Recent Books from Nepal February 2012 Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Blk 231, Bain Street #03-05, Bras Basah Complex Singapore 180231 Tel : +65-6883-2284/6883-2204 Fax : +65-6883-2144 info@marymartin.com www.marymartin.com SAN : 136-5517 Anthropology Cardamom and Class : A Limbu Village and its Extensions in East Nepal / Ian Carlos Fitzpatrick xxv. 321p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506663 Cinnabaris Series of Oriental Studies IV 522 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137725 Masculinity and Mimicry : Ranas and Gurkhas / Sajeev Uprety Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2011 44p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937842174 Baha Occasional Papers 5 $ 5.00 / PB 74 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137726 Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts : Early Acquisitions and the Nepal Collection / Hartmut Buescher Copenhagen, Denmark: NIAS Press, 2011 xxii. 263p. ; 29cm. ISBN-13: 9788776940775 1. Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) Catalogs 2. Manuscripts, Sanskrit Denmark Copenhagen - Catalogs Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, Xylographs, etc.,in Danish Collections (COMDC)Volume 7 $ 180.00 / HB 1420 gm. This first-ever catalogue of the Danish National Library's rich Sanskrit holdings analyses and describes three of the manuscript collections held by the library. The first, the Codices Sanscriti, collected in the early nineteenth century by the pioneer comparative linguist, Rasmus Rask, comprises both palm leaf and paper manuscripts, most written in either Bengali, Telugu or Sinhalese script. The second, the Codices Indici, was collected by the surgeon and botanist, Nathanael Wallich (well-known for his involvement in the foundation of the Indian Museum and Botanical Garden at Calcutta). Mostly written in Bengali script on locally produced country paper, most of these codices pertain to the genre of Ayurveda. The third and largest collection originates from Nepal and was collected in the 1950s by the Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 1
cultural anthropologist Werner Jacobsen. Its highly heterogenous nature reflects the fact that Jacobsen had an ethnographical curator's eye for curious objects. Together these comprise a rich offering to philologists, anthropologists and historians of religion, art and iconography. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137727 -- Art Impressions of Bhutan and Tibetan Art : Tibetan Studies III, PIATS 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 / John Ardussi & Henk Blezer (Editors) xi. 150p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506472 338 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137728 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Economics Economic Growth and the Private Sector of Nepal / Prateek Pradhan (Editor) Kathmandu : Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundations, 2011 xxiv. 207p. ; 20cm. ISBN-13: 9789937239912 $ 19.50 / PB 274 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137729 -- General Beyond the Himalayas (A Quest of Upper Dolpo & Mustang of Nepal) / Prateek Dhakal Kathmandu : Himalayan Guides Nepal, 2008 161p. ; 22cm. ISBN-10: 9993371505 $ 20.00/ PB 278 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137730 - The Himalaya by the Numbers : A Statistical Analysis of Mountaineering in the Nepal Himalaya / Richard Salisbury & Elizabeth Hawley Kathmandu : Vajra Publications, 2011 224p. ; 24cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506649 $ 60.00 / PB 598 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137731 -- Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 2
History Nepali History as World History / Bernardo A. Michael Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2011 57p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937842150 Baha Occasional Papers 4 $ 5.00 / PB 84 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=135169 Linguistics Nepalese Linguistics Vol. 26, November 2011 / Krishna Prasad Chalise & Balaram Prasain (Editors) Kathmandu: Linguistic Society of Nepal, 2011 347p. ; 21cm. ISSN: 0259-1006 444 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137596 Literature Parallel Sky : A Novel / Padmavati Singh ; Translated by Anuradha Sharma Nepal : BP Koirala India-Nepal Foundation, 2011 x. 231p. ; 22cm. ISBN-13: 9789937233354 $ 10.00 / PB 330 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137732 The Quest of a Dead Man : A Novel / LB Thapa Nepal : LB Thapa, 2011 260p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937217620 $ 10.00 / PB 246 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137733 A Cry in the Wilderness and Other Short Stories / Srilaxmi Shrestha x. 99p. ; 22cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506625 156 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137734 -- Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 3
Shatru of Katmandu / Mani Dixit Kathmandu: Educational Publishing House, 2011 180p. ; 18cm. ISBN-13: 9789937551397 $ 9.75 / PB 160 gm. Novel http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137735 - Official Publications Statistical Pocket Book of Nepal 2010 Kathmandu: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2011 356p. ; 14cm. ISBN-13: 9789937834612 200 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137597 Nepal Yearbook Volume 16, 2011 / Ramesh C. Arya (Editor) Kathmandu: NYB Publications, 2011 164p. ; 24cm. ISSN: 2091-1025 $ 22.50 / PB 320 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137602 District Development Profile of Nepal 2012 : A Socio-Economic Development Database of Nepal Kathmandu: Mega Publication & Research Centre, 2012 1095p. ; 25cm. ISBN-13: 9789937832717 $ 90.00 / HB 1740 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137736 - Politics Where Is The Revolution? : Towards a Post-National Politics of Social Justice / David Ludden Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2008 17p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789993343967 The Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2008 $ 5.00 / PB 40 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=109052 Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 4
Constitutional Government and Democracy in South Asia / Lok Raj Baral (Editor) Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS), 2011 196p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937240215 $ 19.95 / PB 260 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137737 - Prostitution of Nepali Politics / Bijaya Lal Shrestha Kathmandu : Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 2011 xii. 174p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789993309383 $ 16.50 / PB 218 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137738 - Shadow Report on the 4 th & 5 th Periodic Report of the Government of Nepal and CEDAW 2011 Nepal : Forum for Women, Law & Development, 2011 ix. 100p. ; 30cm. $ 18.00 326 gm. CEDAW : Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137739 -- Religion Buddhism Kalama Sutta : The Rediscovery of Conscience / Saber Uddiyan Xvi. 599p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506502 574 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=132495 Sociology Trafficking and Forced Labour in Nepal : A Review of the Literature / Bandita Sijapati, Amrita Limbu and Manisha Khadka Kathmandu : Himal Books, 2011 vii. 209p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937842181 328 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137740 Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 5
The Use and Misuse of Social Science Research in Nepal / J. Gabriel Campbell, Ramesh Shrestha & Linda Stone Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 2011 xliv. 154p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789994655151 270 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137741 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tibetan Studies Tibetan Frontier Families : Reflections of Three Generations from Dingri / Barbara Nimri Aziz xxxii. 292p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506373 468 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137742 Khams Pa Histories : Visions of People, Place and Authority PIATS 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 / Lawrence Epstein 172p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506434 286 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137743 -- Amdo Tibetans in Transition : Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era PIATS 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 / Toni Huber (Editor) xxiii. 313p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506595 512 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137744 - Religion and Secular Culture in Tibet : Tibetan Studies II - PIATS 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 / Henk Blezer (Editor) x. 470p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506380 706 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137745 Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 6
Soundings in Tibetan Civilization / Barbara Nimri Aziz & Matthew Kapstein Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 2009 xxix. 397p. ; 21cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506342 546 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137746 -- Tibet, Past and Present : Tibetan Studies I / Henk Blezer (Editor) xvii. 495p. ; 23cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506397 $ 40.00/ PB 754 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137747 - Caught in Nepal : Tibetan Refugees Photographing Tibetan Refugees / Mikel Dunham 123p. ; 24cm. ISBN-13: 9789937506656 $ 32.00/ PB 418 gm. http://www.marymartin.com/web?pid=137748 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Martin Booksellers Pte Ltd Nepal Feb 2012 7