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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
    Get More Sleep
    The Sleep Revolution
    The Sleep Revolutionby Arianna Huffington Get More Sleep

    No one, Ariana Huffington argues persuasively, gets enough sleep and everybody should get more. Now, find the time.

  • Review
    The Rewards of Diversity
    Rebel Ideas
    Rebel Ideasby Matthew Syed The Rewards of Diversity

    Best-selling author and award-winning New York Times columnist Matthew Syed explores contemporary gestalts to reveal the positive power of diversity.

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    Pioneering (Incompetent) Analytics
    If Then
    If Thenby Jill Lepore Pioneering (Incompetent) Analytics

    Historian, professor and best-selling author, Jill Lepore turns her intelligence, insight and wit to the saga of a seminal data analytics company and how it predicted…

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    Effective Change Initiatives
    ADKAR
    ADKARby Jeffrey M. Hiatt Effective Change Initiatives

    Jeffrey M. Hiatt offers his well-regarded, step-by-step guide to successful change initiatives fueled by enthusiastic employee participation.

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    Change Begins Within
    Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
    Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leaderby Herminia Ibarra Change Begins Within

    If you're a leader, then lead. Stop thinking about yourself and take action instead.

  • Review
    Creating Reading Rooms
    Creating Room to Read
    Creating Room to Readby John Wood Creating Reading Rooms

    John Wood offers a sequel to his seminal Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, detailing how his charity brings books and literacy to children worldwide.

  • Review
    A Strategy Classic
    Playing to Win
    Playing to Winby Roger L. Martin and A.G. Lafley A Strategy Classic

    Answer five strategic questions to beat your rivals, say A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin in the classic that set a new standard in strategic thinking.

  • Review
    Learn Yourself
    The Laws of Human Nature
    The Laws of Human Natureby Robert Greene Learn Yourself

    Master human strategist and bestselling writer Robert Greene takes an uncharacteristic detour into empathy.

  • Review
    Faddish Advice
    Tools of Titans
    Tools of Titansby Timothy Ferriss Faddish Advice

    Best-selling author Tim Ferriss offers a cornucopia of dietary, training, spiritual, financial and drug advice to help you become successful.

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    Trauma and the Body
    The Body Keeps the Score
    The Body Keeps the Scoreby Bessel van der Kolk Trauma and the Body

    Director of the Complex Trauma Treatment Network Bessel van der Kolk, MD details how trauma manifests in the body and current therapy modalities that address it.