Leaving Microsoft to change the world : (Record no. 6299)
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| fixed length control field | 02000cam a2200289 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 7379 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20181127183519.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 060203s2006 nyua 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2006041601 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 006112107X |
| International Standard Book Number | 006117906X |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780061121074 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780061179068 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wood, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1964 January 29- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Leaving Microsoft to change the world : |
| Remainder of title | an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | John Wood |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Collins, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vi, 266 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Discovering Nepal; leaving Microsoft -- ""Perhaps, Sir, you will someday come back with books"" -- An idea burns by candlelight -- You need to get home soon! -- Woody and john's excellent adventure -- Debating a radical change -- Lonely in a city of 12 million strangers -- Gates in China -- Walking away -- Starting over -- The start-up years: an object in motion remains in motion -- Making the ask -- Expansion beyond Nepal -- A postcard from Nepal -- What every entrepreneur needs: a strong second-in-command -- September 11 -- Building ""the Microsoft of nonprofits"" -- Building the network -- You life is a mess -- Hitting our stride -- Putting girls in the place-school! -- ""Count me in Don"" -- The students of Cambodia -- The network goes into overdrive -- Democracy in action in India -- The Tsunami -- The millionth book -- The next chapter of my adult life |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A former Microsoft executive describes his profound change of perspective after a visit to Nepal and his creation of the non-profit program Room to Read, a network of schools and libraries throughout rural communities in Asia and Africa |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wood, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1964 January 29- |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Room to Read (Organization) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Education, Rural |
| Geographic subdivision | South Asia |
| Form subdivision | Case studies |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Education, Rural |
| Geographic subdivision | Southeast Asia |
| Form subdivision | Case studies |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Inventory number | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Main TEST | RTC Library | RTC Library | Main opac | 11336 | 370.19 WOO | 30010841 | 27/11/2018 | 27/11/2018 | Main |