“A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors.”The Philadelphia Inquirer

Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty Americansfrom the famous to the unknowncompleting the thought that the book’s title begins. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others.

Featuring many renowned contributorsincluding Isabel Allende, Colin Powell, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley Jr., Penn Jillette, Bill Gates, and John Updikethe collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; a woman who sells yellow pages advertising in Fort Worth, Texas; and a man who serves on Rhode Island’s parole board.

The result is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefsand the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express themreveal the American spirit at its best.