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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
    A Force for Good
    Net Positive
    Net Positiveby Paul Polman and Andrew Winston A Force for Good

    Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and sustainability expert Andrew Winston issue a clarion call for businesses to embrace a new model, one that does good.

  • Review
    Behavioral Systems
    Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees
    Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employeesby Thomas Erikson Behavioral Systems

    Thomas Erikson divides all people into certain types and applies those metaphors to understanding your boss and yourself.

  • Review
    Hispanic Roots
    Our America
    Our Americaby Felipe Fernández-Armesto Hispanic Roots

    Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto presents a Hispanicist's history of North America, starting with the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

  • Review
    Learn From Experts
    Sales Secrets
    Sales Secretsby Brandon Bornancin Learn From Experts

    Brandon Bornancin offers sales secrets from the successful salespeople and sales thinkers he studied and interviewed.

  • 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.

  • Review
    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.

  • Review
    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.

  • Review
    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.