Three Cups of Tea

This seems rather interesting. In 1993 an American gentleman by the name of Greg Mortenson went to Pakistan to attempt to climb K-2 (the second highest mountain in the world). He failed, and on his way down the mountain got lost and fell ill, ending up in a poor village. The villagers nursed him back to health, and when he found that the village was so poor that it had to share a teacher with the next village over, he vowed to return and fund a school.

What ensues is Mortenson's struggle to build first one school, then to expand the program to other villages in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, founding the charity CAI on the way. Mortenson, never a wealthy man, at one point lives in his car while trying to save money for his dream. Thrown in are thoughts and conversations about 9-11, about the Taliban, the Iraq War, the 2005 Earthquake, and how best to fight the war on terror. (Hint: the book quotes a Pakistani Brigadier-General: "The enemy is ignorance.")

Apparently this book has been making waves over the last year or so in the states. (Mr. Mortenson's daughter also sang a song that was composed in order to help raise money for the charity.)

I haven't read this yet but my interest in certainly piqued and I'll be on the look out for it.

IZ