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: 9780142180501

ISBN-10: 0142180505

ISBN-13: 9780142180501

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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 books What'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: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/28/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.29" wide x 7.99" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.550
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.