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Written by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin - Audio book narrated by Patrick Lawlor - Unabridged Nonfiction - 11 RETAIL EDITION COMPACT DISCS - 14 hours

Publisher, Tantor Media (June 2006)

NOTE: Tantor RETAIL COMPACT DISC EDITIONS are packaged in attractive, durable plastic albums with a ring binder and individual CD sleeves with full-color cover artwork.

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Awards of the printed edition:

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award 2006

Time Magazine Asian Book of the Year 2006

A New York Times Bestseller

"This book should be...listened to by anyone who wishes to understand the Muslim world." --The Roanoke Times

"[Patrick Lawlor] tells the story as if Mortenson had told it to him, keeping it lively and engaging." --AudioFile magazine

"Captivating and suspenseful, with engrossing accounts of both hostilities and unlikely friendships, this book will win many readers' hearts." --Publishers Weekly

"A cliffhanger as well as a first-hand introduction to the people and places of a region little understood by most Americans." --The Washington Times

The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.

In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time---Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban.

Award-winning journalist David Oliver Relin has collaborated on this spellbinding account of Mortenson's incredible accomplishments in a region where Americans are often feared and hated. In pursuit of his goal, Mortenson has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself. At last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world---one school at a time.

About the Authors: Greg Mortenson is the director of the Central Asia Institute. A resident of Montana, he spends several months of the year in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

David Oliver Relin is a contributing editor for Parade Magazine and Skiing Magazine. He has won more than forty national awards for his work as a writer and editor.

About the Narrator: An AudioFile magazine Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist, Patrick Lawlor is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. His recent audio includes the New York Times bestseller The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell (Tantor). “Lawlor is masterful.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer