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

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Time

by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban?s backyard
Anyone who despairs of the individual?s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan?s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished... (read more)

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