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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

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    Change Begins Within
    Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
    Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leaderby Herminia Ibarra Change Begins Within

    If you're a leader, then lead. Stop thinking about yourself and take action instead.

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    Creating Reading Rooms
    Creating Room to Read
    Creating Room to Readby John Wood Creating Reading Rooms

    John Wood offers a sequel to his seminal Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, detailing how his charity brings books and literacy to children worldwide.

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    A Strategy Classic
    Playing to Win
    Playing to Winby Roger L. Martin and A.G. Lafley A Strategy Classic

    Answer five strategic questions to beat your rivals, say A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin in the classic that set a new standard in strategic thinking.

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    Learn Yourself
    The Laws of Human Nature
    The Laws of Human Natureby Robert Greene Learn Yourself

    Master human strategist and bestselling writer Robert Greene takes an uncharacteristic detour into empathy.

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    Faddish Advice
    Tools of Titans
    Tools of Titansby Timothy Ferriss Faddish Advice

    Best-selling author Tim Ferriss offers a cornucopia of dietary, training, spiritual, financial and drug advice to help you become successful.

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    Trauma and the Body
    The Body Keeps the Score
    The Body Keeps the Scoreby Bessel van der Kolk Trauma and the Body

    Director of the Complex Trauma Treatment Network Bessel van der Kolk, MD details how trauma manifests in the body and current therapy modalities that address it.

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    Nonfiction Strategies From the Master
    Draft No. 4
    Draft No. 4by John McPhee Nonfiction Strategies From the Master

    Renowned, bestselling enduring New Yorker non-fiction avatar John McPhee offers invaluable advice for writers.

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    Preventable Pandemics
    How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
    How to Prevent the Next Pandemicby Bill Gates Preventable Pandemics

    Again offering his thoughts and strategies concerning a massive global problem, Bill Gates proves a font of common sense, straight talk and workable solutions.

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    What Is QAnon?
    The Storm Is Upon Us
    The Storm Is Upon Usby Mike Rothschild What Is QAnon?

    Investigative journalist Mike Rothschild provides an objective, reasoned portrait of the history, beliefs and followers of the ever-changing conspiracy cult, QAnon.

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    Align HR and Strategy
    The HR Scorecard
    The HR Scorecardby Brian E. Becker, Mark A. Huselid and Dave Ulrich Align HR and Strategy

    A trio of experts empowers HR professionals to demonstrate that HR can boost profits and functionality.