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

Door Greg Mortenson e.a.

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#376673-XL30
Titel
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Auteur
Mortenson, Greg & David Oliver Relin
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
0143038257
ISBN13
9780143038252
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson's quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a cel... (Lees verder)ebration of the humanitarian spirit.
Pagina's
349
Conditie
Goed — Verso covers browned.
Prijs
€ 8,00

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