This is photojournalist Galen Rowell's acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet -- a realm the Chinese call the "middle kingdom" between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. Rowell's text sets his own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the exploits of and describing the dramatic changes that recent years have wrought on Chinese life and society. From the palaces of Lhasa to the pristine strongholds of the snow leopard, the 85 splendid color photographs and compelling narrative map a geography that stretches the bounds of imagination.
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"In this magnificent book the text becomes a moving counterpoint to photographs .... The ragged, gleaming peaks of the Himalayas are captured with an ultimate realism, as if a window had opened on the page, and we ourselves were peering through it .... This is a breaking free, a testimony to the Earth's original, untameable wildness."
New York Times Book Review
"Galen Rowell has surpassed himself. The pictures are magnificent and eloquent .... As clear-eyed and compelling a book about China today as I have read."
Wall Street Journal
"A journalistic coup... remarkably evocative photographs and authoritative text."
Sports Illustrated
"Truly incomparable is Galen Rowell's Mountains of the Middle Kingdom. I found it almost impossible to simply read this book. I consumed it, gasping in the thin air at the sights and stories of lands and peoples and adventures and tragedies -- the stuff of dreams."
Los Angeles Times
"The perfect gift for those obsessed by 'the private joy of high places.'"
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New York Times Book Review
"Galen Rowell has surpassed himself. The pictures are magnificent and eloquent .... As clear-eyed and compelling a book about China today as I have read."
Wall Street Journal
"A journalistic coup... remarkably evocative photographs and authoritative text."
Sports Illustrated
"Truly incomparable is Galen Rowell's Mountains of the Middle Kingdom. I found it almost impossible to simply read this book. I consumed it, gasping in the thin air at the sights and stories of lands and peoples and adventures and tragedies -- the stuff of dreams."
Los Angeles Times
"The perfect gift for those obsessed by 'the private joy of high places.'"
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This is photojournalist Galen Rowell's acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet -- a realm the Chinese call the "middle kingdom" between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. Rowell's text sets his own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the exploits of and describing the dramatic changes that recent years have wrought on Chinese life and society. From the palaces of Lhasa to the pristine strongholds of the snow leopard, the 85 splendid color photographs and compelling narrative map a geography that stretches the bounds of imagination.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Galen Rowell, internationally renowned photographer and mountaineer, is the author of such acclaimed books as My Tibet (with His Holiness the Dalai Lama) and Mountains of the Middle Kingdom. His work regularly appears in Life, National Geographic, Outside, and Sports Illustrated.
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Beautiful book that offers a good introduction,
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This review is from: Mountains of the Middle Kingdom: Exploring the High Peaks of China and Tibet (Paperback)
to China's mountains and its mountaineering history. The photographs in the book included some of the best from Rowell's portfolio and there's quite a bit of writing on the history and background of the mountains as well as from the Rowell's expedition to the mountains.
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Classic photos and stories of seldom explored mountains,
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The Middle kingdom refers to Tibet, and similar surrounding areas that have been closed to foreigners throughout most of recent history. Galen Rowell managed to get permits to access many of these areas, and his photos and stories are astounding. They include a great deal of history, as well as his private adventures and reveal many secret places from an incredible portion of world geography. Dancing on the Edge of an Endangered Planet
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Galen Rowel's photographs astonish but his text is equally grand.,
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This book is a pleasure to look at and to read. If you have ever been curious about this part of the world Glen Rowel's book will enlighten you in ways most picture books don't. Try it, you will love it.
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