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The Essential Dalai Lama
His important Teachings
Edited by Rajiv Mehrotra
Penguin Viking, Rs 350, Pages 258

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, one of the most eminent spiritual teachers of our times, reaches out across nations, religions and ideologies. An embodiment of the highest aspirations of the Buddhist path, his writings and ideas have had a powerful impact on millions of people worldwide, and to many he is a Buddha. Now, for the fist time, this substantive selection offers the Dalai Lama’s most significant teachings and insights.

The Essential Dalai Lama focuses on the Buddhist and secular perspectives that form the basis of His Holiness’s engaging and universally accessible philosophy and the methods of achieving a happy, ethical and enlightened life in a world plagued by individual and collective suffering. This special collection of inspirational writings and discourses brings together From work and relationships to meditation techniques and religious practice, his unique and appealing voice combines practical advice with profound compassion.

This is the perfect collection for all admirers of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and for anyone yet to be introduced to the compelling wisdom of his words.

Rajiv Mehrotra, a personal student of the Dalai Lama, was educated at the universities of Delhi, Oxford and Columbia. For over three decades he has been a familiar face on public television, notably as the anchor of an in-depth, one-on-one talk show. He is currently secretary/trustee of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and managing trustee of the Public Service Broadcasting Trust. He is Judge of the Templeton Price for Spirituality, a trustee of the Norbulinka Institute of Tibetan Culture, and has served on the governing councils of the Sri Aurobindo Society and the Film and Television Institute of India. An independent documentary film-maker, he has won several international and national awards. Rajiv is the author of The Mind of the Guru: Conversations with Spiritual Masters and has edited Understanding the Dalai Lama

House of the Tiger King
by Tahir Shah
John Murray
£5.65 pages 219

In 1572, the Spanish Conquistadors stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba in Peru, searching for treasure, only to find the city deserted, burned and stripped of its wealth.

Myth has it that the Incas had retreated deep into the jungle where they built a magnificent, secret city.

For centuries, adventurers and archaeologists have searched for the lost city, known locally as ‘The House of the Tiger King’.

Falling victim to this obsession himself, Tahir Shah selects a motley team of desperados to explore the dense jungle in search of the lost city.

 As his thrilling but ultimately hapless quest unfolds, Shah is drawn to considering why such legends are so enduring.

The Emperor’s Bones                                     
by Adam Williams
Hodder and Stoughton
669 pages £ 7.50

Caught up in a triangular love affair, Catherine is drawn into China’s struggle.

As warlords and nationalists tear each other to pieces, and Japanese militarists wait for an excuse to invade, Catherine becomes the pawn of two men who will stop at nothing to wreak their revenge.

Meanwhile, Yu Fu-kuei, betraying and betrayed, discovers that love might be her strongest weapon.

More than the lives of the two women are at stake when they meet in the furnace of war.

Set against a backdrop of war and constantly shifting loyalties, The Emperor’s Bones is an epic story of survival, cruelty, healing and love.

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