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| Biographies About the Biographies collection
Biographies are found in the Biographies-General Magazine lounge on the 1st floor of the Central Library, between the Children's Zone and Fiction and Literature Zone.
The Biographies collection contains a select assortment of recent titles on popular, topical and historical people. Books on New Zealanders are shelved separately at the end of the main sequence.
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Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson
From the author of the phenomenal No.1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education.
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.
He shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy, as well as touching on military matters, Islam, and women - all woven together with the many rich personal stories of the people who have been involved in this remarkable two-decade humanitarian effort.
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Biographies can also be found in the Non-Fiction and Fiction and Literature Living Rooms on the 1st floor, in the New Zealand and Pacific Islands Zone on the 2nd floor, and in Sound and Vision Zone on the ground floor.
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