Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's quest to educate the world's children /
By: Wood, John.
Publisher: London : Collins, 2008Edition: New ed.Description: vi, 278 p. : ill., plates, ports. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780007237036 (pbk.); 9780007237036:; 0007237030 (pbk.).Subject(s): Wood, John, 1964 Jan. 29- | Wood, John, 1964 January 29- | Room to Read (Organization) | Executives -- United States -- Biography | Charity organization | Education, Rural -- Asia | Books and reading -- AsiaDDC classification: 370.91734095 Summary: John Wood was a senior Microsoft director but in 1999 he decided to throw in the corporate towel and do something entirely different. He founded a charity called 'Room To Read' which has since built 197 schools, established 2930 libraries and donated 1.2 million books to children all over Asia. This is his remarkable story.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 370.91734095 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0060455 |
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John Wood was a senior Microsoft director but in 1999 he decided to throw in the corporate towel and do something entirely different. He founded a charity called 'Room To Read' which has since built 197 schools, established 2930 libraries and donated 1.2 million books to children all over Asia. This is his remarkable story.