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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
    World Order 2.0
    A World in Disarray
    A World in Disarrayby Richard Haass World Order 2.0

    President of the Council on Foreign Relations and global political veteran Richard Haass offers an overview of current world politics and warns of destabilizing forces.

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    The Birth of Shareholder Activism
    Dear Chairman
    Dear Chairmanby Jeff Gramm The Birth of Shareholder Activism

    Jeff Gramm, a hedge fund manager and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, lays bare a century’s worth of intimate investor-boardroom battles.

  • Review
    Reframing Failure
    Designing Your Life
    Designing Your Lifeby Dave Evans and Bill Burnett Reframing Failure

    Bill Burnett and Dave Evans’ bestseller teaches you how to reframe your view of yourself, your life, your mistakes, your likely future and your joy.

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    Using Stories to Engage Audiences
    The Storytelling Code
    The Storytelling Codeby Dana Norris Using Stories to Engage Audiences

    Dana Norris, the founder of Story Club, a nonfiction storytelling show, offers a brief, fast-moving guide to storytelling for public speaking.

  • Review
    Create the Right Team
    Team Topologies
    Team Topologiesby Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais Create the Right Team

    An indispensable guide to developing software teams written not for the layperson, but for those really creating teams.

  • Review
    Death for Profit
    Fentanyl, Inc.
    Fentanyl, Inc.by Ben Westhoff Death for Profit

    Investigative reporter and author Ben Westhoff offers a chilling overview of the scope and profitability of, and corruption within, the world of synthetic opioids.

  • Review
    What Went Wrong
    Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America
    Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of Americaby Kurt Andersen What Went Wrong

    Bestselling humorist and cultural commentator Kurt Andersen describes the downward arc of America’s social, economic and political circumstances with great wit and no shortage of…

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    A New Clarity
    Almost Everything
    Almost Everythingby Anne Lamott A New Clarity

    Best-selling author Anne Lamott’s tender, sage musings on her struggles will comfort anyone who doesn't always follow through on his or her best intentions – which…

  • Review
    Make Change Stick
    Leading Change
    Leading Changeby John P. Kotter Make Change Stick

    Bestselling management guru and Harvard Business School professor John P. Kotter details how to initiate change and make it endure.

  • Review
    Build Joy
    Good Company
    Good Companyby Arthur Blank Build Joy

    Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, offers a moving manifesto about bringing and sustaining joy in your organization…