Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Extraordinary Journey to Promote Peace - One School at a Time

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.