by Greg Mortenson, Mike Bryan · Viking Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780670021581
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«Stones into Schools» is the non-fiction account by Greg Mortenson and Mike Bryan about building schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in paperback.
The book continues Greg Mortenson's work after «Tres tazas de té»: creating schools for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially after the 2005 earthquake in Azad Kashmir. It recounts his alliances with clerics and tribal leaders, an eight-day kidnapping by the Taliban, and his commitment to education as a path to peace.
Full title: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Published by Viking Penguin in 2009; 420 pages in English.
Recommended for readers of non-fiction, memoirs and chronicles on international cooperation, education and recent history of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Greg Mortenson is an American professional speaker, writer, veteran, and former mountaineer. He is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute and the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace.
