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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
    Effective Management
    Being the Boss
    Being the Bossby Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback Effective Management

    Business authors Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback present a detailed, functional blueprint to help new and middle managers excel.

  • Review
    Realpolitik
    The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)
    The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)by John J. Mearsheimer Realpolitik

    Political historian John J. Mearsheimer details nations’ paths to hegemony in this compelling description of the sources and applications of state power.

  • Review
    How to Talk Good
    Eloquence
    Eloquenceby Peter Andrei How to Talk Good

    Communications expert Peter Andrei breaks down the inaugural speeches of former US presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton – two outstanding orators – to illustrate…

  • Review
    Show the Love
    The Inspirational Leader
    The Inspirational Leaderby Gifford Thomas Show the Love

    Gifford Thomas, founder of Leadership First, offers a heartfelt, inspiring sermon on the virtues and profitability of servant leadership and leading with love.

  • Review
    Defense of the Scientific Method
    Why Trust Science?
    Why Trust Science?by Naomi Oreskes Defense of the Scientific Method

    Harvard science expert Naomi Oreskes discusses disbelief in science and how scientists can counteract it.

  • Review
    The Skin You’re In
    The Remarkable Life of the Skin
    The Remarkable Life of the Skinby Monty Lyman The Skin You’re In

    Dr. Monty Lyman explains all scientific and medical aspects of your skin, and includes its cultural significance and how it functions as the root of…

  • Review
    AI and China’s Dominance
    AI Superpowers
    AI Superpowersby Kai-Fu Lee AI and China’s Dominance

    China tech investment expert Kai-Fu Lee breaks down why China will likely dominate AI in the future.

  • Review
    A Call to Profitable Action
    Good Is the New Cool
    Good Is the New Coolby Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones A Call to Profitable Action

    Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones offer impassioned advice for marketers and businesses that understand the need to do well by doing good.

  • Review
    What Algorithms Do
    Hello World
    Hello Worldby Hannah Fry What Algorithms Do

    Mathematics professor Hannah Fry – who also wrote The Mathematics of Love – provides a worthy, basic overview of algorithms and their interactions with people.

  • Review
    A Decisive Leader
    The Leadership Book
    The Leadership Bookby Neil Jurd A Decisive Leader

    Leadership instructor Neil Jurd offers leadership training derived from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst method, with its emphasis on responsibility, clarity and decisive action.