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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
    Be Generous and Brave
    Together Is Better
    Together Is Betterby Simon Sinek Be Generous and Brave

    Simon Sinek offers a straightforward, moving and even poetic book on finding your joy in the service of others.

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    Someday Come Back with Books
    Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
    Leaving Microsoft to Change the Worldby John Wood Someday Come Back with Books

    Microsoft changed the world. Former Microsoft executive John Wood made it a better place to live: He gave up corporate life to deliver books and build…

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    Toxins, Disease and Intelligence
    A Terrible Thing to Waste
    A Terrible Thing to Wasteby Harriet A. Washington Toxins, Disease and Intelligence

    National Book Critics Circle Award winner, medical ethicist Harriet A. Washington reveals startling correlations between proximity to pollution and lower intelligence.

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    Stick Your Neck Out
    Skin in the Game
    Skin in the Gameby Nassim Nicholas Taleb Stick Your Neck Out

    Get involved, says Nassim Nicholas Taleb, but only if you care enough to invest your time, money or commitment. You've got to have skin in the…

  • Review
    Control Your Energy
    The Energy Clock
    The Energy Clockby Molly Fletcher Control Your Energy

    Prolific author Molly Fletcher brings her characteristic dynamic approach to gathering and maintaining your energy.

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    Spirituality and Common Sense
    Joy at Work
    Joy at Workby Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein Spirituality and Common Sense

    World-renowned tidying-up specialist Marie Kondo offers advice for transforming your office and, as always, your life.

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    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.

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    Evolutionary Business Revolution
    The Future of Management
    The Future of Managementby Gary Hamel Evolutionary Business Revolution

    Business author and HR guru Gary Hamel explains revolutionary management and shows how your company can evolve to embrace it.

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    Seek the Bottom
    The Innovator's Solution
    The Innovator's Solutionby Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor Seek the Bottom

    Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor offer a follow-up to Christensen’s best-selling The Innovator’s Dilemma, presenting a clear blueprint to disruptive innovation.

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    The Art of “Having it All”
    I Know How She Does It
    I Know How She Does Itby Laura Vanderkam The Art of “Having it All”

    Laura Vanderkam explores how top-earning women juggle family, careers and personal time. For ambitious professional women, she says, the secret to the good life is properly…