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Authors: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1215 reviews
Sales Rank: 14
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0143038257
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.82209549
EAN: 9780143038252
ASIN: 0143038257
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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Education is productive, war is not August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Greg is an inspiration. I hope to take the message of his book and contribute in someway myself. At a time when I disagree so whole-heartedly with the way our government is conducting itself, it is nice to find someone like Greg to give us hope. Would these "evil terrorists" as George W. would call them, even exist if they had an opportunity to have a balanced education. Something we American's take for granted. The heroics come not form being proud, having to puff out our chest and show that we are something. No, heroics is true compassion, it is a humble man like Greg and all of those who support him. This is a book that everyone should read.
Great Story, timely topic August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book. As many other reviewers have said, it may even change your life. Greg Mortensen's story is a real page-turner and in the end I think you will say something like: "Wow. I had no idea. In the face of incredible obstacles, one person with a heart can have a huge impact."
Read this book. Give a copy to a friend.
Three Cups of Tea August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is excellent and vividly written. My Great Books Club is studying it in October and both the author and Greg Mortenson are coming to give programs in Rockford, IL this fall. I hope to catch them both. And Amazon - thank you for all the great service and no screw-ups all these years! Marion Wilke
Books instead of bombs August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everyone should read this inspirational book that takes readers into the heart of a foreign land most will never set foot upon. I am amazed at the challenges that Greg Mortensen faced, yet still he forged onward despite obstacle after obstacle. Unable to summit the world's second highest peak in the Himalaya, Mortensen stumbles upon a village called Korphe in his descent after almost losing his life on K2. Befriended by these humble, loyal people, Mortensen vows to build a school for this village. This promise turns into decades, and a lifetime, of revolutionizing Pakistan and Afghanistan's educational systems.
If anyone questions the heroism in Mortensen and the slew of financial supporters in the United States and the core group in Pakistan, it is evidenced by the thousands of school children that would never have received the education that they were afforded if not by the Central Asia Institute (CAI). The most phenomenal aspect of this book is that it successfully illustrates how consequential are the negative stereotypes Westerners have of Islamic culture. Relin and Mortensen beautifully illustrate the peaceloving men and women of this region and how poverty and ignorance are more responsible for the dilemmas of religious extremism far more than anything else. Though this book most certainly does not primarily serve as a critique on the US's role in Iraq, the book keenly and sadly sheds light on America's major missteps and failures in the war through the personal testimonies of the people he meets. Mortensen and the CIA's efforts to bring books to Pakistan and Afghanistan- rather than bombs- was a major effort of bravery, courage, and determination and one that hauntingly illustrates the unnecessary loss of human life.
Three Cups of Tea: A World Revealed August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have purchased multiple copies of this book for family and friends. I have been to Pakistan and found the book deeply moving. I am a college president, and I have thought of using the book as a text for a leader-servant class I teach. To read this book is to be left with a deeper understanding of Pakistan and the world -- and to be inspired in the process that one person can do much to bless lives.
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