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| 3 Cups of Tea: (One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time) | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
Buy New: $17.25
New (9) Used (7) from $17.25
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 179399
Media: Paperback
ASIN: B001A78KHW
Publication Date: 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New, great condition
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
While critics agree that Three Cups of Tea should be read for its inspirational value rather than for its literary merit, the book's central theme, derived from a Baltistan proverb, rings loud and clear. "The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger," a villager tells Greg Mortenson. "The second time, you are an honored guest. The third time you become family." An inspirational story of one man's efforts to address poverty, educate girls, and overcome cultural divides, Three Cups, which won the 2007 Kiriyama Prize for nonfiction, reveals the enormous obstacles inherent in becoming such "family." Despite the important message, critics quibbled over the awkward prose and some melodrama. After all, a story as dramatic and satisfying as this should tell itself.
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| Customer Reviews:
Required Reading for your Congress person June 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Some people are born to greatness, some achieve it and some accidently stumble upon it while getting lost stumbling down the slopes of K2. This book is the story of mountaineer turned school builder Greg Mortenson whose chance encounter with the people of northern Pakistan after an unsuccessful attempt on K2 led to a new mission to educate the poor in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Mortenson builds schools mostly for girls and has learned how to work with the the leaders of this mostly islamic area in a way that the united states as a whole has not yet learned.
This book should be required reading for every member of congress as it shows that the root of some of the problems we are fighting with bombs and bullets might be better fought with books and blackboards.
Chris Christensen
Amateur Traveler podcast
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