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 Our Time--mortenson's One-man Mission To Counteract Extremism By Building Schools, Especially For Girls, Throughout The Breeding Ground Of The Taliban. In A Region Where Americans Are Often Feared And Hated, He Has Survived Kidnapping, Death Threats, And Wrenching Separations From His Wife And Children. But His Success Speaks For Itself--at Last Count, His Central Asia Institute Had Built Fifty-five Schools.--from Publisher Description. In Mr. Mortenson's Orbit -- Failure -- The Wrong Side Of The River -- Progress And Perfection -- Self-storage -- 580 Letters, One Check -- Rawalpindi's Rooftops At Dusk -- Hard Way Home -- Beaten By The Braldu -- The People Have Spoken -- Building Bridges -- Six Days -- Haji Ali's Lesson -- A Smile Should Be More Than A Memory -- Equilibrium -- Mortenson In Motion -- Red Velvet Box -- Cherry Trees In The Sand -- Shrouded Figure -- A Village Called New York -- Tea With The Taliban -- Rumsfeld's Shoes -- The Enemy Is Ignorance -- Stones Into Schools. Greg Mortenson And David Oliver Relin. Includes Index. The Kiriyama Prize Winner -- Cover.
Categories:
- Education & Teaching
- Schools & Teaching
- Education Theory
- Schools & Teaching
Publisher : Penguin Books
Author : Mortenson, Greg,Relin, David Oliver
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2007-01-30
Number Of Pages : 384
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0143038257
ISBN-13 : 9780143038252
Item weight : 0.75 lb
Dimensions : 0.94 in x 5.43 in x 8.35 in
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