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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
    What Is Self?
    How to Grow a Human
    How to Grow a Humanby Philip Ball What Is Self?

    Science philosopher Philip Ball presents an overview of how cellular science attempts to define the self, which, Ball insists, remains unquantifiable.

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    How Leaders Should Lead
    Decide to Lead
    Decide to Leadby Russ Hill How Leaders Should Lead

    Podcaster Russ Hill offers a vital primer for all new or aspiring leaders.

  • Review
    Unconditional Love
    The Bold World
    The Bold Worldby Jodie Patterson Unconditional Love

    Activist and writer Jodie Patterson offers a moving saga of her stifled upbringing, fight for equity in her marriages, and unflinching devotion to her transgender child.

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    Rituals of Life
    The Power of Ritual
    The Power of Ritualby Casper ter Kuile Rituals of Life

    Harvard Divinity School Ministry Fellow Casper ter Kuile explains how to elevate mundane aspects of your life into enlightening, uplifting and necessary rituals.

  • Review
    Space Is the Place
    The Case for Space
    The Case for Spaceby Robert Zubrin Space Is the Place

    Robert Zubrin, author of Mars Direct, provides heartfelt boosterism for space exploration and exploitation.

  • Review
    To Lead, First Become Yourself
    Total Leadership
    Total Leadershipby Stewart D. Friedman To Lead, First Become Yourself

    Stewart D. Friedman provides a detailed, conscious journey for leaders and aspiring leaders seeking great personal integration and more effective application of their strengths.

  • Review
    The History of ADHD
    ADHD Nation
    ADHD Nationby Alan Schwarz The History of ADHD

    New York Times journalist and Pulitzer-Prize nominee Alan Schwarz presents the definitive history of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the battles over identifying and…

  • Review
    How to Talk to Tweens
    Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
    Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteenby Michelle Icard How to Talk to Tweens

    Michelle Icard, author of 8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success and an NBC parenting expert, offers straightforward, workable advice for communicating with and…

  • Review
    Looking Toward Tomorrow
    Superforecasting
    Superforecastingby Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner Looking Toward Tomorrow

    Behavioral scientist Philip E. Tetlock reveals how to apply your perceptions to figuring out the future.

  • Review
    Microbes Rule
    Pathogenesis
    Pathogenesisby Jonathan Kennedy Microbes Rule

    Bacteria and viruses have played a fascinating, unexpected role in human, urban, and political development.