Greg Mortenson

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1) Three cups of tea: one man's mission to promote peace--one school at a time

Author

Mortenson, Greg

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print

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Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.

2) Listen to the wind: the story of Dr. Greg and Three cups of tea

Author

Mortenson, Greg

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

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A children's book that tells the story of Dr. Greg Mortenson's promise to build a school in a remote Himalayan village after the villagers saved his life.

3) Three cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time

Author

Mortenson, Greg

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

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One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of...

4) Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Author

Mortenson, Greg

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

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A follow-up to "Three Cups of Tea" continues the author's story of his humanitarian efforts to bring education into disadvantaged Middle East regions, describing such events as the 2005 earthquake and a tense eight-day abduction by the Taliban.