George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species—from mountain gorill

As one of the world’s leading field biologists, George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and

The Chang Tang, the vast, remote Tibetan steppe, is one of the most forbidding places on earth. Yet this harsh land is home to a unique assemblage of large mamm

Presents a comprehensive history of the country, from its beginnings in the seventh century, to its rise as a Buddhist empire in medieval times, to its conquest

After dying, a Tibetan woodcutter is given the choice of going to heaven or to live another life anywhere in the universe.