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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
    Better Habits Now
    Better Than Before
    Better Than Beforeby Gretchen Rubin Better Habits Now

    Gretchen Rubin provides unusually intelligent, workable, commonsense advice for anyone seeking to develop healthier habits – and she includes herself in that cohort.

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    Who Is Baba Ramdev?
    The Baba Ramdev Phenomenon
    The Baba Ramdev Phenomenonby Kaushik Deka Who Is Baba Ramdev?

    Indian journalist Kaushik Deka offers a sometimes detailed and always positive biography of Indian yoga and business star Baba Ramdev.

  • Review
    Building Nike
    Shoe Dog
    Shoe Dogby Phil Knight Building Nike

    As few entrepreneurs could, Nike founder Phil Knight proves himself worthy of his own story.

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    Enslavement and Emancipation
    On Juneteenth
    On Juneteenthby Annette Gordon-Reed Enslavement and Emancipation

    Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Harvard professor Annette Gordon-Reed combines personal memoir and history to present a moving portrait of enslavement and emancipation…

  • Review
    War Endures
    War
    Warby Margaret MacMillan War Endures

    Prolific historian Margaret MacMillan provides a stark, harrowing assessment of war’s past and its inevitable future.

  • Review
    Cognitive Capacities
    Five Minds for the Future
    Five Minds for the Futureby Howard Gardner Cognitive Capacities

    Howard Gardner, a brilliant thinker about thought, describes the mental capacities everyone must develop to succeed today and in the future.

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    Find Your Creativity
    Creative Confidence
    Creative Confidenceby Tom Kelley and David Kelley Find Your Creativity

    The renowned Kelley brothers of IDEO fame condense their inspirational approach to personal creativity into a workable, fun manual for everyone.

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    Connection Beats Content
    The Content Trap
    The Content Trapby Bharat Anand Connection Beats Content

    Harvard Business School professor Bharat Anand explains the magic of connections with myriad charming examples and profound business lessons.

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    Counter Any Attack
    Buy-In
    Buy-Inby John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead Counter Any Attack

    Bestselling leadership professor John P. Kotter and innovator Lorne A. Whitehead offer a detailed set of counterattack tactics for anyone who challenges your proposals.

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    Linear and Nonlinear History
    The Innovators
    The Innovatorsby Walter Isaacson Linear and Nonlinear History

    Calling on in-depth research and brilliant nonlinear conclusion-drawing, best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson reveals the history of technological innovation.