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Creating Room to Read; A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
by John Wood (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670025984
- ISBN 13
- 9780670025985
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking Press, 2013 Viking Press, New York. 2013. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by line number. Flat signed by author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for JP Morgan Bank sticker on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95) Tan boards with brown overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and floral design on the front board. 287 pp 8vo. This is the inspiring story of one man who has made it his mission to put books within reach of every child on the planet. He was the founder of Room to Read, a non-profit that promotes education across the developing world. This is a front-row seat on how children across the globe benefit from books, libraries, and schools thanks to this program. A story of change as the author left Microsoft and went out to fight educational repression in over twenty languages. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005394
- Title
- Creating Room to Read; A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
- Author
- John Wood (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670025984
- ISBN 13
- 9780670025985
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- education, learning to read, reading, books, libraries, reading programs, third-world education, Room to Read, literacy, illiteracy, girls schools, gender equality, girls education, philanthropy,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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