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Book review: Into the Heart of the Himalayas by Jono Lineen

Jono Lineen`s complete travelogue, INTO THE HEART OF THE HIMALAYAS, Speaking Tiger Books, is a lovely read. The author, a curator at the National Museum of Australia, walks across the Himalayas in a bid to come to terms with the sudden unexpected death of a younger brother. This book which was released in 2012,…

Book review: Wild Himalaya by Stephen Alter

Wild Himalaya by Stephen Alter. Aleph Books. Stephen Alter, our go-to Himalaya man, has delivered up a real treasure trove with this book. It is divided into eight sections dealing with virtually all aspects of the mighty mountain range: orogenesis (the process by which the Himalaya was formed through deformations in the earth`s crust), the…

Book review: Himalaya, an Anthology edited by Ruskin Bond and Namita Gokhale

This is more a brief take than review. In high places Every book I read which fixes its focus on the Himalaya mountain range, as well as the world`s highest peak Everest, further feeds my fascination with the mountains, with that mountain. This book is a varied collection of mountain tales from some highly acclaimed…

Book review: All the Way to Heaven by Stephen Alter

This is more a brief take than review. Stephen Alter`s All the Way to Heaven will strike an immediate chord in anyone who loves mountains. This is an account of his childhood in Landour, lovingly and evocatively rendered. Hunting, fishing, trekking and of course going to school at Woodstock; it’s a good life indeed, and Alter…