"Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time"

"Here (in Pakistan adn Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first cup you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die."- Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the Taliban's backyard.

In 1993 a mountaineer named Greg Mortenson drifted into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram mountains after a failed attempt to climb K2.  Moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school.  "Three Cups of Tea" is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome.  Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools - especially for girls - in the forbidding terrain that gave birth to the Taliban.  His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.

www.threecupsoftea.com

**This is a used book in good condition; the edges are a little worn.

**Also bid on Item #743 "Stones into Schools" by Greg Mortenson.  This book picks up the story where "Three Cups of Tea" ends.