OCTOBER FC READERS' CHOICE AWARD

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OCTOBER'S FC READERS' CHOICE AWARD

Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose
by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro

Claiming Your Place at the Fire is as much a take-back-your-life manifesto as it is a business book. This inspiring blueprint offers help for baby boomers approaching middle age -- and others -- struggling with work-life balance, dwindling passion in their jobs, and a feeling that they are doing little more than slouching toward retirement.

VOTE FOR DECEMBER'S BOOK OF THE MONTH

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	Clued In : How to Create Customer Experiences so They Will Come Back Again and Again by Lewis Carbone	Read an excerpt Buy this book More Details ...
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	Confidence : How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End by Rosabeth Moss Kanter	Buy this book More Details ...
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	Irritable Male Syndrome : Solving Male Depression and Aggression by Jed Diamond	Buy this book More Details ...
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	Juice: The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors by Evan I. Schwartz	Buy this book More Details ...
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	What's Your Corporate IQ? : How the Smartest Companies Learn, Transform, Lead by Jim Underwood	Read an excerpt Buy this book More Details ...