Stones into schools
Subtitle: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By: Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Camberwell, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780670918720
Subjects: Schools; Peace-building; Taliban; Central Asia Institute; American Humanitarian assistance
Description: In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The promise; title: Qayamat ("The apocalypse"); title: The school on te roof of the world.