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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 Remarkable Woman’s Ascent
    Pelosi
    Pelosiby Molly Ball A Remarkable Woman’s Ascent

    Time magazine national political correspondent Molly Ball applies her expertise and insight to Nancy Pelosi’s rise to Speaker of the House of Representatives through sweeping political…

  • Review
    Two Good Guys Succeed
    Built from Scratch
    Built from Scratchby Bob Andelman, Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus Two Good Guys Succeed

    Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, co-founders of The Home Depot, tell their tale of starting with an idea and building an empire by offering business advice…

  • Review
    The Great Migration
    The Warmth of Other Suns
    The Warmth of Other Sunsby Isabel Wilkerson The Great Migration

    Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste, finds telling human details and inspiration in her history of the Great Migration of Black Americans fleeing the…

  • Review
    Not Dead Yet
    Age Later
    Age Laterby Nir Barzilai Not Dead Yet

    Nir Barzilai, MD, founding director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, offers an overview of science and technology…

  • Review
    Outlier Risk Managment
    An Economist Walks into a Brothel
    An Economist Walks into a Brothelby Allison Schrager Outlier Risk Managment

    Economist Allison Schrager offers eccentric examples of risk management to clarify the concept for laypeople.

  • Review
    How Google Works
    Work Rules!
    Work Rules!by Laszlo Bock How Google Works

    Laszlo Bock, Google’s head of People Operations, explains its highly effective HR policies.

  • Review
    Beat Loneliness to Stay Well
    Together
    Togetherby Vivek Murthy Beat Loneliness to Stay Well

    United States surgeon general Vivek Murthy explains that loneliness kills, but kind human connections nurture your health.

  • Review
    The SEAL Way
    Leadership Strategy and Tactics
    Leadership Strategy and Tacticsby Jocko Willink The SEAL Way

    Bestseller and former Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink offers leadership lessons learned on the battlefield.

  • Review
    Sports Teams and Business Teams
    We’re All in This Together
    We’re All in This Togetherby Mike Robbins Sports Teams and Business Teams

    Former professional athlete and self-help author Mike Robbins explains how lessons from sports teams can help business teams be more productive.

  • Review
    Fix It!
    The Innovation Delusion
    The Innovation Delusionby Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel Fix It!

    Technology historians Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell argue for nothing less than a grand shift of the American mind-set – away from adoring innovation…