Monday, December 8, 2008

Shannon J's Choice

Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

In Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time , Greg Mortenson, and journalist David Oliver Relin, recount the journey that led Mortenson from a failed 1993 attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully establish schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to promote peace with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote communities in central Asia. 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.

Additional Info...
Here are a few of the sites connected to Greg Mortenson.
Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson's Blog
Central Asia Institute
Pennies for Peace