Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Greg Mortenson.
Material type:
- 9780670918720
- Girls' schools – Afghanistan
- Peace-building – Afghanistan
- Humanitarian assistance, American – Afghanistan
- Humanitarian assistance, American – Pakistan
- Women – Education – Pakistan
- Peace-building – Pakistan
- Girls' schools – Pakistan
- Rural women – Education – Pakistan
- Mortenson, Greg – Anecdotes
- Taliban – History
- LC 2330 .M67 2009
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | LC 2330 .M67 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 21972 |
“From the author of multi-million-copy US No. 1 bestseller ; three cups of tea”—cover page.
“Greg Mortenson, with Mike Bryan”—cover page.
Contents: Maps—Who’s who—Foreword by Khaled Hosseini—Part I : the promise—Introduction—Prologue—Chapter 1. The people at the end of the road—Chapter 2. The man with the broken hand—Chapter 3. The year zero—Chapter 4. The sound of peace—Chapter 5. Style is everything—Chapter 6. The seal of the Kirghiz Khan—Part II : Qayamat (“the apocalypse”)—Chapter 7. A dark and distant roar—Chapter 8. No idea what to do—Chapter 9. Farzana’s desks—Chapter 10. Sarfraz’s promise—Chapter 11. The chance that must be taken—Part III : the school on the roof of the world—Chapter 12. The an e-mail from the American colonel—Chapter 13. The man from the Jalozai refugee camp—Chapter 14. Barnstorming through Badakshan—Chapter 15. A meeting of two warriors—Chapter 16. The point of return—Chapter 17. The last best school—Epilogue—Acknowledgments—Glossary—Investing in girls’ education yields high returns—Key ingredients in successfully building girls’ schools—Take action—Index.