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    Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

    Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
    5 star rating
    Inspiring. Everyone should read this book.
    an avid reader

    NOV
    12
    2008
    Greg Mortenson was building schools in Pakistan before the rise of the Taliban.  Schools allowed people a way to a better life through education.  Greg reminds us that all people have the same basic needs.  When those needs aren't met, we look for ways to meet them.  That can make people vulnerable to "opportunities" offered by regimes like the Taliban.  The best way to fight terrorism is to fight poverty.  Three Cups of Tea is also Greg's personal and unlikely story of how he began doing what he does.  He got lost on the way down from an unsuccessful attempt at K2 and stumbled into... read full review »

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