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Self-help meets memoir in this deeply insightful, fascinating and entertaining book about happiness by one of the country's most treasured comedians.

Affectionately known as Lady Ruth at the Jivamukti Yoga School in New York City where she teaches, Ruth Lauer-Manenti has presented "dharma "talks on daily life from a yogic perspective for many years (collected in "An Offering of Leaves" and "Sweeping the Dust" both published by Lantern Books).

Lou Suffern, a busy executive, ignores his family while chasing a promotion. One day, he buys coffee for Gabe, a homeless man, and helps him get a job. But Gabe seems to know more about Lou than he should, even appearing in two places at once. As Christmas nears, Gabe uses strange methods to teach Lou the value of time, but can he fix his life before it’s too late?

J.R.R. Tolkien sweeps us away to a distant time and place that is at the same time, our own time and place. He takes us to a world where difficult choices must be made and are made, where character is defined by those choices, and where redemption is possible though not always embraced. The Lord of the Rings taps a deep root in the human psyche.