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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
    For the Culture
    For the Culture
    For the Cultureby Marcus Collins For the Culture

    Professor Dr. Marcus Collins discusses marketing as cultural anthropology, basing much 0f his conversation on Christian teachings.

  • Review
    A One-Man Whirlwind
    The Thank You Economy
    The Thank You Economyby Gary Vaynerchuk A One-Man Whirlwind

    Marketing guru and speaker Gary Vaynerchuk believes if your firm isn’t already using social media, it doesn’t care about its customers. To change that, he suggests…

  • Review
    Sheer Daring
    The 4-Hour Workweek
    The 4-Hour Workweekby Timothy Ferriss Sheer Daring

    In his wonderful, compelling and disturbing debut, cultural phenomenon and magazine writer Tim Ferriss writes like an adolescent genius. His hypnotic tone, originality and rigor…

  • Review
    Ethical Guidelines for Undergraduates
    The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse
    The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapseby Marianne M. Jennings Ethical Guidelines for Undergraduates

    Marianne M. Jennings, professor of business ethics at Arizona State University, offers a basic overview of ethical issues businesses might face.

  • Review
    Brains, EQ and Guts
    The Ride of a Lifetime
    The Ride of a Lifetimeby Robert Iger and Joel Lovell Brains, EQ and Guts

    Disney CEO Robert Iger offers an enjoyable memoir including memorable lessons about ruthlessness, daring and self-belief.

  • Review
    Beyond the Calendar
    Getting Things Done
    Getting Things Doneby David Allen Beyond the Calendar

    David Allan advocates allocating your limited time by managing your resources, workplace and actions. To begin, identify what you need to do well in advance of when you need to…

  • Review
    Overcoming Barriers
    Lean In
    Lean Inby Sheryl Sandberg Overcoming Barriers

    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg offers her sometimes controversial and all-time best-selling thoughts about women in the workplace.

  • Review
    A Ruthless Autocrat
    MBS
    MBSby Ben Hubbard A Ruthless Autocrat

    New York Times Beirut bureau chief Ben Hubbard offers a detailed, compelling portrait of Saudi Arabia’s young, ruthless leader.

  • Review
    A Little Help from the Big State
    A World Without Work
    A World Without Workby Daniel Susskind A Little Help from the Big State

    Recognizing that the Age of Labor is ending, Oxford economist Daniel Susskind argues for the Big State to help create a universal income to free…

  • Review
    Individual Actions
    x + y
    x + yby Eugenia Cheng Individual Actions

    Dr. Eugenia Cheng applies mathematics, logic and common sense to transcend gender stereotypes.