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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
    Someday Come Back with Books
    Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
    Leaving Microsoft to Change the Worldby John Wood Someday Come Back with Books

    Microsoft changed the world. Former Microsoft executive John Wood made it a better place to live: He gave up corporate life to deliver books and build…

  • Review
    Stop Burning Coal and Start Pricing Carbon
    The Climate Casino
    The Climate Casinoby William D. Nordhaus Stop Burning Coal and Start Pricing Carbon

    Nobel Prize winner William D. Nordhaus details the complexity of the political and economic responses to climate change.

  • Review
    “I’m Against It”
    Natural Causes
    Natural Causesby Barbara Ehrenreich “I’m Against It”

    Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich offers her stringent views of current American society and its discontents.

  • Review
    Humanist Economics
    Doughnut Economics
    Doughnut Economicsby Kate Raworth Humanist Economics

    Renegade economist Kate Raworth cites the problems that today’s economic system generates and offers radical but practical solutions.

  • Review
    Bill Gates Fights Climate Change
    How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
    How to Avoid a Climate Disasterby Bill Gates Bill Gates Fights Climate Change

    Microsoft founder Bill Gates presents a clear, indispensable primer on climate change issues and possible actions.

  • Review
    Oliver Sacks’s Final Words
    Everything in Its Place
    Everything in Its Placeby Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks’s Final Words

    Best-selling neurologist and cultural touchstone Oliver Sacks’s final collection of essays on the fundamental mysteries of the human condition.

  • Review
    Less of Everybody
    Empty Planet
    Empty Planetby Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson Less of Everybody

    Researcher Darrell Bricker and journalist John Ibbitson offer startling, evidence-based predictions regarding an ever-diminishing population and its effects.

  • Review
    Be Human
    Radical Candor
    Radical Candorby Kim Scott Be Human

    Multifaceted best-selling author and executive coach Kim Scott offers a detailed manual for leaders who want to establish functional emotional connections with their employees.

  • Review
    Soon, A Reckoning
    Red Flags
    Red Flagsby George Magnus Soon, A Reckoning

    Economist George Magnus offers a perceptive overview of China’s overcooked economy and the possible consequences of current Chinese policies.

  • Review
    Death from Above
    The Bomber Mafia
    The Bomber Mafiaby Malcolm Gladwell Death from Above

    Best-selling public intellectual Malcolm Gladwell offers a detailed history of the United States’ bombing tactics in World War II.