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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
    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.

  • Review
    What Price Food?
    The Secret Life of Groceries
    The Secret Life of Groceriesby Benjamin Lorr What Price Food?

    Journalist Benjamin Lott examines corrupt practices, exploitation and power in the food industry.

  • Review
    How To Save the Planet
    The Climate Book
    The Climate Bookby Greta Thunberg How To Save the Planet

    Climate activist Greta Thunberg compiles essays on climate change by scholars, scientists and advocates.

  • Review
    Great Service, Terrible Something Else
    Uncommon Service
    Uncommon Serviceby Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Great Service, Terrible Something Else

    Harvard Business School’s Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that offering great service requires being terrible at something else.

  • Review
    Understanding Monetary Policy
    21st Century Monetary Policy
    21st Century Monetary Policyby Ben S. Bernanke Understanding Monetary Policy

    Former Federal Reserve chair Ben S. Bernanke offers a clear, comprehensive overview of US monetary policy.

  • Review
    Sanctioned Theft
    Autocracy, Inc.
    Autocracy, Inc.by Anne Applebaum Sanctioned Theft

    Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum — who is also the author of Gulag — details how today’s dictators grow rich as their citizens suffer.

  • Review
    Work Less, Earn the Same
    The 4 Day Week
    The 4 Day Weekby Andrew Barnes Work Less, Earn the Same

    New Zealand entrepreneur Andrew Barnes argues passionately for greater employee flexibility to save society, economies and the planet.

  • Review
    Accelerating Change
    Accelerate
    Accelerateby John P. Kotter Accelerating Change

    Older structures and processes won’t do anymore. No matter how you tinker with your existing reality, change expert John P. Kotter insists it won’t be enough.…

  • Review
    Advice from One Who Knows
    Secrets of Sand Hill Road
    Secrets of Sand Hill Roadby Scott Kupor Advice from One Who Knows

    Wildly successful venture capitalist Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, provides a welcome and straightforward guide for founders seeking venture capital.