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THE ROYAL HISTORY OF SIKKIM: A Chronicle of the House of NamgyalAs Narrated in Tibetan by THEIR HIGHNESSES CHOGYAL THUTOB NAMGYAL and GYALMO YESHE DOLMA, Based upon the Preliminary Translation by Kazi Dawasamdup Corrected, Supplemented and Thoroughly Revised by John A. Ardussi Anna Balikci Denjongpa, and Per K. Sørensen Under the Patronage of Her Majesty GYALYUM KESANG CHOEDEN WANGCHUCK Queen Mother to HM the Fourth King of Bhutan **ONLY SHIPPING ORDERS PLACED VIA OUR WEBSITE INTERNATIONALLY** The Royal History of Sikkim was written in Tibetan at the turn of the 19th century by the then ruler, Chogyal Thutob Namgyal and his Tibetan Queen-consort Yeshe Dolma. It is a unique work of local history, presenting an alternative narrative to accounts of their Himalayan state written by contemporary British officials arguing the viewpoints of imperial India. The small mountain kingdom of Sikkim was founded in the mid-17th century as an ethnically diverse Buddhist monarchy intimately tied to Tibet. The Royal History of Sikkim dramatically tells the story of how, over the following centuries, their country survived pressure from more powerful states on all sides. Finally, during the 19th century, Sikkim came within the protective orbit of British India, whose rulers would act on Sikkim’s behalf against its enemies only if the Chogyal adhered to their mandates to serve as a commercial gateway into Tibet. A preliminary translation of this important work of Himalayan history was written in 1909 – 1910 by the Sikkimese scholar Kazi Dawasamdup, well-known to Tibet specialists. However, following the demise of the royal couple, and as political alliances changed, the original Tibetan manuscript was set aside until being first published in 2003. The English translation, meanwhile, was never completed or published until now. The present book reflects the vision of Her Majesty Gyalyum Kesang Choeden Wangchuck of Bhutan, a grand-daughter of the authors, to see their history published in a modern English edition. The author-editors of this updated version acknowledge Her Majesty’s engagement and support. 33.7 x 25.7 x 6.8 cm, 634 pages, fully illustrated, maps (including a separate fold-out map of Sikkim), bibliography, index, hardcover, Serindia Publications, 2021. Printed in Italy. ISBN: 987-1932476-39-2

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The 2021 Edition is now available. There is no better illustration of the radical transformative power of the ancient Tibetan contemplative teachings of Dzogchen than the extraordinary phenomenon of bodily disappearance or “rainbow body”, which is considered its ultimate fruit. In this groundbreaking study of rainbow body in the Bön tradition, which is the first of its kind in a western language, the neophyte reader is guided into the profound insights of Dzogchen, while all the components required to understand this most mysterious and enigmatic of phenomena are laid out gently and methodically. Illustrated by unique thangkas commissioned especially for this study, the book’s emphasis is on clarity of exposition. Simple enough for the layman, but detailed enough to do justice to these ancient and subtle traditions, Rainbow Body serves both as an introduction to Bön Dzogchen, and also as a pioneering study of Tibetan textual sources related to the phenomenon of rainbow body. It is offered to the public in the hope that as many people as possible may benefit from the profundity of this ancient wisdom. For as Loel Guinness states in his preface, “Dzogchen is not just for monks. It is as suitable for the businessman, the academic, the adventurer, or the practitioner. The insights of Dzogchen are relevant for all”. The 2021 edition is updated and revised in a smaller, more accessible format, of the 2018 edition. Hardcover: 368 pages Published: May 2021 ISBN: 978-1932476-98-9 Size: 16.8 x 23.5 cm / 6.6 x 9.5 in Weight: 2 kilos / 4 pounds

RAINBOW BODY by Loel Guinness (2021 Edition)

THE LIFE OF A GREAT BONPO MASTER: The Biography of Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak RinpocheEdited by Charles Ramble **UPDATE: SHIPPING IN LATE FEBRUARY / MARCH 2021*** From his early childhood in East Tibet, the boy who would later come to be known as Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche wanted nothing more than to devote his life to meditation and spiritual discovery, and to learn the ancient wisdom of Bon from Tibet’s greatest masters. His life changed when, as a young apprentice, he accompanied a team of mural painters to Central Tibet for a commission at a famous Bonpo monastery. When the team left, he remained behind, took monastic vows and soon rose to become the senior teacher (lopön) of Menri Monastery. However, the quiet life of the monastery was soon shattered by political upheavals and the persecution of all religious institutions by the new Communist regime. Lopön Tenzin Namdak was shot and arrested, but made a dramatic escape to Nepal, from where he continued on to India. The challenge that he now faced was nothing less than ensuring the survival of the Bon religion itself. Through an exemplary life of hard work, teaching, meditating and writing, Lopön Tenzin Namdak provided the inspiration for fellow-lamas, disciples and well-wishers to join the quest to establish Bon on a firm footing in exile. The religion now has a growing following in many countries, and is once again flourishing in its Tibetan homeland. This work is a compilation of different accounts of the life of Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. The core is a Tibetan language account based on Yongdzin Rinpoche’s own diaries and on interviews with numerous people, composed by a committee of his disciples under the direction of Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung Rinpoche, the abbot of Triten Norbutse Monastery in Nepal. That short work of six chapters was published in 2005 to mark Yongdzin Rinpoche’s 80th birthday. An English translation of the Tibetan text was later made in Dharamsala by Dhondup Tsering in 2007. The present work is an expanded account based on the original biography and supplemented with material from extensive interviews conducted with Yongdzin Rinpoche, as well a record of his activities in the years following the publication of the original work. The biography is followed by a glossary of Tibetan terms and the names of places, people and teachings that appear in the work. 150 x 230 mm, 448 pages, 100+ color illustrations, HARDCOVER.ISBN: 978-1-932476-94-1

THE LIFE OF A GREAT BONPO MASTER: The Biography of Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche

**Release Update: Production completed and on way to US/UK warehouse / Shipping in late August 2021.** ======================== Pinaree Sanpitak 1985-2020 celebrates thirty five years of Thailand’s foremost female artist, Pinaree Sanpitak, charting her emergence in the Thai contemporary art scene during its infancy in the 1980s through its entry into the international stage in the 21st century. Spanning more than three decades, the monograph documents a comprehensive body of works — prints, paintings, sculptures, installations, and other media — offering an insightful look at her dedicated artistic journey. For Pinaree, her “sense of being in the world” provides an intimate stand for her art making with a personal artistic impulse. Those senses expand into a language of her own, one which translates into shared experiences with the viewers. The deep bonds between the works and the audience fuel her progress, pushing the boundaries of her explorations into new material and conceptual possibilities. With an introduction by Rhana Devenport, Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, three leading scholars in the field contributed their essays to this monograph. Gridthiya Gaweewong, Artistic Director of the Jim Thompson Art Center, explores Pinaree’s feminist intent and her roots in the Buddhist tradition — the matriarchal social structure and its symbolic reference — and her ability to infuse them into the international contemporary art exchanges. Curator Roger Nelson of the National Gallery Singapore, illuminates on the symbolism of breast + stupa and its association with the female signs of life. Finally, Vipash Purichanont of the Department of Art History at Silpakorn University approaches her work with a different perspective on Pinaree’s products of the female body that have emerged and multiplied into her various practices. Designed by Mali Chulakiet and be>our>friend studio, the monograph is copiously illustrated with more than 1,000 images, serving as an important reference of the artist’s work as well as for the Southeast Asian contemporary art field. Artists, students and other art practitioners shall find this volume as indispensable as it is visually compelling — an essential look into one of Southeast Asia’s leading artists at work today. 194 x 273 mm (7.6 x 10.7 in), 824 pages, 1,000+ color illustrations Hardcover (embroidered cloth) [approx. 8.8 lbs (4 kg) incl. packaging] ISBN 978-1932476-99-6

PINAREE SANPITAK 1985-2020

In more than 200 stirring portraits of French writer and photographer Hervé Guibert, Hans Georg Berger delivers a passionate homage to an author who in his books redefined the genres of fiction, criticism, autobiography, and memoir. Guibert died at the age of 36 of AIDS; Berger photographed him for almost 13 years. A singular and daring project of photography united both of them: exploring the limits of conventional notions of the portrait and self-portrait, and ultimately of authorship. With the sweeping radicalism of young artists, they set to a task which now this book reveals. It speaks of beauty, of gay love, of the experience of writing, of photography, of great cities and of a mysterious voyage to Egypt. It speaks of images of phantoms and of paradise. Between the two young photographers, the complicity was such that Guibert asked: “Would they not be self-portraits? Hans Georg Berger makes me into the protagonist of a biography which he seems to invent, which at the same time is my own.” With illuminating texts by Boris von Brauchitsch ISBN: 978-1-932476-93-4 Size: 24 x 32 cm Pages: 208 Illustrations: 200+ Hardcover

Hervé Guibert PHANTOM PARADISE: A Photographic Love by Hans Georg Berger

FABRIZIO LA TORRE (Rome 1921- Brussels 2014), Italian photographer and a great art enthusiast, lived in Bangkok from 1956 to 1961. Having come to Bangkok to work in a newly established company, Italthai Industrial, he took a series of photographs in Thailand depicting the everyday life of the Thais at the time. Using a neo-realistic, intimate style which characterizes all of his work, in his own country, Italy, or during a 6-month tour in North America, La Torre was able to capture those simple, sincere moments which tell exactly the story of an era. This volume provides unique texts that gave voice to the photographer who traveled and encountered the East and Southeast Asia at the time after World War II. His notes and impressions offered a glimpse into the new world unbeknownst, his thoughts and feelings about travels, art and photography, which had not been revealed until now. Bangkok That Was is the first book dedicated to the Asian photographs of Fabrizio La Torre, also a catalogue on the occasion of a 2018 double exhibition of this artist in the National Museum Bangkok and in Serindia Gallery.

BANGKOK THAT WAS: Photographs 1956-1961 by Fabrizio La Torre

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