num_pages: 14
description: In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson 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—Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. Award-winning journalist David Oliver Relin has collaborated on this spellbinding account of Mortenson's incredible accomplishments in a region where Americans are often feared and hated. In pursuit of his goal, Mortenson has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated 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. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.
language: English
title: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
titlecomplete: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
characters: Sarah Bishop, Syed Abbas, Ali, Greg Mortenson
genres: Biography, Inspirational, Book Club, Memoir, Nonfiction, Education, Travel, Biography Memoir, Pakistan, History
ratings_count: 342957
places:  
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Puddly Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Montana Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: One Book One San Diego
publisher: Tantor Audio