Creating Room to Read : a story of hope in the battle for global literacy /
By: Wood, John
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BookPublisher: New York : Viking, 2013.Description: 290 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780670025985 (trade); 0670025984Subject(s): Literacy programs -- Africa | Literacy programs -- Asia | Education -- Africa | Education -- Asia | Literacy -- Africa | Literacy -- Asia | Education -- Africa | Education -- AsiaDDC classification: 374/.0124 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 374.0124 WO CR (Browse shelf) | Available | T0048858 |
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| 374 ME LE Learning in adulthood : | 374.0019 ST ST Studying learning and development : | 374.0072 WA DO Doing research in further education and training / | 374.0124 WO CR Creating Room to Read : | 374.0124 WO CR Creating room to read : | 374.22 ED RE Reading connections : skills and strategies for purposeful reading. | 374.22 ED RE Reading connections : |
Includes index.
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" -- "Sorry,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.
The story of a former Microsoft executive's quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books.
Adult
Adult.