"Tri chashki chaia" - eto porazitelnaia istoriia o tom, kak samyi obychnyi chelovek, ne obladaia nichem, krome reshitelnosti, sposoben v odinochku izmenit mir. Greg Mortenson podrabatyval medbratom, nocheval v mashine, a svoe nemnogochislennoe imushchestvo derzhal v kamere khraneniia. V pamiat o pogibshei sestre on reshil pokorit samuiu slozhnuiu goru K2. eta popytka chut li ne stoila emu zhizni, esli by ne pomoshch mestnykh zhitelei. Neskolko dnei, provedennykh v otrezannoi ot tcivilizatcii pakistanskoi derevushke, potriasli Grega nastolko, chto on reshil sobrat neobkhodimuiu summu i vernutsia v Pakistan, chtoby postroit shkolu dlia derevenskikh detei. Kniga byla izdana v 48 stranakh i v kazhdoi iz nikh stala bestsellerom. Samogo Grega Mortensona dvazhdy nominirovali na Nobelevskuiu premiiu mira.