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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
    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.

  • Review
    Wield Power Well
    Acting with Power
    Acting with Powerby Deborah Gruenfeld Wield Power Well

    Stanford School of Business professor Deborah Gruenfeld offers a primer in recognizing and utilizing various forms of power.

  • Review
    Aging and Its processes
    Borrowed Time
    Borrowed Timeby Sue Armstrong Aging and Its processes

    Science reporter Sue Armstrong discusses theories of aging and how medical science may slow the aging proces.

  • Review
    Open Your Mind
    Elastic
    Elasticby Leonard Mlodinow Open Your Mind

    Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow helps you connect to your right brain to gain access to breakthrough thinking.

  • Review
    Follow Your Soul
    The Second Mountain
    The Second Mountainby David Brooks Follow Your Soul

    New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks delves into what satisfies the ego versus what satisfies the soul and offers detailed guidance regarding the latter.

  • Review
    Weird: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic
    The WEIRDest People in the World
    The WEIRDest People in the Worldby Joseph Henrich Weird: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic

    Anthropologist Joseph Henrich explores the historical, cultural and anthropological forces that made Western people WEIRD.

  • Review
    How You Move
    Physical Intelligence
    Physical Intelligenceby Scott Grafton How You Move

    Neuroscientist Scott Grafton took to the wilderness to further understand the mostly unconscious, almost magical, coordination between body and brain.

  • Review
    Resist Resistance
    The War of Art
    The War of Artby Steven Pressfield Resist Resistance

    Tough guy author Steven Pressfield offers a straight-shooting guide to grappling with the inner forces that impede creativity and self-belief.