FREE (SUPERLATIVE, AWE-INSPIRING, HOPE-AND-LOVE-GENERATING) BOOK TO THE FIRST TEN (10) PEOPLE WHO REQUEST ONE. Last night, I went with a friend to listen to a talk by Greg Mortenson,
the co-author and subject of a book called
"3 Cups of Tea; One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time." I had fallen in love with the book over a year ago when I first read it
(and bought Idon'tknowhowmanycopies of the hardback to give away).
As amazing as the book was, the real guy, in person, was even more amazing,
beyondwonderful in his humility, his "realness",
his love for and commitment to the young girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan
for whom he's been building schools and to whom he's been devoting his life for more than the past decade, just incredible.
You must know, through my thread,
Kiva Friends and the Books They Love, http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,966.0.html and various posts of mine on other threads that I absolutely love reading
and apparently also have this stronger-than-out-of-control compulsion to share --
to share things of beauty, things of fascination or wonder, all kinds of things.
That said,
Here's the Deal: I just ordered ten paperback copies of this book (because I loved it and because I can).
If any of you are interested in reading it, I will be happy to mail it to you (to the first ten who PM me), free of charge,
the only "
strings" being:
a) That You Will Agree to Read at Least the First 50 Pages of It
b) If you finish it, You will agree to Post something about your impressions of it
here at the Forum For KivaFriends not living in the U.S. (Peter, Oli, Christopher, and Robert come to mind, among others),
because the costs of shipping the book to you would probably be pretty high,
if you decide you want to be among my ten,
my deal to you would be that you try to order it where you are,
and if you read it and it turns out you aren't totally totally excited and satisfied,
I'll wing you a $25 Kiva Gift Certificate to use,
so absolutely sure am I of the pleasure and exaltation of this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Cups-Tea-Mission-Promote/dp/0143038257/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1700937-0587949?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190912804&sr=8-1
http://www.ikat.org/projects.htmlhttp://www.gregmortenson.com/welcome.php If any of you decide to take me up on this and feel uncomfortable about me having your address,
give me your work address or your next door neighbor's address or some relative's address; I don't care.
Also, yes, Welcome Back, Glenda.
I saw your name here a couple of evenings ago and was very glad to see that you were back and Safe.
EDIT -- Morning of September 30th:
Greg Mortenson's Speaking Schedule for Remainder of 2007 and Beginning of 2008:
http://www.threecupsoftea.com/BookTour2007.php http://www.threecupsoftea.com/BookTour2008.php I am SO CERTAIN of the richness and power and inspiration of both the man and his book that
I can come as close to promising you as I can promise anything
that if you read this book and go to hear him speak,
and even better yet, encourage someone(s) you care about to do the same,
it will be one of the more precious gifts you will have given yourself (and hopefully, to someone else, too),
in a very very long time.
And no, Peter, I wasn't in advertising, before.
I
just love what I love.
