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		<title>Three Cups of Tea: One Book Club’s Reaction to Courage &#038; Perseverance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very prescient member of the Trilogy Book Club of La Quinta recommended the book Three Cups of Tea as our April reading selection. Seldom has a book been more misnamed to western understanding. But to those versed in traditional customs of remote villages high in the Himalayas, the title connotes a revered and touching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting terrorism, one cup of tea at a time</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/22/fighting-terrorism-one-cup-of-tea-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Cups of Tea&#8221; steeps the reader in nonconventional wisdom about the Islamic world.
The book starts with the spiraling descent of an American climber.
In 1993, Greg Mortenson scrubbed an attempt on K2, the world&#8217;s second-highest peak. He stumbled broken and haggard out of the Himalaya and into the isolated Pakistani village of Korphe.
Locals gently nursed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author&#8217;s personal mission evolves into building schools: Mortenson in SW Fla. to talk about experiences</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/21/authors-personal-mission-evolves-into-building-schools-mortenson-in-sw-fla-to-talk-about-experiences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An amazing adventure began with a promise and a jar of pennies. 
Greg Mortenson, the co-author of the bestseller “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . One School at a Time” (Penguin, $15), will share his story next week at three local events. 
Jamie Ross of Naples and the members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Three Cups of Tea” author’s speech praised with applause of thousands</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/21/authors-speech-praised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s safe to say the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center auditorium has seen its share of standing ovations when performances are over.
But standing ovations before the performance, such as the kind that greeted author Greg Mortenson at the start of his Wednesday night presentation, are a little rarer.
Mortenson, whose book “Three Cups of Tea” was chosen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennies for Peace - Kids help internationally…one cent at a time</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/05/pennies-for-peace-kids-help-internationally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loaded down with pennies, a caravan of SUVs containing 14 Montessori Tides students, two teachers and two moms arrived Thursday morning at the Jax Federal Credit Union in Atlantic Beach.
Students from the Penman Road school collected $523.74 on behalf of Pennies for Peace and arrived at the credit union to deposit jars filled with pennies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNN Special Projects</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/03/cnn-special-projects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN – Atlanta- Greg Mortenson brushed his tears away. His body sagged when he saw it happen. The prize he had sought for 78 agonizing days was slipping from his view.  from the top, blocking his path to the summit.
Now more than his vow was at risk. His life was in danger, too. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between the lines: &#8216;Tea&#8217; for One Book</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/02/between-the-lines-tea-for-one-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks who run things at the Sacramento Public Library are excited, and for good reason. The library has announced the featured book for its fourth annual One Book Sacramento: Connecting Our Communities program.
The book is &#8220;Three Cups of Tea: One Man&#8217;s Mission To Promote Peace, One School at a Time&#8221; by Greg Mortenson and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greg Mortenson&#8217;s humanitarian achievements</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/03/01/greg-mortensons-humanitarian-achievements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real and remarkable tale that recounts how conscience, courage and commitment can overcome cultural differences, cross-cultural indifference and human greed. It&#8217;s Greg Mortenson&#8217;s life story as told to David Oliver Relin, and the collaborative result is a text rich in primary source reminiscences shaped with a storyteller&#8217;s skill. 
Mortenson, a Minnesota-born son [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents throng to hear humanitarian Greg Mortenson</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/02/29/residents-throng-to-hear-humanitarian-greg-mortenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELMONT, MASS. - Neither rain, nor snow, nor waiting in line, nor traveling half a mile to find a parking spot could dampen the spirits of those individuals who came to Belmont High School on Tuesday, Feb. 26 to hear Greg Mortenson, co-author of “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Cups of Tea</title>
		<link>http://www.ikat.org/2008/02/24/three-cups-of-tea2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Williamson of Clatskanie blurted out the two words everybody says first, including Tom Brokaw.“One man,” Williamson said.
That’s what hooked her — “the challenges that this one man took upon himself, to accomplish the education of others,” said Williamson. The Cowlitz County Superior Court clerk read “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote [...]]]></description>
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