#Heartwarming and Inspiring (2008-11-23) Three Cups of Tea is the story of how one man can make a difference, and should be a lesson for all of us to never give up thinking that we can make a difference. This is an excellent story about an extraordinary individual and an incredible village most of us have never heard of before. This is a must read for any outdoor enthusiast, humanitarian, and just about anyone who genuinely cares about the world and all those living in it. For a great book of philosophy I recommend Understanding: Train of Thought.

#showed me the way to empower women (2008-11-03) Being born and brought up in Pakistan, this book touched the very cord of my heart. I had always wanted to do something to empower women in my birth country Pakistan and had understood that education is the key to all malaise. I had recently come up with a plan and intended to pursue it. It is no less than a miracle, therefore, for me to have this book Three Cups of Tea by accident in my hand as if to prepare me how to proceed with my plan. Being a women it is harder for me to pursue than for Mr. Mortenson, despite i being a Pakista...

#Massive Construction (2008-10-20) An absolute must-read. A massive construction tool for working with ignorance and generalized muslimophobia. Please read and share. . . The gentle way in which it s written makes it a great combination of an easy read and a harsh reminder of the power of the choices we make. Individually

#Eye-opening and inspiring! (2008-09-29) After reading this book, I felt like I had to tell everyone about it! This is an incredible story that will make you want to take action and make the world a better place. Greg Mortenson deserves to be recognized so that the war on terrorism can be fought peacefully-by teachers armed with pencils and books!

#One person can really make a difference (2008-09-14) As someone who grew up in Middle East I could really connect to the story of this great book. The message of the book is clear: the world would be a better place if we properly educate our children. The book tries to make this point by telling the story of children and people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But what is more important to me is that it tries to educate people all around the world in another sense: that people, no matter where they are, deserve to be treated with respect. Lies that spread around by politicians and labe...

#The Unvarnished Truth (2008-11-28) John Ralston Saul, Canada s self-declared iconclast and demythasizer, has produced another humdinger of a study to challenge Canadians to come to grips with their true potential as a nation. His advice in this book is for us to stop seeing ourselves as stereotypically passive, ordinary, and statically cultured. To prove his point, Saul does an in depth review of the so-called truth of those historical issues that seem to set the tone as to how we perceived our place in the modern world. First, the author tackles the view that we are predominately a...

#A Glowing but Solemn Tribute to the Canadian Men and Women in Modern War (2008-01-27) I took on this book because I wanted to be better informed as to what the Canadian mission in Afghanistan is all about. While the names of the fallen and injured in Blatchford s account are well-known to most of us - most prominently the gallantry of Captain Goddard - through news services like CTV and CBC, the stories of their singular efforts may not be. Blatchford, a seasoned and savvy journalist, decided in 2006 to break out of the typical mould of an embedded reporter who hung around base, and...

#Blatchford gives readers the troops perspectives. (2008-01-15) Fifteen Days is not a history textbook, nor, do I expect, was it ever meant to be, as some reviewers have suggested in their criticisms of the book s accuracy. Instead, Christie Blatchford gives us her perspective, and the perspectives of some of the Canadian soldiers she spent time with over the course of her three trips to Afghanistan in 2006. The physical and psychological stress, violence, and devastation that these soldiers experienced during active combat in Afghanistan, mainly in the volatile Panjwaii district, ar...

#Not so harsh...given the circumstances... (2008-01-14) I wasn t there and won t be. The warfare that I trained for, was to be in Europe fighting the Soviets. Having experienced the camaraderie of units within the forces, I feel for the young men and women on tour in Kandahar. The book brings forward compelling descriptions of the combat, fellowship, frustration, fearlessness and professionalism of our Canadians. Christie may not have gotten to talk to every soldier over there but I m certain that she would have wanted to if it weren t for being paralyzed in fear in the back of a LA...

#not so accurate (2007-12-31) this is a great book for canadians to read to see what we face over there but . . . . not all of her stories are accurate . . . christie only talked to certain soldiers to write this book . . . and some of her descriptions of what happened to us on certain days , are not accurate at all . . . . OUTSIDE THE WIRE is a much more in depth and more accurate book from all angles and is actually wrote by the soldiers and not by a reporter . . . . . it is published by random house and can be bought on here or in any book store accross the country .

#Well worth the time... (2007-12-19) The structure of this book is, ultimately, horrifying. I do not mean this in a negative sense at all, for each day is a day of death, the death of a highly admirable person, and once you are aware of this it becomes more and more difficult to start a new chapter. Finally, November 11th reconciles the sacrifices of both the living and the dead - an inspired chapter describing the outcome of an inspired thought. Christie Blatchford herself is an admirable person (for a broken-down newspaper hack), but in this book she puts herself much farther in ...