Have you ever wondered how one man can change the world one school at a time? Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time is the life changing story of author Greg Mortenson and how he passionately dedicated his life to building schools for boys and girls across the region of Taliban. Co-authored with David Oliver Relin, this is a story of dedication and commitment to making the world a better place.

It was the year 1993, after his failed attempt at climbing the highest mountain in the Himalayas, when Greg Mortenson was on the brink of dying. Suffering from edema, exhaustion, disorientation and emaciation, he was taken in and nursed back to health by an impoverished populace of a remote Pakistani village. For seven weeks, he came to appreciate the people of the village. He was grateful to them for saving his life and so on impulse, he promised them that he would one day go back to build the town’s first school.

Co-author Relin portrays Mortenson’s hard work in mesmerizing detail, presenting gripping portraits of the village elders, philanthropists, Taliban officials, ambitious school girls and Muslims that Mortenson met along the way. As the book progresses to the post 9/11 incident, Mortenson and David Relin made a stand that the United States must fight Islamic radicalism in the region through collaborative efforts to alleviate poverty and improve access to education, especially for girls. Captivating and suspenseful, with engrossing accounts of both hostilities and unlikely friendships, this book will win many readers’ hearts.

As the director of the Central Asia Institute, Mortenson has built 55 schools serving Pakistan and Afghanistan’s poorest communities. He is a real life Indiana Jones from Montana fighting to keep these schools functioning. He provides hope to tens of thousands of children and he is a living proof that a passionately dedicated person can truly change the world.