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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 Different History
    Sapiens
    Sapiensby Yuval Noah Harari A Different History

    Best-selling author and thinker Yuval Noah Harari offers a different, learned perspective on the history of human beings.

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    The Flow of Money
    Happy Money
    Happy Moneyby Ken Honda The Flow of Money

    Ken Honda, Japan’s “Happy Little Millionaire,” contends that your attitude determines how much money flows to you.

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    Crashedby Adam Tooze Calamity and Rescue

    Award-winning author and Columbia University history professor Adam Tooze offers a detailed, granular recounting of the 2008 financial crisis.

  • Review
    Who Bees Are
    Buzz
    Buzzby Thor Hanson Who Bees Are

    Prolific biologist and author Thor Hanson offers a compelling, fact-filled, fun overview of bees, their evolution, their role in nature, and the benefits and threats of…

  • Review
    Don’t Rely on Predictions
    The Signal and the Noise
    The Signal and the Noiseby Nate Silver Don’t Rely on Predictions

    Statistician and founder of The New York Times political blog FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver explains predictions and tells you when to trust them – especially your own.

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    Habits Make Identity
    Atomic Habits
    Atomic Habitsby James Clear Habits Make Identity

    Best-selling advice guru James Clear offers a workable manual for ending bad habits and creating healthy habits.

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    Huffington on Thriving
    Thrive
    Thriveby Arianna Huffington Huffington on Thriving

    Arianna Huffington says that to thrive you should build your life around four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving.