Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time

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It's a hit!

The first 15 pages were an uphill battle, but patience is a virtue and perserverance has its own rewards. Loved it!

 

 

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True story about a man's passion to change the world through education:
This was a good book. A true story about one man's journey to make a differ... (show more)

True story about a man's passion to change the world through education:
This was a good book. A true story about one man's journey to make a difference in the world through education of Central Asia's poor. It is an interesting look into the life of those living in Pakistan and Afghanistan. However, I recommend it with reservations. The ghost writer skips between time and place and I found the book to be disjointed. Furthermore there is so much history and detail needed to really get a good flavor of the material that some people initially got lost in the details. As one member of our book club said, "do not read this book for the details, read it for the love story". With all that being said I recommend this book to inspire the reader to take the example of Greg Mortenson and make a difference in the world through your persistent and colorful actions. (show less)

 

 

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  The story is fantastic - about Greg Mortenson, who has built over sixty schools in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He believes that the way to fight terrorism is not with violence but with education, especially for girls. This is an account of a one individual who really is changing the world - one school at a time. I wasn't too impressed with the writing style, but the inspirational story and detailed explanation of the situation in the most desolate regions of Pakistan and Afghani... (show more)

  The story is fantastic - about Greg Mortenson, who has built over sixty schools in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He believes that the way to fight terrorism is not with violence but with education, especially for girls. This is an account of a one individual who really is changing the world - one school at a time. I wasn't too impressed with the writing style, but the inspirational story and detailed explanation of the situation in the most desolate regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past decade make this book a must-read. (show less)

   

  by Tammy Bjelland on Jan 09, 2008 at 06:58PM

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  I would give Greg a hearty 5 stars for his work with the CAI, for building something amazing from such humble beginnings, for his perseverance, for blessing the lives of so many people who would not otherwise have had the chance to receive an education, etc. The book, however, was padded with a lot of superfluous information and bad prose. I often found myself counting the number of pages I had read and/or the number I still had to press through to finish it, which is never a good sign. Fo... (show more)

  I would give Greg a hearty 5 stars for his work with the CAI, for building something amazing from such humble beginnings, for his perseverance, for blessing the lives of so many people who would not otherwise have had the chance to receive an education, etc. The book, however, was padded with a lot of superfluous information and bad prose. I often found myself counting the number of pages I had read and/or the number I still had to press through to finish it, which is never a good sign. For what it's worth, I started and finished at least 4 other books in the time it took me to read this one. Three Cups of Tea was a worthwhile read, but it could have been a lot better if it had been written in conjunction with a different co-author (I assume the aforementioned flaws were more Relin's doing than Mortenson's ...). (show less)

   

   

  by Joshua Kaiser on Jun 13, 2009 at 11:48PM

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