Read Between the (Unemployment) Lines

It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age
by Barbara Sher
(Delacorte Press, 2001)
This book offers a straightforward, honest look at disruptive life change and advice for making the best of it.

The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform
by Harrison Owen
(Berrett-Koehler, 2000)
This book explores how spirit can transform a working environment full of toxic emotions into a place that is fulfilling for everyone involved.

The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business
by Thomas H. Davenport
(Harvard Business School Press, 2001)
Davenport introduces a very thorough understanding of where business is headed in the near and long-term future and how it will affect today's companies.

The Experience Economy
by B. Joseph Pine, James H. Gilmore, and B. Joseph Pine II
(Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
This book provides a glimpse into the future business world from a marketing point of view.

Colleen Aylward is president and founder of Devon James Associates Inc., a fast-growing recruiting firm based in Seattle. She's played the talent game for some of the best-known Internet companies in the Pacific Northwest, including Amazon.com and Visio Corp.

Anni Layne (alayne@fastcompany.com) is the Fast Company senior Web editor. For a comprehensive list of books featured in Fast Company, visit the library in Fast Company Learning.

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