Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaSchaller's tale of his Himalyan treks (1969-1975) to assess the effect of humans on the habitat of wild sheep and goats. He describes, also, a less known area--the Nilgiri Hills at the tip of the subcontinent. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... mountains into stones of silence . " have With these words of hope and despair I concluded my book Mountain Monarchs , a scientific treatise on the wild sheep and goats of the Himalaya . This book begins where that one ends . A research ...
... mountains into stones of silence . " have With these words of hope and despair I concluded my book Mountain Monarchs , a scientific treatise on the wild sheep and goats of the Himalaya . This book begins where that one ends . A research ...
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... mountain journey ; and still others were climatic , whether fierce heat in the desert mountains or piercing winter winds on the Tibetan Plateau . It is somehow anachronistic in this age of high - speed travel to plod behind a string of ...
... mountain journey ; and still others were climatic , whether fierce heat in the desert mountains or piercing winter winds on the Tibetan Plateau . It is somehow anachronistic in this age of high - speed travel to plod behind a string of ...
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... mountain is derived not from its appearance , but from the veins of clear crystal lacing its flanks . As we sit on the patio , with the mountains moving before us in the sliding light , I can well imag ine that this is a place for ...
... mountain is derived not from its appearance , but from the veins of clear crystal lacing its flanks . As we sit on the patio , with the mountains moving before us in the sliding light , I can well imag ine that this is a place for ...
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Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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