Michelle W. (MichelleMcG) reviewed on 10/21/2008 + 26 more book reviews

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John Wood was living the highlife of a Senior Executive at Microsoft until he went hiking through Nepal on vacation. He saw children with little or no education, no books to read and nothing they could do about it. He promised the village he would return with appropriate books for children but they didn't believe him. He returned, not only with hundreds of books but with a plan to build schools and libraries. His passion for his project grew to the point he could no longer juggle it and his position at Microsoft. So he left Microsoft, the company car and driver, the flights on private jets, the luxury apartment in Sydney, and the fancy cocktail parties to start Room to Read. Since 2000, Room to Read has built over 5,000 libraries in developing countries. The book is John's story of how he was inspired to start the program and how it grew big enough to make him start a new life. If you need your faith in your fellow man restored, pick this one up and check out www.roomtoread.org.

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