Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Author: Greg Mortenson
From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian’s efforts to promote peace through education. In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in A….Read More
13 Books Similar to Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, College Sports, Football Biographies, Football Players, Success Self-Help
Three Cups of Tea
This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Children's Middle East Books, Children's Social Activists Biographies, Girls' Schools, Juvenile Literature
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Economic Assistance, Electronic Books
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey.Like the men… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Electronic Books, Football And War
Caribbean
In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Historical
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
This powerful and inspiring book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies, Electronic Books, Physicians Biography
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
#1 National BestsellerFrom two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Biography, Globalization & Politics, Human Rights Law, Women's Rights
The Places in Between
Rory Stewart's moving, sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 was immediately hailed as a classic. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, atthe… Continue Reading Posted in: Description And Travel, Manners And Customs, Social Life And Customs
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael Blomkvist, crusading… Continue Reading Posted in: Blomkvist, Drama, Mikael (Fictitious Character), Thrillers (Motion Pictures)
A Long Way Gone
A first-person account, told by a 25-year-old veteran of the Sierra Leone conflict, this title is a heartbreaking, honest and important memoir about the horrors of war and the lost… Continue Reading Posted in: American Civil War Biographies, Biography, Historical African Biographies, Military Participation Juvenile, Personal Narratives
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.