Three cups of tea: one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time 9781101147085, 1101147083, 9781429515474, 1-4295-1547-3, 9781429522823, 1429522828

One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg

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Three cups of tea: one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time
 9781101147085, 1101147083, 9781429515474, 1-4295-1547-3, 9781429522823, 1429522828

Table of contents :
Content: In Mr. Mortenson's orbit --
Failure --
The wrong side of the river --
"Progress and perfection" --
Self-storage --
580 letters, one check --
Rawalpindi's rooftops at dusk --
Hard way home --
Beaten by the braldu --
The people have spoken --
Building bridges --
Six days --
Haji Ali's lesson --
"A smile should be more than a memory" --
Equilibrium --
Mortenson in motion --
Red velvet box --
Cherry trees in the sand --
Shrouded figure --
A village called New York --
Tea with the Taliban --
Rumsfeld's shoes --
"The enemy is ignorance" --
Stones into schools.

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