Mortenson, Greg.
Summary: Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build schools (especially for girls), throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. While he wages war with the root causes of terrorism-- poverty and ignorance-- Mortenson must survive kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats from Americans who consider him a traitor, and wrenching...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 371.822 MORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 371.822 MortensonMortenson, Greg.
Summary: Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.82 MORMortenson, Greg.
Summary: Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build school (especially for girls), throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. While he wages war with the root causes of terrorism - poverty and ignorance - Mortenson must survive kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats from Americans who consider him a traitor, and wrenching...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 371.82 MORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 371.822 MORMortenson, Greg.
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.82 MORMortenson, Greg.
Summary: 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009