02835cam a2200493 a 4500 80989 20230410124045.0 090728s20092006nyuab 001 0 eng 2009030812 (OCoLC)ocn318411542 DLC DLC YDX NSB OEL JYJ VP@ LMR CDX 497058876 9780670021154 0670021156 978067002158(export edition) 067002156 (esport edition) NZ1 13152773 NZ1 13126807 (OCoLC)318411542 (OCoLC)497058876 a-af--- a-pk--- n-us--- LC 2330 M66s 2009 371.823/4209581 GRAL Mortenson, Greg. Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Greg Mortenson; foreword by Khaled Hosseini New York : Viking, 2009 c2006 xxiii, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. Includes index. The Promise -- The people at the end of the road -- The man with the broken hand -- The year zero -- The sound of peace -- Style is everything -- The seal of the Kirghiz Khan -- Qayamat ("The Apocalypse") -- A dark and distant roar -- No idea what to do -- Farzana's desks -- Sarfraz's promise -- The chance that must be taken -- The School on the Roof of the World -- An E-mail from the American colonel -- The man from the Jalozai refugee camp -- Barnstorming through Badakshan -- A meeting of two warriors -- The point of return -- The last best school -- Investing in girls' education yields high returns -- Key ingredients in successfully building girls' schools -- Take action. In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban. Girls' schools Afghanistan. Girls' schools Pakistan. Humanitarian assistance, American Afghanistan. Humanitarian assistance, American Pakistan. Peace-building Afghanistan. Peace-building Pakistan. Mortenson, Greg Anecdotes. Taliban History. Hosseini, Khaled fowd. Coutts Information Services COUT 9593950 lcc bk rpeña C0 DRFGD 70153 70153 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 LC 2330 M66s 2009 00000072306 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk