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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
    What Is QAnon?
    The Storm Is Upon Us
    The Storm Is Upon Usby Mike Rothschild What Is QAnon?

    Investigative journalist Mike Rothschild provides an objective, reasoned portrait of the history, beliefs and followers of the ever-changing conspiracy cult, QAnon.

  • Review
    Align HR and Strategy
    The HR Scorecard
    The HR Scorecardby Brian E. Becker, Mark A. Huselid and Dave Ulrich Align HR and Strategy

    A trio of experts empowers HR professionals to demonstrate that HR can boost profits and functionality.

  • Review
    No News Is Bad News
    Ghosting the News
    Ghosting the Newsby Margaret Sullivan No News Is Bad News

    Former Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan details a dangerous trend in America and worldwide: The loss of local newspapers on a grand scale.

  • Review
    The Mysterious Ocean
    Ask an Ocean Explorer
    Ask an Ocean Explorerby Jon Copley The Mysterious Ocean

    Dr. Jon Copley provides an illuminating tour through the sunlit surfaces and Stygian darkness of the world’s oceans.

  • Review
    Geckos Rule
    Sticky
    Stickyby Laurie Winkless Geckos Rule

    Physicist Laurie Winkless details the myriad fascinating ways things, animals, paints and socks stick together or resist friction.

  • Review
    The Brain and Memory
    In Search of Memory
    In Search of Memoryby Eric R. Kandel The Brain and Memory

    Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel traces his career in medical research and illuminates the philosophy and curiosity that fueled his myriad crucial discoveries.

  • Review
    Higher and Higher
    How To Get To The Top of Google in 2022
    How To Get To The Top of Google in 2022by Tim Cameron-Kitchen Higher and Higher

    Tim Cameron-Kitchen offers clear, actionable directions and guidance to help you improve your website’s ranking on Google.

  • Review
    The Foundational Text
    The Origin of Species
    The Origin of Speciesby Charles Darwin and Julian S. Huxley The Foundational Text

    Naturalist Charles Darwin defied centuries of science, belief and his society when he offered his then-shocking and now foundational theory of evolution.

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    Small Steps, Big Goals
    Limitless
    Limitlessby Jim Kwik Small Steps, Big Goals

    Jim Kwik details his recovery from a brain injury and how that inspired him to create how-to methods for developing a positive mind-set, retaining what…

  • Review
    Hope Heals
    The Book of Hope
    The Book of Hopeby Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams Hope Heals

    Primatologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Morris Goodall, DBE, and Douglas Abrams – author of The Book of Joy – offer a detailed guide to vesting…