For people who are interested, here's a list of useful books
Tibet
The Art of Exile
Kitty Leaken & Sarah Lukas

Ama Adhe: The Voice that Remembers
Adhe Tapontsang

Tibet Tibet
Patrick French

For Tibet With Love
Isabel Losada

The Dragon in the Land of Snows
Tsering Shakya

In Exile from the Land of Snows
John Avedon

The Tibetans: A Struggle to Survive
Steve Lehman/ Robbie Barnett

Tibetan Buddhist Life
Doon Farber

Dharamsala: Tibetan Refuge
Jeremy Russell

Tintin in Tibet
Hergé

Inside the Treasure House
Katriona Bass

In the Image of Tibet
Clare Harris

The Boy Who Had a Dream
Ringu Tulku ( a wonderful children's story)

Tibet: Turning the Wheel of Life
Francoise Pommaret

Tibetan Foothold
Devla Murphy

The Wisdom of Forgiveness
Victor Chan

Last Seen in Lhasa
Claire Scobie

Lhasa: Streets With Memories
Robert Barnett

Education in Tibet: Policy and Practice since 1950
Catriona Bass
Nepal backgound

Blood Against the Snows
A fantastic account of the Royal Massacre and Nepalese history

Shopping for Buddhas
Jeff Greenwald
An amusing look at the way Westerners approach Buddhism, with his obsessive search for the perfect Buddha in Kathmandu


The Waiting Land
Devla Murphy
Amazing account of authors' time volunteering with Tibetan refugees in Pokhara in 1965


The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen
Beautiful account of journey to Dolpo in search of the elusive snow leopard- a classic!


Travelers' Tales
ed. By Rajendra Khadka (Travellers Tales, Inc, USA)
Anecdotes and writings by an assortment of travelers- useful and entertaining