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Genre/Form: | Anecdotes History |
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Named Person: | Greg Mortenson; Greg Mortenson; Greg Mortenson |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Greg Mortenson |
ISBN: | 9780670021154 0670021156 |
OCLC Number: | 318411542 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Awards: | Winner of Christopher Awards (Books for Adults) 2010 |
Description: | xxiii, 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | The Promise -- The people at the end of the road -- The man with the broken hand -- The year zero -- The sound of peace -- Style is everything -- The seal of the Kirghiz Khan -- Qayamat ("The Apocalypse") -- A dark and distant roar -- No idea what to do -- Farzana's desks -- Sarfraz's promise -- The chance that must be taken -- The School on the Roof of the World -- An E-mail from the American colonel -- The man from the Jalozai refugee camp -- Barnstorming through Badakshan -- A meeting of two warriors -- The point of return -- The last best school -- Investing in girls' education yields high returns -- Key ingredients in successfully building girls' schools -- Take action. |
Responsibility: | Greg Mortenson. |
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Abstract:
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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