In Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace. . . One School at a Time (Penguin, paperback, $15) Greg Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin recount the unlikely journey that led Mortenson from a failed attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully building schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In pursuit of his goal, Mortenson has survived an armed kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. Yet his success speaks for itself. To date, more than 60 schools have been established educating over 25,000 including 14,000 girls.

The book is available at local booksellers or online at amazon.com and www.penguin.com. For additional information about Mortenson, visit http://www.gregmortenson.com and for more information about his foundation, Central Asia Institute, visit http://www.ikat.org.

Claire Yezbak Fadden is the Associate Editor of Life After 50 Magazine.