by Glenn H. Mullin with Jeff J. Watt (Clear Light Publishers, Santa Fe, N.M.), $29.95.

In Female Buddhas: Women of Enlightenment in Tibetan Mystical Art, Tibetologist Glenn H. Mullin describes the prestigious role women play in Tibetan Buddhism as well as the popularity of the female form in Tibetan art. The book includes more than 100 color plates of Tibetan works provided by the Shelly and Donald Rubin Collections. Mullin, who has published approximately 20 books on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, is an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar and meditation teacher. Jeff J. Watt, one of the leading experts in Tibetan iconography, is a curator at Rubin Art Museum in New York City.