Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
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Three Cups of Tea
One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Author: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 13 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/15/2006


Synopsis

In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time—Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban.

Award-winning journalist David Oliver Relin has collaborated on this spellbinding account of Mortenson's incredible accomplishments in a region where Americans are often feared and hated. In pursuit of his goal, Mortenson has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself. At last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools. 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.


About Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson is the director of the Central Asia Institute. A resident of Montana, he spends several months of the year in Pakistan and Afghanistan.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Cathy on 2010-01-28 15:18:10

I beg you to read this book. It will make you look at the world in a whole new way.

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 19, 2008

Here are a few things I’m suspicious of: 1. A book with two authors. It’s kind of like having too many cooks in the kitchen. 2. A book in which one of the two authors is the main subject of the book. 3. A book in which even though one of the authors is the main subject of the book, the book is writte......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on September 15, 2007

I approached this book with some reservation. If nothing else several years of study in Development Studies has made me very wary of "do-gooders". As others have noted, there is a strong element of imperialism in the idea of of an American's mission to "fight terrorism and build nations" and I was q......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 02, 2021

2011 F.A.B. Bookclub pick # I.❤️. F.A.B. While I praise the efforts of this man and all he’s done, I was shaking my head at many parts. Especially after he was married and had a child, to put himself in harms way was a bit crazy. But thank goodness he found the right people to help his journey pay o......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 01, 2007

Having lived and worked in Pakistan for many years, and travelled to many of the places described, I enjoyed this book as a 'fun read.' I think it is very helpful for people who only have access to information about the country through mainstream media to see a side of the people, especially poor pe......more

Goodreads review by Debbi on February 09, 2008

I wish goodreads had a 10-star rating for this book. Anyone who has ever wanted to make a difference, anyone who has ever dreamed the impossible dream of a diverse world living together in peaceful coexistence, anyone who has ever feared their own small voice was too small a drop in the bucket to ma......more