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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
    Reframe Problems
    What's Your Problem?
    What's Your Problem?by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Reframe Problems

    Innovation consultant Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg offers a simple, counterintuitive, commonsense approach to problem-solving.

  • Review
    The Way to Sell Is Changing
    Sales Management That Works
    Sales Management That Worksby Frank Cespedes The Way to Sell Is Changing

    Harvard professor and admired author Frank V. Cespedes explains in detail how selling is changing and how salespeople and sales managers must change with it.

  • Review
    Grace, Not Pressure
    The Five Graces of Life and Leadership
    The Five Graces of Life and Leadershipby Gary Burnison Grace, Not Pressure

    Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison finds that grace is a leader’s core asset.

  • Review
    Stop Emailing
    A World Without Email
    A World Without Emailby Cal Newport Stop Emailing

    Bestseller and computer science professor Cal Newport thinks email is bad for you and your productivity.

  • Review
    Strident Support of Free Markets
    Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich
    Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Richby Deirdre N. McCloskey and Art Carden Strident Support of Free Markets

    Professors Deirdre N. McCloskey and Art Carden defend free markets and argue their effects are predominately positive.

  • Review
    Better Decisions
    How to Decide
    How to Decideby Annie Duke Better Decisions

    Renowned professional poker player Annie Duke offers basic tools and refreshing insights to help you make more productive decisions and reduce regrets about decisions you…

  • Review
    Chinese Manufacturing In Africa
    The Next Factory of the World
    The Next Factory of the Worldby Irene Yuan Sun Chinese Manufacturing In Africa

    McKinsey consultant Irene Yuan Sun serves as tour guide in this revealing look at China’s impact on African manufacturing.

  • Review
    Unforseen Consequences
    Under a White Sky
    Under a White Skyby Elizabeth Kolbert Unforseen Consequences

    Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Kolbert explores the dire effects of climate change and humanity’s mostly feckless interfering with nature.

  • Review
    Authenticity Online
    IRL
    IRLby Chris Stedman Authenticity Online

    Chris Stedman explores the moral and philosophical implications of online communities in terms of personal authenticity and purpose.

  • Review
    What Is Home?
    The Yellow House
    The Yellow Houseby Sarah M. Broom What Is Home?

    National Book Award winter Sarah Broom’s evocative, singular memoir describes her family’s close-knit poverty and the New Orleans house at the center of their lives.