| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780141034263 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
371.82209549 MO TH |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Mortenson, Greg. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Three cups of tea : |
| Subtitle |
one mans extraordinary journey to promote peace-- one school at a time / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
London : |
| Publisher |
Penguin, |
| Date |
c2008. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
349 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. : ; |
| Size |
18 cm. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
One mans 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 Pakistans 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--Mortensons 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, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, 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. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Girls schools |
| Form |
Pakistan. |
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| Topical Heading |
Girls schools |
| Form |
Afghanistan. |
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| Topical Heading |
Humanitarian assistance , American |
| Form |
Pakistan. |
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| Topical Heading |
Humanitarian assistance, American |
| Form |
Afghanistan. |
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| Name |
Relin, David Oliver. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/zih8cop3mqq547mid4nh84q8if4lv4a6 |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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