip around the world to see amazing mountains that have formed on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 551.43 TANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.43 TANContents: Death of Lhakpa -- Norbu -- Salt -- Tinle & the child -- Crossing -- Night -- Council -- Walk -- Songs -- Norbu & Karma -- Karma -- Lake -- Norbu -- Ceremony -- Karma's anger -- Exhaustion -- Pema's tears -- Caravan -- Tracks -- Tinle's death -- Opera.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Galatee Films 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC HIMGregory, Josh
Summary: "This book details the life and habits of red pandas."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.76 GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J599.78 GREHarding, Mike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joseph 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 915.4 HARTaylor, Barbara,
Summary: Depicts different habitats and the animals that live there, including the Rocky Mountains, Amazon, European woodlands, and Himalayas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.9 TAYContents: Chohun and gyamadudu (Ghana) (4:28) -- Oyun havasi (Turkey) (2:48) -- Barong dance (Bali) (5:18) -- Street music (Peru) (2:30) -- Krivo horo (Bulgaria) (1:50) -- Acholi bwala dance (Uganda) (3:32) -- La isla (Spain) (2:32) -- Dance of Mahasu (Indian Himalayas) (3:22) -- Echigojishi (Japan) (3:40) -- Llegada (Paraguay) (2:52) -- Gaida avasi (Yugoslavia) (3:42) --Songhay gulu drummers (Niger)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Elektra/Nonesuch 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT DANSummary: In the Himalayas of northern India, the Ladakhi and their exiled Tibetan cousins follow a nomadic lifestyle that is on the verge of disappearing, their sole livelihood shepherding and the making of cashmere wool. This program combines location footage and interviews to present an intimate portrait of the daily life of the Ladakhi people, as well as their rituals, customs, and history.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: World War II - RAF planes fly over Himalayas to supply Chinese Army
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: Plate tectonics is the movement of the super-continents as they split apart. They also collided and joined back together again. When they did, mountains, such as the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, were formed. These collisions also disrupted prevailing weather patterns and established new ones. See how 7 million years ago, as a result of India colliding with the Asian land mass, Africa...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007