This book is the story of John Wood an ex-executive of Microsoft who founded “Room to Read”, an NPO that promotes literacy throughout the developing world. Since its inception in 2000, Room to Read has established over 3000 libraries, constructed 221 schools, published 99 local language children’s titles, donated 1.2mn English books, funded 2344 long-terms girl scholarships, and established 108 computer and language labs in developing countries (Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, South Africa). What impressed me was not only the results but how they operate. In other words it is a model of the new breed of npos that are managed with professional business practices i.e., a management calling for scalable, sustainable and measurable results. The communities involved co-invest with Room to Read through the Challenge Grant Model for constructing the schools/libraries thus facilitating the long term sustainability of the projects. Also this book provides very good information on how to raise funds if one is building up an npo.