About this title: The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibanas backyard
Anyone who despairs of the individualas power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistanas 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 schoolsaespecially for girlsathat offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1/30/2007
ISBN-13:9780143038252ISBN:0143038257
Description: Very Good. 0143038257 Soft cover book that has little wear to the cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean throughout. Nice copy. Fast shipping. read more
Description: Fine. 0143038257 Great copy in standard used condition with normal shelf wear, appears to have been perused only. No writing/highlighting. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143038252ISBN:0143038257
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. good condition clean pages, book cover show some wear out, fast shipping delivery with confirmation number. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 349 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143038252ISBN:0143038257
Description: Fair. Paperback. All text is legible, may contain markings, cover wear, loose/torn pages or staining and much writing. All text is legible, may contain markings, cover wear, loose/torn pages or staining and much writing. SKU: 25175654 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780143038252. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143038252ISBN:0143038257
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. A few inside pages have been repaired for scuffing, clean inside out, tight binding, good cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 349 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780143038252ISBN:0143038257
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good+, one dog-eared page with a bit of marginalia; wraps have a reading crease and edge wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 349 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"My landlord forced this book on me as she invited me to go see Greg Mortenson speak at Lake Tahoe. I said: Who is he? and was bummed to get stuck with the book because I really wanted to read Harry Potter: the Half-Blood Prince. Long story short, I couldn't put the book down and was amazed at the tenacity of one man to work so hard to help build one school for one tiny mountain community in the Himalayas, but then to spend his life building more, as well as clean water wells, playgrounds, women's vocational centers full of sewing machines so the women can make a little extra money for their kids education. The benefits of these schools is many, but one great benefit is that kids then have a chance at an education and a future they desire, then they teach others. Some have even gone on to med school and one women, the first in this region, just passed the bar exam. It seems that people, especially women, with an education have far less liklihood of joining deadly terrorist organizations--or of allowing their sons to do so. Amazing what a little hope and dignity can create."
"This is a book that can give you hope for the future.
It is a story that chronicle's the efforts of one man to bring literacy and schools to muslim girls in the area of Pakistan that is called the Hindu Kush. Once you start it is hard to put this adventure story down."
"This is a story of an exciting adventure of how one person, a mountain climber, made a difference in the lives of remote villages in the Himalayan mountains because of a promise he made when one of the villagers saved his life."
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