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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

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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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…

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    Identity in a Small Sack
    All That She Carried
    All That She Carriedby Tiya Miles Identity in a Small Sack

    US National Book Award winner Tiya Miles relates the heartbreaking saga of a young enslaved girl being separated from her mother and sold in pre-Civil…

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    To the Barricades!
    Fight Like Hell
    Fight Like Hellby Kim Kelly To the Barricades!

    New Republic journalist Kim Kelly offers a fervid, impassioned history of the United States’ labor movements and the tactics owners used against workers.

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    Death at Sea
    The Wager
    The Wagerby David Grann Death at Sea

    New Yorker staff writer David Grann — author of Killers of the Flower Moon — recounts the 1741 shipwreck, mutiny, depravation, and survival of the HMS Wager's crew.

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    Intimate Retelling of History
    The Splendid and the Vile
    The Splendid and the Vileby Erik Larson Intimate Retelling of History

    Eric Larson’s intimate retelling of the Battle of Britain brings the nation’s rulers, aristocrats and ordinary citizens to vivid life.

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    Stories and Your Deceptive Brain
    The Science of Storytelling
    The Science of Storytellingby Will Storr Stories and Your Deceptive Brain

    Award-winning journalist Will Storr explains the myriad ways your brains fools you – all for your benefit – and why you so need and love…

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    An Awe-Inspiring Figure
    The Man Who Solved the Market
    The Man Who Solved the Marketby Gregory Zuckerman An Awe-Inspiring Figure

    Wall Street Journal writer Gregory Zuckerman details the life of codebreaker, polymath, early quant investor and billionaire Jim Simons.