Three cups of tea : one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time

Mortenson, Greg.

Book 2007

Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.

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Girls' schools Afghanistan

Girls' schools Pakistan

Humanitarian assistance, American Afghanistan

Humanitarian assistance, American Pakistan

Mortenson, Greg

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ISBN:

9780670034826
9780143038252
0670034827
0143038257

Description:

349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps. ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes index
LSC 16.50

Contents:

Introduction : In Mr. Mortenson's orbit
ch. 1. Failure
ch. 2. The wrong side of the river
ch. 3. "Progress and perfection"
ch. 4. Self-storage
ch. 5. 580 letters, one check
ch. 6. Rawalpindi's rooftops at dusk
ch. 7. Hard way home
ch. 8. Beaten by the Braldu
ch. 9. The people have spoken
ch. 10. Building bridges
ch. 11. Six days
ch. 12. Haji Ali's lesson
ch. 13. "A smile should be more than a memory"
ch. 14. Equilibrium
ch. 15. Mortenson in motion
ch. 16. Red velvet box
ch. 17. Cherry trees in the sand
ch. 18. Shrouded figure
ch. 19. A village called New York
ch. 20. Tea with the Taliban
ch. 21. Rumsfeld's shoes
ch. 22. "The enemy is ignorance"
ch. 23. Stones into schools
Acknowledgments

LCCN:

2005043466

Control Number:

219482

Other Authors:

Relin, David Oliver

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