Stones Into Schools : Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan and Pakistan
The New York Times – Janet Maslin Much of Stones Into Schools hinges on the logistical challenges, but this book is also suffused with its author's unorthodox tactics and distinctive personal style?It also colorfully describes the local sidekicks and power brokers without whom, [Mortenson] says, "I would still be nothing more than a dirtbag mountaineer […]
Three Cups of Tea : One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations– One School At a Time
Publishers Weekly Some failures lead to phenomenal successes, and this American nurse's unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world's second tallest mountain, is one of them. Dangerously ill when he finished his climb in 1993, Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe; in return, he promised to build the […]