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Author:

Mortenson, Greg.

Title:

Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Large Type) / Greg Mortenson.

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

607 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Girls' schools--Afghanistan.
Girls' schools--Pakistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American--Afghanistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American--Pakistan.
Peace-building--Afghanistan.
Peace-building--Pakistan.
Mortenson, Greg--Anecdotes.
Taliban--History.
Large type books.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1410420353
9781410420350 (lg. print : hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)460934294

LCCN:

2009043336

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

NHPD993 -- Belmond Public Library (Belmond)

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KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

VVPA454 -- Lime Springs Public Library (Lime Springs)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

HCPC755 -- Remsen Public Library (Remsen) — 371.823 Mor

MRPB553 -- Titonka Public Library (Titonka)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

XGPC697 -- Villisca Public Library (Villisca)