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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. plates :
ill. (some col.) ;
24 cm.
Includes index.
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.
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.
20091216.
Mortenson, Greg
Anecdotes.
Taliban
History.
Girls' schools
Afghanistan.
Girls' schools
Pakistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American
Afghanistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American
Pakistan.
Peace-building
Afghanistan.
Peace-building
Pakistan.