Stones Into Schools : : Promoting Peace With Books, not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Includes index.
In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
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Stones into Schools
submitted by halofriendly on July 23, 2011, 5:55pm
If you never read another book in your life after this, you need to make time for Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. Both books need to be required reading in schools, in the government, in the military, and in every American household.
The immense simplicity & reward in investing in education for girls and women in Pakistan and Afghanistan far outweighs the destruction of civilians and their way of life...if we want to promote peace and a safe way of life there, this is the way. It's worth the time, money, and patience.
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New York : Viking, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 420 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780670021154
0670021156
SUBJECTS
Mortenson, Greg -- Anecdotes.
Taliban -- History.
Girls' schools -- Afghanistan.
Girls' schools -- Pakistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Afghanistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Pakistan.
Peace-building -- Afghanistan.
Peace-building -- Pakistan.