{"product_id":"himalaya","title":"Himalaya - A Literary Homage to Adventure, Meditation, and Life on the Roof of the World","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","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50954891854112,"sku":"9781611805901","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781611805901.jpg?v=1763698300","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/himalaya","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}