num_pages: 190
description: When John &amp; Naomi Bishop went to the tiny Nepalese village of Melemchi to conduct a scientific study of the shy and elegant langur monkey, they discovered a harmonious symbiosis of man, animal, forest and mountainside. An Ever-changing Place is the story of their discoveries - Melemchi, a Sherpa village fifty miles on foot from the nearest road, the Bishops' home for a year; its people, who live by farming and semi nomadic herding, wandering the steep slopes with herds of zum (cow-yak hybrids); a culture governed by seasonal changes and ancient rituals and celebrations; and the snow monkeys, the only other primates on the mountain.
language: English
title: An Ever-Changing Place: A Year Among Snow Monkeys and Sherpas in the Himalayas
titlecomplete: An Ever-Changing Place: A Year Among Snow Monkeys and Sherpas in the Himalayas
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Simon & Schuster