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‘Three Cups of Tea’ author urges education in Afghanistan, not war

Arts, Culture & Media

Later this week, ‘Three Cups of Tea’ author Greg Mortenson returns to Afghanistan. We talk with him in advance of that trip about the long-term solutions for peace and stability in the region.

Chinese Parents: More Full House than Tiger Mother

Arts, Culture & Media

Three Cups of Tea: Can the good be saved?

Building schools in Afghanistan

Development & Education
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Aha Moment: Jon Ronson on Kurt Vonnegut

Arts, Culture & Media

‘Three Cups of Tea’ Author Under Fire

Following a CBS “60 Minutes” report that found factual errors in the best-selling book, “Three Cups of Tea,” author Greg Mortenson and his charitable work in Afghanistan and Pakistan have come under fire. In the book, Mortenson writes about stumbling into a tiny village in northeastern Pakistan and coming across a group of schoolchildren doing […]

Afghanistan Reacts to ‘Three Cups’ Author’s Accounts of School Building

CBS “60 Minutes” is not widely broadcast inside Afghanistan or Pakistan, but you wouldn’t know it from the reactions from a story over the weekend. In a take down of the   famous book, “Three Cups of Tea,” CBS disputed the veracity of Greg Mortenson’s his charity work. CBS also took issue with the finances of […]

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Eat, Pray, Love, Marry

Elizabeth Gilbert wrote Eat, Pray, Love, a witty account of her globe-hopping, soul-searching journey after a divorce. She followed that book up with a new memoir, “Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.”

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Renovating The Classics

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A “restored edition” of Hemingway’s A Movable Feast was made by his grandson, Sean. The writer Henry Alford asked some fellow writers to share their own revisionist editing fantasies.

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What is a Chinese mother?

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Author, mother, and law professor Amy Chua is creating a firestorm with an essay published in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal titled, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior.? The essay, which was given its title by the Journal, included excerpts from her new book ?Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.? Both showcases Chua’s strict parenting […]