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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
    The Brain and Memory
    In Search of Memory
    In Search of Memoryby Eric R. Kandel The Brain and Memory

    Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel traces his career in medical research and illuminates the philosophy and curiosity that fueled his myriad crucial discoveries.

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    Higher and Higher
    How To Get To The Top of Google in 2022
    How To Get To The Top of Google in 2022by Tim Cameron-Kitchen Higher and Higher

    Tim Cameron-Kitchen offers clear, actionable directions and guidance to help you improve your website’s ranking on Google.

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    The Foundational Text
    The Origin of Species
    The Origin of Speciesby Charles Darwin and Julian S. Huxley The Foundational Text

    Naturalist Charles Darwin defied centuries of science, belief and his society when he offered his then-shocking and now foundational theory of evolution.

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    Small Steps, Big Goals
    Limitless
    Limitlessby Jim Kwik Small Steps, Big Goals

    Jim Kwik details his recovery from a brain injury and how that inspired him to create how-to methods for developing a positive mind-set, retaining what…

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    How Amazon Does It
    Working Backwards
    Working Backwardsby Colin Bryar and Bill Carr How Amazon Does It

    Amazon insiders Colin Bryar and Bill Carr detail Amazon’s processes for hiring, compensation and expansion as well as using metrics, generating new ideas and nurturing its corporate culture.

  • Review
    Shape Your Brand
    On Brand
    On Brandby Aliza Licht Shape Your Brand

    Branding coach Aliza Licht – who also wrote Leave Your Mark – offers detailed guidance – for beginners – for building and maintaining your personal…

  • Review
    After the Factory Closes
    American Made
    American Madeby Farah Stockman After the Factory Closes

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman chronicles the monetary, emotional, and political impact of the loss of American skilled blue-collar jobs.

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    Friction or Not
    The Friction Project
    The Friction Projectby Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao Friction or Not

    Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao explain how organizational friction works, for good or ill, and how to use it productively.

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    Learn from the Worst
    Extreme Economies
    Extreme Economiesby Richard Davies Learn from the Worst

    Economist Richard Davies explores the lives of people in nine “extreme economies” around the globe, each tested by a radical situation or challenge. What’s to be learned from…

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    A “Superordinate” Elite
    The Meritocracy Trap
    The Meritocracy Trapby Daniel Markovits A “Superordinate” Elite

    Yale law professor Daniel Markovits explains – using telling statistics and hard-nosed analysis – how meritocracy in the United States is not as democratic as it appears…