Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with books, not bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson
Many people have read Three Cups of Tea and are familiar with Mortenson’s mission to build schools in Pakistan. In this book Mortenson continues to build schools in Pakistan (with some new challenges) and begins to to build schools in [...]
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Book Review: Stones into Schools
Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Read for: Book Club, Global Reading Challenge 2010 – Asia
I just finished reading this book for the second time. I have to admit, I really didn’t enjoy it the first time around. I think I was expecting something more like The Kite Runner, with more of a plot, which [...]
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner begins with Amir (the narrator) making this statement: “I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.” That cold winter’s day, Amir failed to stand up for his good friend Hassan when he needed it [...]
