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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
    Visionary Thinking
    Lead from the Future
    Lead from the Futureby Mark W. Johnson and Josh Suskewicz Visionary Thinking

    Innosight’s Mark W. Johnson and Josh Suskewicz detail how every leader can develop future vision.

  • Review
    Practical Market-Based Solutions
    The Spirit of Green
    The Spirit of Greenby William D. Nordhaus Practical Market-Based Solutions

    Nobel Prize-winner William D. Nordhaus offers practical economic incentives for reducing carbon emssions.

  • Review
    Make Change Happen
    Change Management
    Change Managementby Jeffrey M. Hiatt and Timothy J. Creasy Make Change Happen

    In this evolved, worthwhile guide, change management leaders Jeffrey M. Hiatt and Timothy J. Creasey teach how to drive effective change.

  • Review
    Inspire Your Audience
    How Legendary Leaders Speak
    How Legendary Leaders Speakby Peter Andrei Inspire Your Audience

    Peter Andrei, a communications expert and prolific author on public speaking, relates examples of inspiring orators across history and tells how you can learn to…

  • Review
    Collaborate and Embrace Change
    Team of Teams
    Team of Teamsby Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell Collaborate and Embrace Change

    US Army General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal calls upon his lifetime of military leadership to provide fables and tales of leadership, all to help you appreciate…

  • Review
    Chinese Manufacturing In Africa
    The Next Factory of the World
    The Next Factory of the Worldby Irene Yuan Sun Chinese Manufacturing In Africa

    McKinsey consultant Irene Yuan Sun serves as tour guide in this revealing look at China’s impact on African manufacturing.

  • Review
    Unforseen Consequences
    Under a White Sky
    Under a White Skyby Elizabeth Kolbert Unforseen Consequences

    Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Kolbert explores the dire effects of climate change and humanity’s mostly feckless interfering with nature.

  • Review
    Authenticity Online
    IRL
    IRLby Chris Stedman Authenticity Online

    Chris Stedman explores the moral and philosophical implications of online communities in terms of personal authenticity and purpose.

  • Review
    What Is Home?
    The Yellow House
    The Yellow Houseby Sarah M. Broom What Is Home?

    National Book Award winter Sarah Broom’s evocative, singular memoir describes her family’s close-knit poverty and the New Orleans house at the center of their lives.

  • Review
    Swashbuckling Television
    Up All Night
    Up All Nightby Lisa Napoli Swashbuckling Television

    Lisa Napoli details the almost unbelievable history of media mogul Ted Turner and his foremost invention: CNN.