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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
    Evolution Is Everything
    How the Mind Works
    How the Mind Worksby Steven Pinker Evolution Is Everything

    Public intellectual Steven Pinker’s 1997 arguments prove as sophisticated and revelatory today as when they first emerged.

  • Review
    Live Sensibly and Fearlessly
    Sensitive is the New Strong
    Sensitive is the New Strongby Anita Moorjani Live Sensibly and Fearlessly

    New York Times best-selling author Anita Moorjani guides you to finding, owning and nurturing your empathetic self.

  • Review
    Economics Explained
    What’s Wrong with Economics?
    What’s Wrong with Economics?by Robert Skidelsky Economics Explained

    Professor Robert Skidelsky details the moral and real-world failures of current economic thinking.

  • Review
    Beware of Autocrats
    The Revenge of Power
    The Revenge of Powerby Moisés Naím Beware of Autocrats

    Scholar and journalist Moisés Naím provides an articulate warning about the power of autocrats to undermine democracy.

  • Review
    In Or Ex?
    Quiet
    Quietby Susan Cain In Or Ex?

    In this #1 New York Times bestseller, noted TED talker Susan Cain parses the differences and common ground between introverts and extroverts and helps both…

  • Review
    Inside Silicon Valley
    Uncanny Valley
    Uncanny Valleyby Anna Wiener Inside Silicon Valley

    New York Times bestselling writer Anna Wiener presents an insider portrait of Silicon Valley at a crucial moment in history and explains how that moment changed…

  • Review
    Timeline of Economic History
    An Illustrated Business History of the United States
    An Illustrated Business History of the United Statesby Richard Vague Timeline of Economic History

    Richard Vague provides a detailed and readable timeline of US economic history from before the American revolution to last week.

  • Review
    Uunderstanding Numbers
    Making Numbers Count
    Making Numbers Countby Chip Heath and Karla Starr Uunderstanding Numbers

    Master explainers Chip Heath and Karla Starr explain how to explain numbers for greater comprehension, retention and enjoyment.

  • Review
    The Attributes of a SEAL
    The Attributes
    The Attributesby Rich Diviney The Attributes of a SEAL

    Retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney describes the attributes that make SEALs successful.

  • Review
    Mark Messier Remembers
    No One Wins Alone
    No One Wins Aloneby Mark Messier Mark Messier Remembers

    Canadian pro hockey great Mark Messier details his Hall of Fame career and offers salient guidance for building winning teams.