| Other title: |
3 cups of tea |
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New York : Penguin Books, 2007. |
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9780143038252 (pbk) 0143038257 (pbk) 9780329659509 |
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| Call number: |
SHARED SYSTEM |
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| Physical description: |
349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Girls' schools -- Pakistan.
Girls' schools -- Afghanistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Pakistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Afghanistan.
Mortenson, Greg.
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Originally published in the USA by Viking Penguin, 2006. Includes index. |
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| Summary note: |
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and 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. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself--at last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools.--From publisher description. |
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| Contents note: |
In Mr. Mortenson's orbit -- Failure -- The wrong side of the river -- "Progress and perfection" -- Self-storage -- 580 letters, one check -- Rawalpindi's rooftops at dusk -- Hard way home -- Beaten by the braldu -- The people have spoken -- Building bridges -- Six days -- Haji Ali's lesson -- "A smile should be more than a memory" -- Equilibrium -- Mortenson in motion -- Red velvet box -- Cherry trees in the sand -- Shrouded figure -- A village called New York -- Tea with the Taliban -- Rumsfeld's shoes -- "The enemy is ignorance" -- Stones into schools. |
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Cardinal Ritter High School Library 371.822 MOR |
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