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

By:

Mortenson, Greg

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking , 2009.Description: xxiii, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780670021154

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

371.823 MOR

LOC classification:

LC2330 .M66 2009

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	371.823 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		023712

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.

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