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1 Recent Books from Nepal June 2016 Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Blk 231, Bain Street #03-05, Bras Basah Complex Singapore Tel : / Fax : info@marymartin.com Anthropology Ethnographic Profile of Ten Ethnic/Caste Groups of Jhapa District / (Eds) Dilli Ram Dahal, Nani Ram Khatri & Gobinda Tumbahang Kirtipur: Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), p $ / PB 284gm. Sankhu : Historical and Cultural Heritage / (Authors) Dilli Raj Sharma & Tek Bahadur Shrestha Kirtipur: Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), 2016 xii, 566p. Includes Index $ / PB 956gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

2 Nationalism and Ethnicity in Nepal / (Eds) David N. Gellner, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka & John Whelpton Kathmandu: Vajra Books, 2016 liv, 624p. Includes Index Studies in Anthropology and History : Vol Ethnicity Nepal 2. Ethnicity Nepal Religious aspects 3. Nepal Ethnic relations 4. Nepal Politics and government $ / PB 812gm. Originally published in 1997 under the title Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom The Museums in the Area of Lumbini and Kapilavastu / Gitu Giri Lumbini : Lumbini International Research Institute, 2014 viii, 278p $ 40.00/ PB 516gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

3 Architecture Kathmandu Valley: The Preservation of Physical Environment and Cultural Heritage Protective Inventory, Volume One & Two / Dr. Carl Pruscha 2 nd Edition Kathmandu: Vajra Books, v $ (Set)/ PB xvii, 256p. 3280gm. Volume One: Consist of a compilation of the 32 preservation districts (3 towns, 29 historic settlements) 46 monument zones (33 rural and 13 urban), and 24 natural preservation districts. Volume Two: Contains a special inventory with a total more than 800 individual objects and sites of which 376 are in Kathmandu, 28 in Patan, 62 in Badghaon, and 81 within rural settlements. Ratna style Temples with an Ambulatory : Selected temple concepts in Bengal and the Kathmandu Valley / Raimund O.A. Becker-Ritterspach Kathmandu: Himal Books, p $ / PB 480gm. Green Building Construction in Nepal / Bhubaneswar Lal Shrestha Kathmandu: Mrs. Amala Shrestha, p. $ 7.00 / PB 134gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

4 Kathmandu : Architecture and Environment / Bhakta Nanda Bajracharya 2 nd Ed. Nepal: Bhakta Nanda Bajracharya, p. Includes Bibliography gm. Man and His House in the Himalayas : Ecology of Nepal / (Ed) Gerard Toffin 2 nd Ed. Nepal: Vajra Books, 2016 v, 244p. Includes Bibliography $ / PB 668gm. Art Nepal Himalaya : A Journey Through Time / Lisa Choegyal (Photographs) Sujoy Das (Foreword) Reinhold Messner Kathmandu: Vajra Books, p $ 30.00/ HB 1140gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

5 Embodied Enlightenment: Samundra Man Singh Shrestha : Contemporary Newar Paubha Paintings / (Curators) Dr. Dina Bangdel & Prajwol Man Shakya Kathmandu: Bodhisattva Gallery, 2016 xxvi, 74p. Includes Bibliography Buddhist Art Exhibitions Nepal 2. Buddhist Painting Nepal Contemporary Paubha 3. Exhibitions Artists Samundra Man Singh Shrestha 4. Exhibitions Collections Anjana and Purna Shakya $ / HB 1000gm. Himalayan Children : Growing up in Sikkim, Nepal and Pakistan ( ) / (Author) Fritz Berger Kathmandu: Vajra Books, 2016 vii, 200p $ / HB 1480gm. Photographs Economics/Development Studies Track II Nepal s Pluralistic Hydropower Development Post-Arun / Bikash Pandey Kathmandu: Martin Chautari, 2016 x, 34p $ 5.00 / PB 62gm. Chautari Foundation Lecture Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

6 Facts of Nepal 2015 Lalitpur: We Read, FACTS Research & Analytics, 2016 v, 82p $ 8.00 / PB 96gm. General Nepalese National Bibliography (NNB) / (Compiled & Ed) Mr. Philip Pearce, Mr. Chiranjibi Neupane & Mr. Dilip Man Sthapit Kathmandu: Tribhuvan University Central Library (TUCL), 2013 vi, 136p. Includes Index Nepal Bibliography $ / PB 424gm. History An Autobiographic Memoirs of Ganeshman Singh: As told to Mathbarsingh, A rendering in English, Vol. I / Lal D. Rai Kathmandu: Ayam Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., p ; $ / HB 644gm Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

7 An Autobiographic Memoirs of Ganeshman Singh : As told to Mathbarsingh, A rendering in English, Vol. II / Lal D. Rai Kathmandu: Ayam Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., p ; $ / HB 588gm. The History of Janakpurdham : A Study of Asceticism and the Hindu Policy / Richard Burghart (Ed) Martin Gaenszle Kathmandu: Social Science Baha & Himal Books, 2016 xxx, 490p. Includes Bibliography & Source Materials $ / HB 1170gm. A Yak in the Fridge : Life and Work in Nepal / John Dickinson & Family Kathmandu: Ekta Books Distributors Pvt. Ltd., p. Includes Index ; References and Bibliography $ 20.00/ PB 260gm. The Flaming Memories: Recollections piled up in far corner of Heart / Madhavi Singh Shah Kirtipur, Kathmandu: Sunlight Publication, p gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

8 Courage in Chaos : Early Rescue and Relief after the April Earthquake / Yogesh Raj & Bhaskar Gautam Kathmandu: Martin Chautari, 2015 xiii, 92p. Includes Index ; Bibliography gm. Jang Bahadur in Europe : The First Nepalese Mission to the West / (Author) John Whelpton (Introduction) Rishikesh Shaha 2 nd Ed. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 2016 xvi, 306p. Includes Index ; Bibliography $ 20.00/ PB 382gm. Rookmangud Katawal My Story : an autobiography / Rookmangud Katawal Kathmandu: Publication nepa-laya, p $ 30.00/ PB 408gm. General in the Nepalese Army Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

9 Law Constitution of Nepal English Kathmandu: Lumbini Pustak Pasal, p. $ / PB 136gm. Constitutional Design and Implementation Dynamics : Federalism and Inclusive Nation Building In Nepal / (Author) Surendra Bhandari Kathmandu: Himal Innovative Development and Research Pvt. Ltd., 2016 xviii, 506p. Includes Index ; Bibliography $ / PB 702gm. Refugee Law : Theory and Praxis : A Nepalese Perspective / (Author) Yadav Kumar K.C. Kathmandu: Pairavi Prakashan, p gm. Linguistics Gyalsumdo : A Community-Based Dictionary (with Nepali and English Indices) / Dubi Nanda Dhakal, Kristine A. Hildebrandt & Jessica Krim Kirtipur: Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), p ; gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

10 Literature Hitler and The Jews (Novel) / B.P. Koirala (Translated) Nagendra Sharma (Ed) Govinda Raj Bhattarai Kathmandu: Oriental Publication House Pvt. Ltd., 2016 xiv, 218p gm. Of a Lesser God : Stories / Maya Thakuri (Translated) Damodar Sharma Kathmandu: Akshar Creations Nepal, p $ / PB 196gm. La.Lit : A Literary Magazine, Volume 6, May 2016 : New Fiction From Nepal / (Ed) Rabi Thapa Lalitpur: Safu, Ekantakuna, Lalitpur, p. ISSN: ; gm. Martyr and Other Stories (Short Stories) / (Author) Vishnu S Rai Kathmandu: Oriental Publication House Pvt. Ltd., p $ / PB 164gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

11 Official Publications Nepal Foreign Trade Statistics, 2014/15 (2071/72) Lalitpur: Government of Nepal, Ministry of Commerce & Supplies, p. $ / PB 1530gm. Politics Myanmar : Troubled Transitions : Himal Southasian, Vol. 29 No. 2 : A Review Magazine of Politics and Culture / Mari Michener Oye (et al.) (Ed) Aunohita Mojumdar Lalitpur: The Southasia Trust, p. ISSN: $ / PB 282gm. Religion Buddhism Mandala Deities in the Nispannayogavali / (Compiled) Musashi Tachikawa, Makiko Ito & Takeshi Kameyama (Illustrated) Gautam Ratna Vajracarya Nepal : Vajra Books, p $ / PB 624gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

12 The Great Boudha Stupa / Binod Karki & Sachin Yagol Shrestha Nepal : Nepal Government, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, p $ / PB 678gm. Logic in Buddhist Scholasticism : From Philosophical, Philological, Historical and Comparative Perspectives / (Eds) Gregor Paul, Lumbini International Research Institute Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute, p. Includes Index LIRI Seminar Proceeedings Series, Volume $ / PB 668gm. Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space / (Ed) Christoph Cueppers & Max Deeg Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute, p. LIRI Seminar Proceedings Series Volume $ / PB 494gm. Proceedings of the Workshop Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, January Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

13 Buddhist and Jaina Studies : Proceedings of the Conference in Lumbini, February 2013 / (Eds) J. Soni. M. Pahlke & C. Cuppers Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute, 2014 vi, 404p $ 50.00/ PB 720gm. The Meditator s Nest, / Khenpo Jamyang Tenzin, Chodung Karmo Translation Group Kathmandu: Vajra Books, v. Includes Bibliography Volume 1 : Building a spiritual practice : Oral teachings on the essentials of the Buddhist path ISBN : Volume 2 : A Mahayana meditation manual ISBN : $ (Set) / PB 358gm. Sociology Imagination & Realities : Nepal, Between Past & Present / (Author) Gerard Toffin New Delhi, India: Adroit Publishers, 2016 xviii, 410p. Includes Index $ / HB 886gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

14 Journals Contributions to Nepalese Studies, Volume 42, Number 1, January 2015 / (Chief Ed) Naniram Khatri Kirtipur: Journal of Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), p. ISSN: gm. Articles: Identity politics in the borderlands / Magnus Hatlebakk & Astri Suhrke Identity, Class and Political Processes in Rural Areas of the Tarai Region / Tulsi Ram Pandey Ethnicity and Ethnic Inequality: Recent Interpretations from Rural Nepal / Mira Mishra Identity Debate and Ethnic Federalization in Rural Areas of Nepal / Madhusudan Subedi How Homogenous are the Bahuns? / Tika Ram Gautam Inter-caste Relations and Intermarriage among Non-Dalit Hill Castes in Eastern Nepal / Chudamani Basnet What is social? Mijure s message to sociology in Nepal / Dinesh Prasain Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

15 Contributions to Nepalese Studies, Volume 41, Number 2, July 2014 / (Chief Ed) Naniram Khatri Kirtipur: Journal of Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), p. ISSN: gm. Articles: What is Sacred Town? From Nepal to Indian and Back / Gerard Toffin A Hitherto Undiscovered and Unstudied Hand-copied Newari Manuscript of a Maithili BARAHAMASA Song by King Jagat Prakash Malla ( CE) of Nepal: Preliminary Analysis / Ramawatar Yadav Squatters Formation Process and Waft of Transformations in Pokhara, Nepal / Prakash Upadhyaya Assessing Current Situation of Domestic Violence Against Women: A Study of Hassandaha Village in Morang District of Nepal / Krishna P. Pandey and Gyanendra Shrestha Koyee Phonology: A Descriptive Analysis / Tara Mani Rai Tibetan Studies Chos Byung Mkhas Pa I Yid Phrog : Zhang Zhung Pa Dpal Byor Bzang Po / (Intro) Roberto Vitali Dharamshala (H.P.), India: AMI Books, v. English & Tibetan $ 15.00/ PB 474gm. Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June

16 Revisiting : Tibetan Religion and Philosophy : Proceedings of the Second International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Paris 2009, Part II / (Ed) Marc-Henri Deroche (et al.) Dharamshala (H.P.), India: AMI Books, 2012 viii, 302p $ 25.00/ PB 362gm. Karmapa : 900 Years / Lhundup Damcho (Diana Finnegan, PhD) Second Edition, revised and expanded Himachal Pradesh, India/New York, USA: Karmapa 900 Organizing Committee (A Karmapa 900 Publication) / KTD Publications, p $ 40.00/ PB 564gm. The Dge Lugs Pa In Gu Ge and the Western Himalaya (early 15 th late 17 th century) / Roberto Vitali Dharamshala (H.P.), India: AMI Books, p. Includes Indexes ; Bibliography $ / PB 732gm. A study of four historical documents Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal June