Mapping The Tibetan World by Kotan
Publishing, Inc.
E-mail: book@kotan.org
Website: http://www.kotan.org

This book has a unique collection of over 280 highly detailed, tried and tested maps in combination with more than 400 pages of practical travel information and 339 illustrations, colour and black & white photographs. "Mapping the Tibetan World" is a one-stop guide and map book to this entire Tibetan region.

The Tibet Handbook by Victor Chan Moon Publications, Inc. P.O. Box - 3040, Chico, California 95927 Purchase at :www.netstoreusa.com

This book is recognised as the most comprehensive guide on the history, culture, art, sacred sites, and pilgrimage routes of Tibet. Chan provides extensive information of Tibet's temples, hermitages, monasteries, burial sites, tombs, and sacred landscape features such as mountains, caves, and lakes. This publication is a great resource, but with over 1,000 pages, only 25 of which focus on practical information, be prepared to add 5 pounds to your backpack :/The book is probably best used as a research tool before embarking on your travels.

The Tibet Guide: Central and Western Tibet
By Batchelor, Stephen

Tibet is revealed in all its beauty, magic, and mystery. This award-winning book, now revised and updated, contains an illustrated iconographical guide, a phrase book, and a glossary of terms. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, maps, monastery floor plans, and rare photos of historic places as they once were