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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
    DevOps Made Clear
    The Phoenix Project
    The Phoenix Projectby Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford DevOps Made Clear

    This surprisingly readable business parable – and the clear information that follows – provides a rare, concise, clear overview of DevOps.

  • Review
    You May Not Think What You Think You Think
    Blindspot
    Blindspotby Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald You May Not Think What You Think You Think

    Psychology professors Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald explore the labyrinthian path our irrational beliefs follow – or don't.

  • Review
    Get Offline!
    Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
    Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Nowby Jaron Lanier Get Offline!

    Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier details an online dystopia of propaganda and manipulation. He urges you to leave social media as a spur for it…

  • Review
    Love and Strategy
    Unleashed
    Unleashedby Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Love and Strategy

    Francis Frei and Anne Morriss – co-authors of Uncommon Service – offer a kinder, gentler, more conscious path to inspiring and uniting employees.

  • Review
    Comprehensive Black History
    Four Hundred Souls
    Four Hundred Soulsby Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Comprehensive Black History

    Professors and authors Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain offer a compelling, sweeping new perspective on the history of Black Americans, both enslaved and…

  • Review
    Socially Responsible Investing
    Impact
    Impactby Sir Ronald Cohen Socially Responsible Investing

    Pioneering philanthropist and social financier Sir Ronald Cohen details why the world needs conscious, socially aware profit-making.

  • Review
    Change Yourself
    You Can Have It All
    You Can Have It Allby Romi Neustadt Change Yourself

    Entrepreneur and award-winning author Romi Neustadt offers a basic, step-by-step program for recognizing and turning your fears and bad habits into positives to help you achieve…

  • Review
    Compassionate Care
    The Family Caregiver’s Manual
    The Family Caregiver’s Manualby David Levy Compassionate Care

    Attorney and gerontologist David Levy offers a comprehensive actionable manual for anyone with a relative who needs daily care — or will in the future.

  • Review
    Simplicity and Organization
    The Qualified Sales Leader
    The Qualified Sales Leaderby John McMahon Simplicity and Organization

    Tech sales legend John McMahon provides wise, actionable advice for sales managers by offering parables – which seem extraneous – and direct guidance – which…

  • Review
    AI Evolution
    Genius Makers
    Genius Makersby Cade Metz AI Evolution

    New York Times technology reporter Cade Metz presents the evolution of AI through the brilliant personalities who developed it.