You've Got to Read This Book! - by Jack Canfield & Gay Hendricks (Paperback)
Similar Products
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Bestselling authors and transformational speakers Canfield and Hendricks invite notable people to share personal stories of books that have changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Barry, Stephen Covey, Malachy McCourt, and others.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>There's nothing better than a book you can't put down—or better yet, a book you'll never forget. This book puts the power of transformational reading into your hands. Jack Canfield, cocreator of the bestselling <em>Chicken Soup for the Soul</em><sup>(R)</sup> 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? </p><p>The contributors include Dave Barry, Stephen Covey, Malachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Mark Victor Hansen, John Gray, Christiane Northrup, Bernie Siegel, Craig Newmark, Michael E. Gerber, Lou Holtz, 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. </p><p>Bestselling author and physician Bernie Siegel, M.D., tells how William Saroyan's <em>The Human Comedy</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> strengthened him to continue teaching.</p><p>Beloved librarian and bestselling author Nancy Pearl writes how, at age ten, Robert Heinlein's science fiction book <em>Space Cadet</em> 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.</p><p>If you're looking for insight and illumination—or simply for that next great book to read—<em>You've Got to Read This Book</em>! has treasures in store for you.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"It's the kind of inspirational book that will probably bring back memories of your own pleasures."--<em>Dallas Morning News</em><br><br>"More uplifting than literary, but readers may find the book that turns them on the way these contributors were."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br><br>"This inspiring, thought-provoking, and nostalgic collection is highly recommended."--<em>Library Journal</em><br><br>"This must-read is sure to provide inspiration, motivation, and a springboard for discussion."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"This is good stuff and as satisfying as a bowl of steaming soup on a cold winter day."--Tucson Citizen<br>
Price History
Cheapest price in the interval: 14.49 on November 6, 2021
Most expensive price in the interval: 15.59 on October 28, 2021
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us