Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children by John Wood, HarperCollins Ltd 2008

This is an engaging book that demonstrates active and responsible citizenship. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World chronicles John Wood's struggle to find a meaningful outlet for his managerial talents and entrepreneurial zeal. For every high-achiever who has ever wondered what life might be like giving back, Wood offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to one of the world's most pressing problems: the lack of basic literacy. "Just think what would happen if a couple of hundred people followed his example" (Bill Clinton)