Stones into schools : promoting peace through education in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Greg Mortenson.

Includes index.

Maps -- Who's who -- Foreword / Khaled Hosseini -- Introduction -- part 1: The promise. The people at the end of the road -- The man with the broken hand -- The year zero -- The sound of peace -- Style is everything -- The seal of the Kirghiz Khan -- part 2: Qayamat ("The apocalypse"). A dark and distant roar -- No idea what to do -- Farzana's desks -- Sarfraz's promise -- The chance that must be taken -- part 3: The school on the roof of the world. An e-mail from the American colonel -- The man from the Jalozai refugee camp -- Barnstorming through Badakshan -- A meeting of two warriors -- The point of return -- The last best school -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Investing in girls' education yields high returns -- Key ingredients in successfully building girls' schools -- Take action -- Index.

In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.