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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
    Seeing Things
    Hallucinations
    Hallucinationsby Oliver Sacks Seeing Things

    Neurologist and bestseller Oliver Sacks explores visual and auditory hallucinations with his usual insight, compassion and boundless curiosity.

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    Write Who You Are
    Never Say You Can’t Survive
    Never Say You Can’t Surviveby Charlie Jane Anders Write Who You Are

    Award-winning science fiction author Charlie Jane Anders offers a rich, emotional primer to facing your fears, channeling your emotions and sitting down to write.

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    Protect Yourself from Toxic People
    Toxic People Survival Guide
    Toxic People Survival Guideby Chase Hill Protect Yourself from Toxic People

    Prolific self-help author Chase Hill offers a basic primer for recognizing the harmful behaviors of others and taking steps to protect your emotional life.

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    A Primer on Boards
    How Boards Work
    How Boards Workby Dambisa Moyo A Primer on Boards

    Influential economist and best-selling author Dambisa Moyo offers a detailed overview of the hows and whys of corporate boards, with a special emphasis on their…

  • Review
    Learning To Learn
    The Fifth Discipline
    The Fifth Disciplineby Peter M. Senge Learning To Learn

    When this seminal work appeared in 1990, it was ahead of its time in identifying and describing the learning organization.

  • Review
    Keep Rowing
    Row the Boat
    Row the Boatby Jon Gordon and P.J. Fleck Keep Rowing

    Minnesota head football coach P.J. Fleck relates his unique history and the philosophy that sustains him.

  • Review
    The One and Only Jobs
    The Steve Jobs Way
    The Steve Jobs Wayby Jay Elliot and William L. Simon The One and Only Jobs

    Covering Steve Jobs while he was still alive to be interviewed, expert authors detail his business genius.

  • Review
    Reagan’s Deceptive Simplicity
    Reagan's War Stories
    Reagan's War Storiesby Benjamin Griffin Reagan’s Deceptive Simplicity

    Historian Benjamin Griffin deconstructs Ronald Reagan’s genius for turning complex political and social issues into simple good-guys-versus-bad-guys narratives – and the good guys always win.

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    Sister Jean Rules the Court
    Wake Up With Purpose!
    Wake Up With Purpose!by Sister Jean Schmidt and Seth Davis Sister Jean Rules the Court

    Sister Mary Jean Dolores Smith – better known as Sister Jean – details her (as of now) 104 years-long life of Catholic devotion and service…

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    Democracy Under Assault
    Democracy Awakening
    Democracy Awakeningby Heather Cox Richardson Democracy Under Assault

    Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson offers an articulate warning of the collapse of American democracy in the face of rising authoritarianism.