All the spring and summer selections are listed below in case you want to order these books ahead. For more information or to be put on the e-mail list: Mary Mullen, mmullen@chorus.net, 608-298-0843.

“Within the confines of 350 pages you can be transported to a world that for most Westerners and specifically Americans, is probably very unknown, and more than likely, highly misunderstood. In this world you will be introduced to a man named Greg Mortenson, or as you soon to know him, as Greg Sahib. http://www.amazon.com/review/R1DZOIV5RWIC4O/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R1DZOIV5RWIC4O

“This is “the story of a failed attempt at summiting K2 [climbing the world's second highest mountain] and a later success at transforming and impacting the lives of thousands of Pakistani children through the construction of schools… Mortenson's trials, obstacles and his perseverance in overcoming these challenges to realize his dream of building (initially only one, later 23) schools in the remote regions of Pakistan is magnificent; a man of lesser toughness, integrity, temperament and stubbornness certainly would have given up in the face of so many setbacks: financial as he sought to raise monies, personal as his quest took a toll on his personal life, and political, as Pakistanis, mujahadeen, and later, Americans sought to distract or derail his noble work. If you can get past the pained and sometimes overdone writing, these are the gems of the story.” http://www.amazon.com/review/R18Q2B7OFEXFEL/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R18Q2B7OFEXFEL