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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
    Brains, EQ and Guts
    The Ride of a Lifetime
    The Ride of a Lifetimeby Robert Iger and Joel Lovell Brains, EQ and Guts

    Disney CEO Robert Iger offers an enjoyable memoir including memorable lessons about ruthlessness, daring and self-belief.

  • Review
    Beyond the Calendar
    Getting Things Done
    Getting Things Doneby David Allen Beyond the Calendar

    David Allan advocates allocating your limited time by managing your resources, workplace and actions. To begin, identify what you need to do well in advance of when you need to…

  • Review
    Overcoming Barriers
    Lean In
    Lean Inby Sheryl Sandberg Overcoming Barriers

    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg offers her sometimes controversial and all-time best-selling thoughts about women in the workplace.

  • Review
    A Ruthless Autocrat
    MBS
    MBSby Ben Hubbard A Ruthless Autocrat

    New York Times Beirut bureau chief Ben Hubbard offers a detailed, compelling portrait of Saudi Arabia’s young, ruthless leader.

  • Review
    A Little Help from the Big State
    A World Without Work
    A World Without Workby Daniel Susskind A Little Help from the Big State

    Recognizing that the Age of Labor is ending, Oxford economist Daniel Susskind argues for the Big State to help create a universal income to free…

  • Review
    Individual Actions
    x + y
    x + yby Eugenia Cheng Individual Actions

    Dr. Eugenia Cheng applies mathematics, logic and common sense to transcend gender stereotypes.

  • Review
    You Can Change
    The Power of Habit
    The Power of Habitby Charles Duhigg You Can Change

    Charles Duhigg analyzes how your brain forms habits, how companies also form habits, and how people and organizations can choose new, more healthful behaviors.

  • Review
    More Effective Teams
    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
    The Five Dysfunctions of a Teamby Patrick Lencioni More Effective Teams

    Bestseller and business consultant Patrick Lencioni uses a fable to explain how to engage teams, increase their commitment and make sure they meet their goals.

  • Review
    Unequal Under the Law
    Locking Up Our Own
    Locking Up Our Ownby James Forman Jr. Unequal Under the Law

    Yale Law professor James Forman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning historical overview tracks America’s unequal treatment of Blacks under the law.

  • Review
    Mutual Misunderstanding
    Talking From 9 to 5
    Talking From 9 to 5by Deborah Tannen Mutual Misunderstanding

    Linguist Deborah Tannen explores the complexity of gender-based office communication and how it affects women.