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Author:

Mortenson, Greg.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxiii, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 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.

Notes:

Includes index.

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.

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:

0670021156
9780670021154

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318411542

LCCN:

2009030812

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