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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
    Your New Job
    Get Ahead in Your New Job
    Get Ahead in Your New Jobby John Lees Your New Job

    Career management consultant John Lees provides a detailed blueprint for your first 100 days in a new job. Those in their first job should heed his advice even…

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    US History: The Indigenous Story
    The Rediscovery of America
    The Rediscovery of Americaby Ned Blackhawk US History: The Indigenous Story

    Yale professor Ned Blackhawk, a Native American, details the history of Indigenous people in today’s United States before and after the arrival of Europeans.

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    Avoid Hubris
    The Tragic Mind
    The Tragic Mindby Robert D. Kaplan Avoid Hubris

    Prolific author and geopolitical expert Robert D. Kaplan says ancient literature can inspire you to question your dangerous optimism.

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    Wealth For Some
    Ours Was the Shining Future
    Ours Was the Shining Futureby David Leonhardt Wealth For Some

    Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist David Leonhardt traces America’s postwar boom and its subsequent stagnation.

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    The Power of Nunchi
    The Power of Nunchi
    The Power of Nunchiby Euny Hong The Power of Nunchi

    Learn how to read a room and act accordingly with the aid of nunchi, an ancient Korean way of being.

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    A Remarkable Woman’s Ascent
    Pelosi
    Pelosiby Molly Ball A Remarkable Woman’s Ascent

    Time magazine national political correspondent Molly Ball applies her expertise and insight to Nancy Pelosi’s rise to Speaker of the House of Representatives through sweeping political…

  • Review
    Two Good Guys Succeed
    Built from Scratch
    Built from Scratchby Bob Andelman, Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus Two Good Guys Succeed

    Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, co-founders of The Home Depot, tell their tale of starting with an idea and building an empire by offering business advice…

  • Review
    The Great Migration
    The Warmth of Other Suns
    The Warmth of Other Sunsby Isabel Wilkerson The Great Migration

    Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste, finds telling human details and inspiration in her history of the Great Migration of Black Americans fleeing the…

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    Not Dead Yet
    Age Later
    Age Laterby Nir Barzilai Not Dead Yet

    Nir Barzilai, MD, founding director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, offers an overview of science and technology…

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    Outlier Risk Managment
    An Economist Walks into a Brothel
    An Economist Walks into a Brothelby Allison Schrager Outlier Risk Managment

    Economist Allison Schrager offers eccentric examples of risk management to clarify the concept for laypeople.