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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
    Stubborn Optimism
    The Future We Choose
    The Future We Chooseby Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac Stubborn Optimism

    Climate change activists Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac urge you to change your mind-set and take positive action.

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    Smash the System
    The Politics Industry
    The Politics Industryby Michael E. Porter and Katherine M. Gehl Smash the System

    A Harvard professor and a business leader detail the destructive flaws in the current US political system and offer real-world, practical solutions.

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    Be Like Genghis!
    What You Do Is Who You Are
    What You Do Is Who You Areby Ben Horowitz Be Like Genghis!

    Venture capitalist and best-selling author Ben Horowitz offers wit and unlikely – though effective – historical examples as part of his culture-creating advice.

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    Write Well, Think Better
    Writing to Learn
    Writing to Learnby William Zinsser Write Well, Think Better

    Writer, editor and teacher William Zinsser’s passion for clear writing fuels this inspirational treatise filled with elegant examples of beautiful writing.

  • Review
    Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Redemption
    Prairie Fires
    Prairie Firesby Caroline Fraser Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Redemption

    Historian Caroline Fraser details the astounding – and Pulitzer Prize–winning – story of Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Libertarian…

  • Review
    Religion and Money
    Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
    Religion and the Rise of Capitalismby Benjamin M. Friedman Religion and Money

    Harvard professor Benjamin M. Friedman provides a fascinating, groundbreaking overview of the remarkable intertwining of Christian beliefs and US economic policies.

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    Eat Less Sugar
    The Case Against Sugar
    The Case Against Sugarby Gary Taubes Eat Less Sugar

    Award-winning science writer Gary Taubes details the damage sugar causes and the many disinformation campaigns that strive to keep Americans from consuming less sugar.

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    Tidy Up for Inner Peace
    Spark Joy
    Spark Joyby Marie Kondo Tidy Up for Inner Peace

    Best-selling decluttering expert Marie Kondo offers a detailed, illustrated guide to her singular method for tidying up your home and soul.

  • Review
    Not Too Busy
    Ikigai
    Ikigaiby Héctor García and Francesc Miralles Not Too Busy

    Héctor García and Francesc Miralles’s bestseller details how the long-lived Japanese connect with their ikigai and maintain a sense of life-affirming flow.

  • Review
    Bust the Trusts!
    The Curse of Bigness
    The Curse of Bignessby Tim Wu Bust the Trusts!

    Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu offers a concise history of US antitrust actions and calls for renewed efforts against today’s monopolies.