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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
    A Regionalized World
    The Globalization Myth
    The Globalization Mythby Shannon K. O'Neil A Regionalized World

    The author of Two Nations Indivisible and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, Shannon K. O’Neil details why nations thrive when neighbors cooperate.

  • Review
    Intimate Retelling of History
    The Splendid and the Vile
    The Splendid and the Vileby Erik Larson Intimate Retelling of History

    Eric Larson’s intimate retelling of the Battle of Britain brings the nation’s rulers, aristocrats and ordinary citizens to vivid life.

  • Review
    Stories and Your Deceptive Brain
    The Science of Storytelling
    The Science of Storytellingby Will Storr Stories and Your Deceptive Brain

    Award-winning journalist Will Storr explains the myriad ways your brains fools you – all for your benefit – and why you so need and love…

  • Review
    An Awe-Inspiring Figure
    The Man Who Solved the Market
    The Man Who Solved the Marketby Gregory Zuckerman An Awe-Inspiring Figure

    Wall Street Journal writer Gregory Zuckerman details the life of codebreaker, polymath, early quant investor and billionaire Jim Simons.

  • Review
    Trust Yourself and Leap
    Pivot
    Pivotby Jenny Blake Trust Yourself and Leap

    Author of Life After College, Jenny Blake provides workable guidance for those early in their careers who want to layout a deliberate path.

  • Review
    Warm, Worthy Advice
    Supermaker
    Supermakerby Jaime Schmidt Warm, Worthy Advice

    Jaime Schmidt, founder of Schmidt’s Naturals, details her journey from making products in her bathtub to selling her blockbuster company to Unilever. She writes with wit,…

  • Review
    Enthusiastic Basic Advice
    Powershift
    Powershiftby Daymond John Enthusiastic Basic Advice

    Daymond John wants you to succeed as he has, and he provides practical advice to guide you.

  • Review
    Power of the Crowd
    New Power
    New Powerby Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms Power of the Crowd

    Social-engagement experts Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms celebrate the new power that impels broad-based social movements.

  • Review
    Get Out of Your Own Way
    Immunity to Change
    Immunity to Changeby Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey Get Out of Your Own Way

    A compelling recipe for personal growth and change through the simple act of self-contemplation supported by personal courage.

  • Review
    Turkey’s Contradictions
    The Lion and the Nightingale
    The Lion and the Nightingaleby Kaya Genç Turkey’s Contradictions

    Poet, essayist, novelist and journalist Kaya Genç traveled throughout Turkey for a year to create this compelling portrait of a nation.