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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations... One School at a Time - Mortenson, Greg, and Relin, David Oliver

Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission To Fight Terrorism And Build Nations... One School At A Time

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In 1993, following a failed attempt to ascend K2, Greg Mortenson was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers in Pakistan and promised to build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. Award-winning journalist David Oliver Relin has collaborated on this spellbinding account of ...

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Hoosierreader

Feb 25, 2010

A book everyone should read

This man is doing more for good will in Pakistan and Afganistan than all our mislaid efforts with bombs and guns!

Fedbybooks

Oct 30, 2008

a calling

Now this is what I call 'finding your calling'! The book is inspiring in that it shows what we can do if we try, how ignorance and lack of opportunity can be better fought by education than war and how all Muslims aren't terrorists. The writing is OK for the genre, but not great. Most importantly, the story is motivating. Read it.

Dotspot

Sep 4, 2008

A very important book

We cannot all be heroes like Greg Mortenson, but perhaps we can be inspired to play our own small parts and do what we CAN. I was so uplifted by this man's determination and courage to get to the heart of international relations: Education not bombs; Understanding not fear and hatred.

pamela1717

May 13, 2008

Inspirational!

This was a book club pick for us. The book prompted quite a bit of discussion amongst our group so I think it would be a good choice for book clubs everywhere. Mortenson is an admirable character--one which I wish I could emulate but I tend to be too pragmatic in life, and Mortenson is definitely not. Life needs visionaries (albeit they may leave their loved ones alone at times) to accomplish many things. The part of the book I liked the most was the depiction of culture and acceptance. The book does have some political moments/issues but in this day and age most things have some political aspect. As a woman, I am once again reminded of how fortunate I am to be living in a place where I have a right to an education (among other rights) and Greg certainly fights for the right of education for girls in Pakistan. For the most part , the book is a quick read and easy to follow. It did take me a little while to get through the last 90 pages and I often had a hard time keeping the people straight. I especially enjoyed the photos of some of the people discussed in the book.

tandd

May 12, 2008

I loved it

Greg Mortenson might have felt like a failure, but there are few people on earth who even *could* have done what he has done so far (let alone those who *would*). There were parts where I was brought to tears. If there is a way to achieve peace with Pakistan, Afghanistan, then this is definitely the right direction.

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