Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs

By the author of New York Times #1 bestseller, "Three Cups of Tea" comes "Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan" - released Dec. 1, 2009.

Over the past sixteen years, Greg Mortenson, through his nonprofit Central Asia Institute (CAI), has worked to promote peace through education by establishing more than 130 schools, most of them for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The story of how this remarkable humanitarian campaign began was told in his bestselling 2006 book, Three Cups of Tea. Mortenson’s philosophies about building relationships, empowering communities, and educating girls have struck a powerful chord. Hundreds of communities and universities, as well as several branches of the U.S. military, have used Three Cups of Tea as a common read.

Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan