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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

  • Review
    Identity in a Small Sack
    All That She Carried
    All That She Carriedby Tiya Miles Identity in a Small Sack

    US National Book Award winner Tiya Miles relates the heartbreaking saga of a young enslaved girl being separated from her mother and sold in pre-Civil…

  • Review
    To the Barricades!
    Fight Like Hell
    Fight Like Hellby Kim Kelly To the Barricades!

    New Republic journalist Kim Kelly offers a fervid, impassioned history of the United States’ labor movements and the tactics owners used against workers.

  • Review
    Death at Sea
    The Wager
    The Wagerby David Grann Death at Sea

    New Yorker staff writer David Grann — author of Killers of the Flower Moon — recounts the 1741 shipwreck, mutiny, depravation, and survival of the HMS Wager's crew.

  • Review
    Judgment Under Pressure
    Risk
    Riskby General Stanley McChrystal Judgment Under Pressure

    Ret. General Stanley McChrystal details successful and unsuccessful strategic responses to pressure.

  • Review
    Boxing for Likes
    Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
    Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hookby Gary Vaynerchuk Boxing for Likes

    Former wine video star, bestselling author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk tells you how to hit it big on social media.

  • Review
    Sheer Daring
    The 4-Hour Workweek
    The 4-Hour Workweekby Timothy Ferriss Sheer Daring

    In his wonderful, compelling and disturbing debut, cultural phenomenon and magazine writer Tim Ferriss writes like an adolescent genius. His hypnotic tone, originality and rigor…

  • Review
    Ethical Guidelines for Undergraduates
    The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse
    The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapseby Marianne M. Jennings Ethical Guidelines for Undergraduates

    Marianne M. Jennings, professor of business ethics at Arizona State University, offers a basic overview of ethical issues businesses might face.

  • Review
    Brains, EQ and Guts
    The Ride of a Lifetime
    The Ride of a Lifetimeby Robert Iger and Joel Lovell Brains, EQ and Guts

    Disney CEO Robert Iger offers an enjoyable memoir including memorable lessons about ruthlessness, daring and self-belief.

  • Review
    Beyond the Calendar
    Getting Things Done
    Getting Things Doneby David Allen Beyond the Calendar

    David Allan advocates allocating your limited time by managing your resources, workplace and actions. To begin, identify what you need to do well in advance of when you need to…

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    Overcoming Barriers
    Lean In
    Lean Inby Sheryl Sandberg Overcoming Barriers

    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg offers her sometimes controversial and all-time best-selling thoughts about women in the workplace.