Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Mortenson, Greg
Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Greg Mortenson - New York : Viking , 2009. - xxiii, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
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.
9780670021154
2009030812
Mortenson, Greg
Taliban----History
Girls' schools----Afghanistan
Girls' schools----Pakistan
Humanitarian assistance, American---Afghanistan
Humanitarian assistance, American---Pakistan
Peace building
LC2330 / .M66 2009
371.823 MOR
Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Greg Mortenson - New York : Viking , 2009. - xxiii, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
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.
9780670021154
2009030812
Mortenson, Greg
Taliban----History
Girls' schools----Afghanistan
Girls' schools----Pakistan
Humanitarian assistance, American---Afghanistan
Humanitarian assistance, American---Pakistan
Peace building
LC2330 / .M66 2009
371.823 MOR
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