Presents the author's extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005. This book offers information on 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.

A New York Times bestselling title! An astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his campaign to use education to combat terrorism. A testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit that inspired people all over the world and that will definitely win your heart!

One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but when another member of his group fell ill, they turned around and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took him in.