Stones into Schools: promoting peace through education in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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TextPublication details: New York; Penguin Books, 2010. Description: xxiii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cmISBN: 978-0-141-04714-0(pbk.)Subject(s): Girls' schools Afghanistan | Humanitarian assistance, American | Peace-building AfghanistanDDC classification: TRRC 370.9581 MOR 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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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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