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 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?

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 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?

The contributors include Dave Barry, Stephen Covey, MalachyMcCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Mark Victor Hansen, John Gray, Christiane Northrup, Bernie Siegel, Craig Newmark, MichaelE. Gerber, Lou Holtz, and Pat Williams, to name just a few. Their richly varied stories are poignant, energizing, and entertaining...

Acknowledgments

Introduction

JACQUELYN MITCHARD

KENNY LOGGINS

CATHERINE OXENBERG

JIM MACLAREN

WYLAND

LISA NICHOLS

RAFE ESQUITH

CHELLIE CAMPBELL

MALACHY MCCOURT

JOHN ST. AUGUSTINE

SHERYL LEACH

GAY HENDRICKS

PIERCE O’DONNELL

PAT WILLIAMS

LOU HOLTZ

RUDY RUETTIGER

DANNY EDWARD SCOTT CASALENUOVO

FARRAH GRAY

LOUISE HAY

RHONDA BYRNE

MARK VICTOR HANSEN

MICHAEL E. GERBER

TIM FERRISS

CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP,M.D.

DOREEN VIRTUE

JOHN GRAY

PHILIP GOLDBERG

BERNIE SIEGEL,M.D.

DAVE BARRY

SUE ELLEN COOPER

ELLYNANNE GEISEL

EARL HAMNER

NANCY PEARL

WALLY AMOS

JACK CANFIELD

JIM MCCANN

LARRY JONES

DEBBIE MACOMBER

ARIELLE FORD

MICHAEL TOMS

BOB YOUNG

CRAIG NEWMARK

KATE LUDEMAN

AM I LYA ANTONETTI

JIM GUY

GARY HEAVIN

STEPHEN COVEY

MAYNARD WEBB

MARC BEKOFF

MAX EDELMAN

DIANE WILSON

GARY ERICKSON

MO SIEGEL

DORIS HADDOCK (GRANNY D)

LOIS CAPPS

List of Contributors and Their Books

The Transformational Book Circle

Who Is Jack Canfield?

Who Is Gay Hendricks?

Who Is Carol Kline?

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