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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
    Protecting Soldiers with Science
    Grunt
    Gruntby Mary Roach Protecting Soldiers with Science

    Bestseller Mary Roach turns her keen eye to the science that addresses the many ills that combatants face, with fascinating results.

  • Review
    Ardern’s Remarkable Journey
    Jacinda Ardern
    Jacinda Ardernby Supriya Vani and Carl Harte Ardern’s Remarkable Journey

    This personal and political portrait illuminates New Zealand’s admired, astute leader, Jacinda Ardern.

  • Review
    Social Entrepreneurship
    Getting Beyond Better
    Getting Beyond Betterby Roger L. Martin and Sally R. Osberg Social Entrepreneurship

    Academician Roger L. Martin and executive Sally R. Osberg provide powerful examples of individuals who helped entire communities through social entrepreneurship.

  • Review
    Algorithms Rule
    A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence
    A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligenceby Kartik Hosanagar Algorithms Rule

    Professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business Kartik Hosanagar offers an overview of the pragmatic and philosophical issues algorithms incarnate.

  • Review
    Think! (Slowly)
    Rationality
    Rationalityby Steven Pinker Think! (Slowly)

    Harvard professor Steven Pinker teases out another one-sentence idea into a compelling, immersing and revealing look at the power – when people remember to apply it…

  • Review
    How to Be an Original
    Originals
    Originalsby Adam Grant How to Be an Original

    Adam Grant explores the relationship between originality and creativity, and how to make them work inside organizations.

  • Review
    Effective Sales Management
    Sales Manager Survival Guide
    Sales Manager Survival Guideby David Brock Effective Sales Management

    David Brock offers a solid manual of basic advice for new front-line sales managers.

  • Review
    Take Five Purposeful Steps
    Fix This Next
    Fix This Nextby Mike Michalowicz Take Five Purposeful Steps

    Prolific author Mike Michalowicz offers familiar sales advice in a new package: repurposing Maslow's hierarchy of human needs for businesses.

  • Review
    Avoiding War
    Why We Fight
    Why We Fightby Christopher Blattman Avoiding War

    Professor Christopher Blattman argues that thinking people prefer peace but that irrational concerns can spur war.

  • Review
    Explaining Yourself Is Good Business
    The Business Playbook
    The Business Playbookby Chris Ronzio Explaining Yourself Is Good Business

    Podcast host Chris Ronzio details how to construct, maintain, and update a company playbook for consistent, efficient operations.