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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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    Find Your Job
    Never Search Alone
    Never Search Aloneby Phyl Terry Find Your Job

    Phyl Terry offers a systematic approach to building job-hunting support, gaining crucial feedback and finding the job you really want.

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    Hope Heals
    The Book of Hope
    The Book of Hopeby Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams Hope Heals

    Primatologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Morris Goodall, DBE, and Douglas Abrams – author of The Book of Joy – offer a detailed guide to vesting…

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    Vest in Self-Belief
    You Coach You
    You Coach Youby Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis Vest in Self-Belief

    Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis – who co-wrote the best-selling book The Squiggly Career – offer sound, workable advice for boosting your growth mindset and self-belief.

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    Greater Self-Awareness
    Emotional Intelligence Habits
    Emotional Intelligence Habitsby Travis Bradberry Greater Self-Awareness

    Travis Bradberry, PhD, co-author of the bestseller, Emotional Intelligence 2.0., provides tools to increase your EQ and improve your relationship with yourself and others.

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    An Equitable Economy
    Free and Equal
    Free and Equalby Daniel Chandler An Equitable Economy

    London School of Economics professor Daniel Chandler offers insights into philosopher John Rawls’s economic philosophy and how that philosophy is relevant today.

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    The Underbelly of Rock and Roll
    Rockonomics
    Rockonomicsby Alan B. Krueger The Underbelly of Rock and Roll

    Is America’s music scene the perfect metaphor for the US economy? Economist Alan Krueger thinks so. For every platinum-selling artist, he says, there are millions of musicians who…

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    A Communicative Introvert
    Small Talk
    Small Talkby Diane Weston A Communicative Introvert

    Master the art of small talk by giving your complete attention to others and truly listening.

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    Huffington on Thriving
    Thrive
    Thriveby Arianna Huffington Huffington on Thriving

    Arianna Huffington says that to thrive you should build your life around four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving.

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    The Go-To Person
    Linchpin
    Linchpinby Seth Godin The Go-To Person

    Don’t fear fear itself. Be creative and original, embrace self-discipline and, perennial bestseller Seth Godin asserts, you can become a linchpin.

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    Malcolm X in His Time
    The Dead Are Arising
    The Dead Are Arisingby Les Payne and Tamara Payne Malcolm X in His Time

    Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Les Payne and his daughter and researcher Tamara Payne present a spellbinding, detailed, rewarding biography of Malcolm X.