Creating Room to Read A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

Name: Creating Room to Read A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
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ISBN: 9780670025985

ISBN-10: 0670025984

ISBN-13: 9780670025985

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Wood

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The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of booksWhat’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world,” he strived to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector—and succeeded spectacularly.In his acclaimed first book,Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, Wood explained his vision and the story of his start-up. Now, he…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/7/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

John Wood is the author of several prize-winning books of poetry and photographic criticism, including the recently released Selected Poems: 1968-1998. His essays on a wide variety of subjects have appeared in many books and journals. Wood is the editor of 21st: The Journal of Contemporary Photography.



Introduction: Ten Years, Ten Thousand Libraries!



Bold Goals Attract Bold People



A Kilogram of Gold



The Lottery of Life



Blame It on Bahundanda



Helping Others Help Themselves: The Challenge-Grant Model



GSD: Building a World-Class Team



The Tsunami: One Year After



"No Range Rovers": The War on Overhead



Searching for Seuss



-Baby Fish Goes to School



Sleepless in Siem Reap



"I Was in Grade Two When Our School Was Burned Down"



"Sony, but Your Money Has Disappeared"



"We Picked Up the Phone to Call for Help"



Nine Books Last Night



On Her Narrow Shoulders Rest a Family's Dreams



Mr. X



Now Departing for Cambodia: Literacy One



Frantic Footsteps in the Night



The World's Tallest Fund-raising Thermometer



Whose Version of the Future Will Win?



Boat to Read



"If You Cannot Read, School Can Be a Torture"



"Three Completely Pregnant Cows"



Mr. Poet and Miss Library


Author's Note


Acknowledgments


Index


A Message from the Author: How You Can Change the World