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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.82209549
EAN: 9780143038252
ISBN: 0143038257
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibans backyard
Anyone who despairs of the individuals power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistans treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schoolsespecially for girlsthat offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortensons quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.
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I almost didn't pick this one up ~ just another book on life of middle easterners. Three Cups of Tea is the most mind opening tale that clearly demonstrates what it's going to take to bring peace to the middle east. Another truthful demonstration of how America brings countries down under the banner of democracy, but fails to rebuild under the same. This book serves well as the next phase from Charlie Wilson's War. If you care one iota about the future of this world and how it can be changed, you must read this book ~ it is guaranteed to move you.
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I raced home, (on foot) after work each day to devour more pages of this exceptional story. Greg Mortenson is inspiring, a driven and motivated man on a quest to save us all, one school at a time. Risking all he has, his family, his life. I love his dedication to his focus of educating students, and most of all young girls living in poverty half way around the world.
An excellent read! I loved it!
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When my mother gave me this book to read I was a little scared of what I might find inside. The name, "Three Cups of Tea" didn't sound very exciting. The cover, showing three young girls studying, didn't look very appealing. And the subtitle, "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time," wasn't the most exciting thing in the world either. It looked like an Oprah book or a chick lit book.
Since my Mom recommended it, I read it...and thoroughly enjoyed "Three Cups of Tea."
The book is about Central Asia Institute director, Greg Mortenson, and how building schools in the highlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan became his passion. Still sounds like an Oprah book, doesn't it? Well it is much, much more. The reader gets the account of how Mortenson's failed attempt to climb K2 nearly led to his death and how that failure gave him the idea of building schools in remote regions of Asia.
The reader is also given a thoughtful look at what it ... Read More
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gripping from start to finish. An important book for readers of all ages. A lesson in choosing the really important issues and having the guts to follow the righ path.
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I would definitely vote this book as an award winner (it gets really good after the first half -- especially towards the last third of the book). Greg Mortenson definitely needs to win the Nobel Peace Prize! A definite must-read for our times.
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