In You've Got to Read This Book!, 55 people from all walks of life share their stories of the life-changing power of books: Dave Barry relates his story of the book that, at the tender age often, set him on the path to becoming one of America's best-loved humorists. Bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard tells why she has read her life-changing book eleven times-before each book she writes-and explains the impact this special book has had on her family. Stephen Covey reveals the book that helped to shape his uniquely powerful approach to success and effectiveness in life. Kenny Loggins narrates how a book spurred his recovery from an emotional breakdown and inspired many of his most popular hits. Environmentalist Diane Wilson, sometimes called the "Southern Erin Brockovich," shares her story about the book that gave her the strength to do what it took to clean up a polluted Texas bay. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Canfield, the brains behind the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and Hendricks (Conscious Living) stay in the inspirational mode with this collection of dozens of entertainers, sports personalities, businesspeople, writers, environmentalists and activists telling up-by-their-bootstraps stories involving books. Some, like Dave Barry (inspired by humorist Robert Benchley) and Lou Holtz (David Schwartz's The Magic of Thinking Big) are well known. Other are recognizable for the products they've created: Craigslist founder Craig Newmark praises The Cluetrain Manifesto, which mirrored his own early belief in the power of the Internet. Among the more memorable contributions is that of 21-year-old Farrah Gray, who spent his early childhood on public assistance, read Deepak Chopra's The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success at age 11 and made his first million at 14. Two contributors-motivational speaker Lisa Nichols and eBay COO Maynard Webb-cite Stephen Covey's best-selling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey himself was uplifted by heady reading-Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and E.F. Schumacher's A Guide for the Perplexed-both books, he says, affecting everything from his parenting to his teaching. It's a mixed bag, more uplifting than literary, but readers may find the book that turns them on the way these contributors were. (Sept.). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

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Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Jacquelyn Mitchard	p. 3
Kenny Loggins	p. 8
Catherine Oxenberg	p. 12
Jim Maclaren	p. 17
Wyland	p. 23
Lisa Nichols	p. 27
Rafe Esquith	p. 32
Chellie Campbell	p. 38
Malachy McCourt	p. 43
John St. Augustine	p. 47
Sheryl Leach	p. 53
Gay Hendricks	p. 58
Pierce O'Donnell	p. 62
Pat Williams	p. 67
Lou Holtz	p. 73
Rudy Ruettiger	p. 76
Danny Edward Scott Casalenuovo	p. 81
Farrah Gray	p. 87
Louise Hay	p. 92
Rhonda Byrne	p. 95
Mark Victor Hansen	p. 100
Michael E. Gerber	p. 105
Tim Ferriss	p. 111
Christiane Northrup, M.D.	p. 118
Doreen Virtue	p. 123
John Gray	p. 128
Philip Goldberg	p. 132
Bernie Siegel, M.D.	p. 137
Dave Barry	p. 142
Sue Ellen Cooper	p. 145
Ellynanne Geisel	p. 150
Earl Hamner	p. 157
Nancy Pearl	p. 161
Wally Amos	p. 165
Jack Canfield	p. 168
Jim McCann	p. 174
Larry Jones	p. 179
Debbie Macomber	p. 184
Arielle Ford	p. 188
Michael Toms	p. 192
Bob Young	p. 198
Craig Newmark	p. 203
Kate Ludeman	p. 207
Amilya Antonetti	p. 212
Jim Guy	p. 218
Gary Heavin	p. 222
Stephen Covey	p. 227
Maynard Webb	p. 232
Marc Bekoff	p. 236
Max Edelman	p. 240
Diane Wilson	p. 245
Gary Erickson	p. 251
Mo Siegel	p. 256
Doris Haddock (Granny D)	p. 262
Lois Capps	p. 268
List of Contributors and Their Books	p. 273
The Transformational Book Circle	p. 277
Who Is Jack Canfield?	p. 279
Who Is Gay Hendricks?	p. 281
Who Is Carol Kline?	p. 283
Permissions	p. 284

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