Stones into Schools：Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

图书标准信息

• 作者 Greg、Mike Bryan 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2009-12
• ISBN 9780670021154
• 定价 216.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Fromtheauthorofthe#1bestseller"ThreeCupsofTea,"thecontinuingstoryofthisdeterminedhumanitarian'seffortstopromotepeacethrougheducation

Inthisdramaticfirst-personnarrative,GregMortensonpicksupwhere"ThreeCupsofTea"leftoffin2003,recountinghisrelentless,ongoingeffortstoestablishschoolsforgirlsinAfghanistan;hisextensiveworkinAzadKashmirandPakistanafteramassiveearthquakehittheregionin2005;andtheuniquewayshehasbuiltrelationshipswithIslamicclerics,militiacommanders,andtriballeadersevenashewasdodgingshootoutswithfeudingAfghanwarlordsandsurvivinganeight-dayarmedabductionbytheTaliban.Hesharesforthefirsttimehisbroadervisiontopromotepeacethrougheducationandliteracy,aswellastouchingonmilitarymatters,Islam,andwomen-allwoventogetherwiththemanyrichpersonalstoriesofthepeoplewhohavebeeninvolvedinthisremarkabletwo-decadehumanitarianeffort.

Sincethe2006publicationof"ThreeCupsofTea,"MortensonhastraveledacrosstheU.S.andtheworldtosharehisvisionwithhundredsofthousandsofpeople.Hehasmetwithheadsofstate,topmilitaryofficials,andleadingpoliticianswhoallseekhisadviceandinsight.Thecontinuedphenomenalsuccessof"ThreeCupsofTea"provesthatthereisaneagerandcommittedaudienceforMortenson'sworkandmessage.