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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
    Oppressive Assumptions
    Entitled
    Entitledby Kate Manne Oppressive Assumptions

    Philosophy professor Kate Manne breaks down in detail the manifestations of male entitlement in America and how that entitlement oppresses and belittles women.

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    Nurture Employee Growth
    Growing Great Employees
    Growing Great Employeesby Erika Andersen Nurture Employee Growth

    Consultant and author Erika Andersen explores a gardening metaphor to help you hire, nurture and retain the best employees.

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    Extermination, Assimilation, Legalized Payback
    The Inconvenient Indian
    The Inconvenient Indianby Thomas King Extermination, Assimilation, Legalized Payback

    Professor Thomas King laments the brutal treatment of Native Americans and First Nations Canadians at the hands of white settlers and governments and offers a…

  • Review
    All-One Capitalism
    Honor Thy Label
    Honor Thy Labelby Gero Leson All-One Capitalism

    Gero Leson details how Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps lives up to its goals of minimal carbon use and an organic, Fair Trade, regenerative supply chain.

  • Review
    How It All Works
    The Theory of Economic Development
    The Theory of Economic Developmentby Joseph A. Schumpeter How It All Works

    Economist Joseph A. Schumpeter’s classic text describes economic processes in illuminating detail.

  • Review
    History, Behind the Scenes
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Lady Bird Johnsonby Julia Sweig History, Behind the Scenes

    Award-winning author Julia Sweig chronicles the life, politics and activism of first lady Lady Bird Johnson.

  • Review
    Ask Fearlessly
    The Book of Beautiful Questions
    The Book of Beautiful Questionsby Warren Berger Ask Fearlessly

    “Questionologist” Warren Berger teaches you to ask the right questions at the right time to facilitate your relationships, your career and your self-growth.

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    Bending, Breaking and Blending
    The Runaway Species
    The Runaway Speciesby David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt Bending, Breaking and Blending

    Neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt offer a primer on the intersection of culture and creation and of novelty and predictability in pursuit of…

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    The Wonder of Algae
    Slime
    Slimeby Ruth Kassinger The Wonder of Algae

    Botany expert Ruth Kassinger explores the almost infinite universe of algae, its history, its role in Earth’s development, its influence on the development of the…

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    Equitable AI
    Ethical Machines
    Ethical Machinesby Reid Blackman Equitable AI

    CEO and former philosophy professor Reid Blackman provides a detailed, thoughtful and thoroughly applicable ethical guide for companies vested in machine learning (ML) and artificial…