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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time | 
 enlarge | Authors: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1219 reviews
Sales Rank: 14
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0143038257
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.82209549
EAN: 9780143038252
ASIN: 0143038257
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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Product Description
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibans backyard Anyone who despairs of the individuals power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistans treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schoolsespecially for girlsthat offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortensons quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.
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 3 Cups of Tea August 22, 2008
I bought this book but wished I hadn't. The writing is just awful! It is so badly written that it was hard to bother reading the book all the way through. It feels like it was written by people trying to blow their own trumpets but with a severe lack of writing skills. It gets the thumbs down - don't waste your money, folks. Other people have built schools and written better books.
A absolute MUST read August 21, 2008
I almost didn't pick this one up ~ just another book on life of middle easterners. Three Cups of Tea is the most mind opening tale that clearly demonstrates what it's going to take to bring peace to the middle east. Another truthful demonstration of how America brings countries down under the banner of democracy, but fails to rebuild under the same. This book serves well as the next phase from Charlie Wilson's War. If you care one iota about the future of this world and how it can be changed, you must read this book ~ it is guaranteed to move you.
A Wonderful Tale of a True Modern Hero August 21, 2008
I raced home, (on foot) after work each day to devour more pages of this exceptional story. Greg Mortenson is inspiring, a driven and motivated man on a quest to save us all, one school at a time. Risking all he has, his family, his life. I love his dedication to his focus of educating students, and most of all young girls living in poverty half way around the world.
An excellent read! I loved it!
Boring Title, Great Book August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When my mother gave me this book to read I was a little scared of what I might find inside. The name, "Three Cups of Tea" didn't sound very exciting. The cover, showing three young girls studying, didn't look very appealing. And the subtitle, "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time," wasn't the most exciting thing in the world either. It looked like an Oprah book or a chick lit book.
Since my Mom recommended it, I read it...and thoroughly enjoyed "Three Cups of Tea."
The book is about Central Asia Institute director, Greg Mortenson, and how building schools in the highlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan became his passion. Still sounds like an Oprah book, doesn't it? Well it is much, much more. The reader gets the account of how Mortenson's failed attempt to climb K2 nearly led to his death and how that failure gave him the idea of building schools in remote regions of Asia.
The reader is also given a thoughtful look at what it was like for Americans who were in this part of Asia when the planes struck the World Trade Center in 2001. Mortenson's ideas on promoting peace through education seem somewhat idealistic at times, but the man's passion for this cause comes blazing through in every chapter.
"Three Cups of Tea" is an exciting adventure story as well as an inspirational story showing that one man can make a difference.
Required reading August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
gripping from start to finish. An important book for readers of all ages. A lesson in choosing the really important issues and having the guts to follow the righ path.
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