<DIV><B> The author of the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>How Starbucks Saved My Life</I> perks up America with inspiring lessons on finding true happiness at any age and any stage of life. </B><br><BR> Michael Gill's lemons-to-lemonade memoir chronicled his transformative year working at Starbucks after losing his high-powered job, his marriage, and his health (he developed a brain tumor). In response to overwhelming requests from readers who wanted to know how they, too, could weather downturns, he has distilled his wisdom into fifteen meaningful lessons, including:<br><BR> ? Leap...With faith: Sometimes it pays to leap without looking and say "yes" without thinking (Gill accepted the Starbucks job immediately, on a whim).<br><BR> ? Let . . .Yourself be Helped: pride is even more paralyzing than fear.<br><BR> ? Lose . . .Your Watch (and Cell phone and PDA!): Our obsession with productivity produces madness, not gladness.<br><BR> Offering living proof that extraordinary happiness is found in ordinary moments, <I>How to Save Your Own Life</I> provides empowering words and hope for anyone facing a reversal of fortune. True fortune, Gill discovered, lies not in fate but in discovering the innate capacity we all possess to rescue ourselves.<BR><BR></DIV>