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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
    A Communicative Introvert
    Small Talk
    Small Talkby Diane Weston A Communicative Introvert

    Master the art of small talk by giving your complete attention to others and truly listening.

  • Review
    Huffington on Thriving
    Thrive
    Thriveby Arianna Huffington Huffington on Thriving

    Arianna Huffington says that to thrive you should build your life around four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving.

  • Review
    The Go-To Person
    Linchpin
    Linchpinby Seth Godin The Go-To Person

    Don’t fear fear itself. Be creative and original, embrace self-discipline and, perennial bestseller Seth Godin asserts, you can become a linchpin.

  • Review
    Malcolm X in His Time
    The Dead Are Arising
    The Dead Are Arisingby Les Payne and Tamara Payne Malcolm X in His Time

    Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Les Payne and his daughter and researcher Tamara Payne present a spellbinding, detailed, rewarding biography of Malcolm X.

  • Review
    Embrace the General
    Range
    Rangeby David J. Epstein Embrace the General

    This New York Times number one bestseller explains how specialization limits understanding and why the world needs generalists.

  • Review
    Prescient Start-Up Advice
    The Lean Startup
    The Lean Startupby Eric Ries Prescient Start-Up Advice

    Technology entrepreneur Eric Ries proves well ahead of his time in this valuable, honored 2011 guide to Lean start-up principles.

  • Review
    Declutter Your Life
    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Upby Marie Kondo Declutter Your Life

    Gracefully telling people what to do and how to sort and pitch their stuff is no easy feat, yet Kondo does so with ease.

  • Review
    Flying In
    Our Towns
    Our Townsby James Fallows and Deborah Fallows Flying In

    Don’t fly over America’s small towns. Instead, fly in for a portrait of the current and likely future state of US cities.

  • Review
    Science and Religion
    For Small Creatures Such As We
    For Small Creatures Such As Weby Sasha Sagan Science and Religion

    Sasha Sagan explains how the faithful and the skeptical both use rituals to celebrate life events and honor the wonder of nature.

  • Review
    Cool, Calm and Collected
    Executive Presence for the Modern Leader
    Executive Presence for the Modern Leaderby D.A. Benton Cool, Calm and Collected

    Executive coach D.A. Benton – author of New York Times bestseller How To Think Like a CEO – details how you can develop executive presence.