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This must-read is sure to provide inspiration, motivation, and a springboard for discussion.
- Booklist
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable spelled out is a spark." These words of Victor Hugo continue to cast light nearly two centuries after they were written. In You've Got to Read This Book!, Chicken Soup impresario Jack Canfield and Gay Hendricks share personal stories of transformation from well-known people in many walks of life. The booklover/contributors include Malachy McCourt, Dave Barry, Stephen Covey, Kenny Loggins, Mark Victor Hansen, and John Gray. Resonant reading.
- BarnesandNoble.com
Yet another wonderful gem to inspire and transform lives. I picked up the book the same day I brought it home and noticed that I couldn't put it down. It was one of those serendipitous evenings when I was looking for inspiration and was reminded of those few special books I've read in the past that offered revealing insights. I resonated with several of the stories and found myself making a list of new books to read to further my own process of transformation. What a terrific idea!
- Monika Krajewska
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You've Got To Read This Book
55 People Tell Their Story of the Book That Changed Their LifeHardcover edition $24.95 $12.99
Put the power of transformational reading into your hands!
Jack Canfield, co creator of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, and self-actualization pioneer Gay Hendricks have invited notable people to share personal stories of books that changed their lives. What book shaped their outlook and habits? Helped them navigate rough seas? Spurred them to satisfaction and success?
A sample of the contributors include: Dave Barry, Stephen Covey, Kenny LogginsMalachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Mark Victor Hansen, John Gray, Christiane Northrup, Bernie Siegel, Craig Newmark, Michael E. Gerber, Lou Holtz, Rudy Reuttiger and Pat Williams, to name just a few.
Their richly varied stories are poignant, energizing, and entertaining.
Author and actor Malachy McCourt tells how a tattered biography of Gandhi, stumbled on in his youth, offered a shining example of true humility—and planted the seeds that would help support his sobriety decades later.
Bestselling author and physician Bernie Siegel, M.D., tells how William Saroyan's The Human Comedy helped him realize that, in order to successfully treat his patients with life-threatening illnesses, "I had to help them live—not just prevent them from dying."
Actress Catherine Oxenberg reveals how, at a life crossroads and struggling with bulimia, a book taught her the transforming difference one person could make in the life of another—and why that person for her was Richard Burton.
Rafe Esquith, the award-winning teacher whose inner-city students have performed Shakespeare all over the world, recounts his deep self-doubt in the midst of his success—and how reading To Kill a Mockingbird strengthened him to continue teaching.
Beloved librarian and bestselling author Nancy Pearl writes how, at age ten, Robert Heinlein's science fiction book Space Cadet impressed on her the meaning of personal integrity and gave her a vision of world peace she'd never imagined possible. Two years later, she marched in her first civil rights demonstration and learned that there's always a way to make "a small contribution to intergalactic harmony."
If you're looking for insight and illumination—or simply for that next great book to read—You've Got to Read This Book! has treasures in store for you.
You've Got to Read This Book
Hardcover edition $24.95 $12.99