Books : 3 Cups of Tea: (One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time)
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Binding: Paperback
Label: Penguin
Manufacturer: Penguin
Publication Date: 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Sales Rank: 339966
Studio: Penguin
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Product Description:
While critics agree that Three Cups of Tea should be read for its inspirational value rather than for its literary merit, the book's central theme, derived from a Baltistan proverb, rings loud and clear. "The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger," a villager tells Greg Mortenson. "The second time, you are an honored guest. The third time you become family." An inspirational story of one man's efforts to address poverty, educate girls, and overcome cultural divides, Three Cups, which won the 2007 Kiriyama Prize for nonfiction, reveals the enormous obstacles inherent in becoming such "family." Despite the important message, critics quibbled over the awkward prose and some melodrama. After all, a story as dramatic and satisfying as this should tell itself.
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This story is about an incredible man building schools in Pakistan while overcoming unbelievable odds while doing so. You get to know about the Pakastani people and the afghanistani people and get some real insight as to how they live and the hardships they endure. It was a real page turner for me especially since it was a very real trial and tribulation for him. I hope more people will read this book and learn what I have learned about Pakistan and afghanistan and the people who dwell in places that you wouldn't believe.
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Some people are born to greatness, some achieve it and some accidently stumble upon it while getting lost stumbling down the slopes of K2. This book is the story of mountaineer turned school builder Greg Mortenson whose chance encounter with the people of northern Pakistan after an unsuccessful attempt on K2 led to a new mission to educate the poor in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Mortenson builds schools mostly for girls and has learned how to work with the the leaders of this mostly islamic area in a way that the united states as a whole has not yet learned.
This book should be required reading for every member of congress as it shows that the root of some of the problems we are fighting with bombs and bullets might be better fought with books and blackboards.
Chris Christensen
Amateur Traveler podcast
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