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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

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    Procurement Power
    Profit from the Source
    Profit from the Sourceby Christian Schuh, Wolfgang Schnellbächer, Alenka Triplat and Daniel Weise Procurement Power

    Four Boston Consulting Group partners offer a radical – and profitable, they insist – revamping of procurement and of its relationship with the rest of your…

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    The South
    South to America
    South to Americaby Imani Perry The South

    National Book Award winner and Harvard University professor Imani Perry provides a poignant perspective on the American South, past and present.

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    Staying Great
    Good to Great
    Good to Greatby Jim Collins Staying Great

    Jim Collins’s 2001 classic still has ample relevant wisdom to offer if greatness is your goal, even if some companies he tagged as examples didn’t have…

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    People, Not Code
    Gigged
    Giggedby Sarah Kessler People, Not Code

    Labor reporter Sarah Kessler’s compassionate eye and readable prose inform her overview of the effects of gig work.

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    Brilliant Advice Offered Simply
    High Output Management
    High Output Managementby Andrew S. Grove Brilliant Advice Offered Simply

    Andrew S. Grove, the former president and CEO of Intel, offers remarkably clear, simple and workable guidance for managers.

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    Facebook from the Inside
    Facebook
    Facebookby Steven Levy Facebook from the Inside

    Veteran best-selling tech journalist Steve Levy – author of Insanely Great – delves deeply into Facebook history and culture.

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    Emotion Foremost
    Expert Secrets
    Expert Secretsby Russell Brunson Emotion Foremost

    Russel Brunson offers a basic guide to turning clicks and possible clients into loyal customers and gaining self-insight as you do.

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    Triumph of the Underdog.
    David and Goliath
    David and Goliathby Malcolm Gladwell Triumph of the Underdog.

    Malcolm Gladwell offers a thoughtful, readable look at underdogs in history and how they triumphed.

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    Racing to Solve Problems
    Sprint
    Sprintby Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Racing to Solve Problems

    The authors detail their Sprint process for turning ideas into testable prototypes.

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    Digital Manners
    Digital Body Language
    Digital Body Languageby Erica Dhawan Digital Manners

    Master online communication: You can avoid sending inadvertent digital signals – or misinterpreting the messages your receive – if you know the code.