Try getAbstract for free!
×

Author
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
    Abandon Envy
    Work
    Workby James Suzman Abandon Envy

    James Suzman presents a compelling historical overview of work while lamenting humankind’s infinite acquisitiveness.

  • Review
    Happier Later Years
    Successful Aging
    Successful Agingby Daniel J. Levitin Happier Later Years

    Bestseller Daniel Levitin details habits, practices and attitudes that ensure graceful, joyous aging.

  • Review
    Latinx Identity Today
    Finding Latinx
    Finding Latinxby Paola Ramos Latinx Identity Today

    Journalist Paola Ramos traveled the US to report this in-depth view of its diverse Hispanics communities.

  • Review
    A Decade of Ambivalence and Irony
    The Nineties
    The Ninetiesby Chuck Klosterman A Decade of Ambivalence and Irony

    Raucous cultural correspondent Chuck Klosterman focuses his gimlet eye and genius for non-linear conclusions on an ambivalent, culturally rich decade.

  • Review
    Keeping It Real
    Authentic
    Authenticby Paul Van Doren Keeping It Real

    In this candid memoir, Vans’ late founder Paul Van Doren explains how he started and sustained Vans Shoes, and how he flexed with the times while always remaining…

  • Review
    Black and Green
    The White Wall
    The White Wallby Emily Flitter Black and Green

    New York Times Wall Street correspondent Emily Flitter details the racism and racial discrimination, past and present, in America’s banking and financial systems.

  • Review
    Constant Turmoil
    Age of Revolutions
    Age of Revolutionsby Fareed Zakaria Constant Turmoil

    Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria — author of The Gang of Three and The Future of Freedom — links historical and economic trends to provide a…

  • Review
    From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, Kingby Anupreeta Das From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist

    Former New York Times finance editor Anupreeta Das provides a complex portrait of a titan who incarnates his era.

  • Review
    Boxing for Likes
    Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
    Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hookby Gary Vaynerchuk Boxing for Likes

    Former wine video star, bestselling author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk tells you how to hit it big on social media.

  • Review
    Sheer Daring
    The 4-Hour Workweek
    The 4-Hour Workweekby Timothy Ferriss Sheer Daring

    In his wonderful, compelling and disturbing debut, cultural phenomenon and magazine writer Tim Ferriss writes like an adolescent genius. His hypnotic tone, originality and rigor…