The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.

#Just Amazing (2008-11-23) One of the most touching books I have read in a long time. It is just amazing how much we can do with a little bit of financial help to these NGO s like CIA. I have decided to become a regular contributor of these noble cause, just because of this book. You have to read it, you will never regret you did.

#Inspiring (2008-11-22) What an inspiring book! This is a great read about what one person can do with a vision and very little resources. His tenacity is incredible. Hooray for Greg Mortenson!

#Would have been a great article (2008-11-19) This is a tale about a remarkable man - unfortunately it is not very well written. Even tho the action takes place in different towns, it is basically the same story over and over. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in building schools for the poor in Pakistan and also as an aid to sleeplessness.

#3 and a half stars (2008-11-19) The story itself was quite amazing but I found it difficult to read at times. I think it could have been much shorter. . . I could not keep all of the people straight about halfway through the book. It must have been difficult to write this book with so many stories to tell but it bordered on boring and tedious at times. It would pick up for a while and then I d be bleary-eyed again a few pages later. I really liked the beginning of the story and felt connected to his mission and promise but then I started to think he was a bit off (good inten...

#No wonder it unanimously gets 5 stars (2008-11-18) Truly one of the most inspirational books I have read in awhile. The beginning of this book is a little slow, focusing on Greg Mortenson s climbing expeditions that eventually leads him to find the people of Korphe, and promising them a school. After coming back to the states and scrounging up funds from philanthropists, Mortenson goes back and builds many schools in various regions through Pakistan/Afghanistan/Waziristan. And the story of his determination and the struggles he goes through are extremely inspirational. There is no o...

It’s been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning of Morrie’s life lessons and the gentle, irrevocable impact of their Tuesday sessions all those years ago. . . _____Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today t...

#Tuesdays with Morrie, Daily Life Lessons (2008-11-13) I enjoyed this so much the first time that I am rereading it. A heart-warming story about a former student paying homage to his favorite professor at Brandeis University. The book will tug at the heart and feed your soul, making you return for daily servings. Through Morrie s physical struggles with Lou Gherig s disease, Albom gives us the meaning of life through gentle reminders of what really matters - living life, appreciating friendships, looking within for life s rewards, not outwardly through material possessions. Told sim...

#Living in times of financial and political changes (2008-11-12) I m a little late in getting to read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. It was written 11 years ago and yet the messages are still powerful today. If you haven t read it, pick it up and join in an amazing journey with Mitch and Morrie. If you have read it try a reread. We have all changed our roles in life over these past years, and you will be reading it with different eyes. Today with all the political and financial changes read this as a way to ground and stay on focus. Enjoy! We have to learn how to die...

#Great book! (2008-11-11) worth reading, worth all the reviews, whoever reads this book will get at least one learning from it!

#Tuesday s with Morrie (2008-11-11) the book arrived in fantastic condition it took a bit longer to arrive than I had expected

#Excellent story (2008-10-17) the story is very good a must read. . . . the shipping was quick but not in the described condition. . . .

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela s Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.Now, here at last, is McCourt s long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!).McCo...

#From Limerick to Witty-Lit Stardom (2008-11-21) Well, I finally try something by the celebrated Mr. McCourt, former New York City public high school teacher, now celebrated and successful writer of best sellers like Angela s Ashes and this book here. One can see why this was a popular book. McCourt is an engaging raconteur, in the Irish tradition - witty, anecdotal, ironic - and his story is an interesting one. He never takes himself too seriously, altho the anger occasionally pokes thru. In this book, McCourt tells a the tale of his college years, the time in his twentie...

#book purchase (2008-11-10) it was a paperback book in good condition. it was a gift. i d already read the book. no surprises.

#Teacher Man lacks a Moral Compass. (2008-10-20) I was very disappointed while reading, Teacher Man. I am a speech teacher working in Connecticut and I was hoping that this book would bring me some inspiration. Although Mr. McCourt tells his story in a very honest voice, the undertone is very negative. I kept reading on hoping for a moment of true culmination, when his teaching methods would evolve over time and his classroom would finally give him the respect that he deserves. Instead the story never goes anywhere and we find Mr. McCourt in a desperate struggle searching fo...

#A different sort of story from AA and Tis, yet equally enjoyable... (2008-09-23) After surviving a miserable childhood in Ireland and making his way to New York City as a young man, Frank McCourt shares anecdotes about his next 30 years -- teaching high school and community college English classes. McCourt s somewhat unconventional teaching style, he readily admits, didn t reach everyone or even succeed as often as he would have liked. Yet many of his classes, filled with students from poverty-stricken and hopeless homes, found real enthusiasm and understanding through such lessons ...

#Come and check out this FANTASTIC EVENT for TEACHER MAN (2008-09-12) Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know there is a GREAT event coming up almost a week away in New York City. The American Place Theatre s Festival: Literature to Life is performing a theatrical adaptation of TEACHER MAN by Frank McCourt on September 21st, 2008. Don t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to see this moving piece of literature come to life. Here s the information and can t wait to see you there![. . . ]

Frank McCourt s glorious childhood memoir, Angela s Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape.And now we have Tis, the story of Frank s American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen, in the company of a priest he meets on the boat. He gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this classless country, and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and type reports. It is Frank s incomparable voice -- his uncanny humor and his astonishing ear for dialogue -- that renders these experiences spellbinding.When Frank returns to Ame...

# Tis worth reading (2008-10-18) This book isn t Angela s Ashes, nor should it be, but I m disappointed that it couldn t maintain the momentum in Angela s Ashes. This book picks up where Angela left off and appropriately ends with Angela s death. The beginning of this book is filled with humor and fun scenes depicting McCourt s early days in America. Unfortunately, I found myself boring of the book about the time McCourt entered the army. Still had its humorous moments, but definitely lagging. By the time Mike became Alberta, I was counting pages to the end. This book lacke...

#Better than Angela s Ashes, but still could have been more (2008-10-16) In `Tis we get some anecdotes about his life as a teacher & the attitudes of public school officials, students, & parents that potentially could have been good reading, but FM- oddly- seems to lapse into a bit of romanticism about those times. I went to public school in New York only a decade or so after many of the tales spun by FM so I know that much of what he relates is very buffed up. Again, why? If AA s success was so based on the misery factor it would seem that dealing with some of the worst the NYC pub...

#Bad Service (2008-10-14) After numerous attempts to contactthe seller, Istill have not received the book. Connie spahr 10/13/2008

#Disappointing follow-up to Angela s Ashes (2008-10-13) I loved Angela s Ashes and was thrilled to learn there was a sequel. I was very disappointed in Tis, however. McCourt s writing style was charming in Angela s Ashes since he was writing from the perspective of a child but didn t translate well once he was recalling his adulthood. The book is way too long and there are many random, uninteresting anecdotes. I won t be reading McCourt s 3rd book.

#Darker than the first (2008-09-13) Frank McCourt once again takes us on a tour of his life, this time from the age of nineteen to his fifties. As with Angela s Ashes, his storytelling is quintessentially Irish, and the reader can almost hear his brogue as he tells his tale. Again, this book is full of Irish humor and sensibility, but is much darker than its prequel, Angela s Ashes. I fully expected to love this book as much as Angela s Ashes, but I had a difficult time coming to terms with the way Frank McCourt presents himself as well as his mother this time around. Certainly, M...

Phillip Done fixes staplers that won t staple, zippers that won t zip, and pokes pins in the caps of glue bottles that will not pour. He has sung Happy Birthday 657 times.A witness to the joys of discovery, Done inspires readers with the everyday adventures and milestones of his 32 third graders in this irresistible collection of bite-sized essays. From the nervous first day of school to the hectic Halloween parade to the disastrous spring musical, Done connects what happens in his classroom to the universal truths that touch us all. He reminds us of the delight of learning something for the first time and of the value of making a difference.32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny is for anyone who has ever taught children -- or been to third grade. It is a testament to the kids who uplift us -- and the teachers we will never forget. With just the right mix of humor and wisdom, Done reveals the enduring promise of elementary school as a powerful antidote to the cynicism of our times.

#Great Summer Read! (2008-08-18) This book is absolutely hysterical, especially for teachers like me! Done paints the picture of what it is really like to be in our profession, it s truthful, yet inspiring. I found myself saying, That is so true! aloud almost every page. It s perfect to take to the pool or beach for a quick, entertaining read!

#Teacher and Bunny Owner (2008-05-09) Phillip Done portrays life as a teacher in a humorous, enjoyable manner. His writing style is engaging and easy to read. As a teacher, it s easy to relate to many of the stories he shares. I enjoyed the book so much, I bought a copy to share with my co-workers. A fun, must-read for all teachers dedicated to the task of helping children build upon their self-esteem as well as grow academically.

#A third grade teacher must have (2008-01-07) As a third grade teacher I just want to say that Mr. Done has put my classroom into words-thank you, it makes me feel good to know that all third grade teachers are in the same boat, and enjoying the ride. . . . most of the time.

#Humor at its best! (2007-08-04) If you want to laugh until you cry, then read this book! Phillip Done captures all the joys of teaching and expresses it in a way that is hilarious. As I tried to share passages with my family, I couldn t get it out because I was laughing so hard. Anyone who has taught or is starting their first year of teaching should definitely read this. You will be truly inspired!

#Entertaining! (2007-06-18) If you teach, this is a MUST read!