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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
    Blunt Heartfelt Advice
    So You Want to Talk About Race
    So You Want to Talk About Raceby Ijeoma Oluo Blunt Heartfelt Advice

    In this indispensable guide, Nigerian-American New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo explores how – and why – to talk about race and racism.

  • Review
    Don’t Be Afraid to Lead
    Dare to Lead
    Dare to Leadby Brené Brown Don’t Be Afraid to Lead

    In Dare to Lead, bestseller Brené Brown supplements her Daring Greatly and Rising Strong with exercises and insights specifically for leaders.

  • Review
    The Catmull Way
    Creativity, Inc.
    Creativity, Inc.by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace The Catmull Way

    Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, presents a memoir full of wonderful film production stories and incredibly valuable lessons in leadership, humility and mindfulness.

  • Review
    Talking in Code
    Brave, Not Perfect
    Brave, Not Perfectby Reshma Saujani Talking in Code

    Why women should work to be brave, but not perfect.

  • Review
    A Kind of Genius
    Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free
    Information Doesn’t Want to Be Freeby Cory Doctorow A Kind of Genius

    What happens when creativity meets copyright? Cory Doctorow lays out the issues with clarity and conviction, while warning that most protective locks get broken and…

  • Review
    Class Disparity
    The Tyranny of Merit
    The Tyranny of Meritby Michael J. Sandel Class Disparity

    Professor Michael J. Sandel describes the problems and dangerous fallout of America's obsession with status and success.

  • Review
    Do Less
    Drop the Ball
    Drop the Ballby Tiffany Dufu Do Less

    Tiffany Dufu, the Chief Leadership Officer of Levo, offers sound advice for working women who seek work-life balance and true collaboration with their domestic partners.

  • Review
    A Penguin’s Progress
    Our Iceberg Is Melting
    Our Iceberg Is Meltingby John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber A Penguin’s Progress

    Best-selling author John Kotter teams with Holger Rathgeber to present an accessible fable about change initiatives. For many years now, their lovable penguins have been the best change-management teachers around.

  • Review
    Uber’s Icarus
    Super Pumped
    Super Pumpedby Mike Isaac Uber’s Icarus

    Award-winning journalist Mike Isaac tells the fascinating story of Travis Kalanick’s meteoric rise and fall as CEO of Uber.

  • Review
    Language and Democracy
    Surviving Autocracy
    Surviving Autocracyby Masha Gessen Language and Democracy

    National Book Award-winning author Masha Geesen offers a perceptive appraisal of Donald Trump’s perversion of language in his bid for authoritarian power.