Three Cups Of Tea

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  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2007)
  • Puddly Award for Nonfiction (2010)
  • Montana Book Award Nominee (2006)
  • Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2007)
  • One Book One San Diego (2008)
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Three Cups Of Tea

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ISBN: 9780141034263
Authors: Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2008-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
Goodreads rating: 3.66
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HERE WE DRINK THREE CUPS OF TEA TO DO BUSINESS; THE FIRST YOU ARE A STRANGER, THE SECOND YOU BECOME A FRIEND, AND THE THIRD, YOU JOIN OUR FAMILY, AND FOR OUR FAMILY WE ARE PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING - EVEN DIE. HAJI ALI, KORPHE VILLAGE CHIEF, KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS, PAKISTAN IN 1993, AFTER A TERRIFYING AND DISASTROUS ATTEMPT TO CLIMB K2, A MOUNTAINEER CALLED GREG MORTENSON DRIFTED, COLD AND DEHYDRATED, INTO AN IMPOVERISHED PAKISTAN VILLAGE IN THE KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS. MOVED BY THE INHABITANTS KINDNESS, HE PROMISED TO RETURN AND BUILD A SCHOOL. THREE CUPS OF TEA IS THE STORY OF THAT PROMISE AND ITS EXTRAORDINARY OUTCOME. OVER THE NEXT DECADE MORTENSON BUILT NOT JUST ONE BUT FIFTY-FIVE SCHOOLS - ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS - IN REMOTE VILLAGES ACROSS THE FORBIDDING AND BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPE OF PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, JUST AS THE TALIBAN ROSE TO POWER. HIS STORY IS AT ONCE A RIVETING ADVENTURE AND A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF THE HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT.
 

  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2007)
  • Puddly Award for Nonfiction (2010)
  • Montana Book Award Nominee (2006)
  • Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2007)
  • One Book One San Diego (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.