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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
    The Big Boys
    Strategy Rules
    Strategy Rulesby David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano The Big Boys

    Renowned business writers David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano offer insightful, original and highly useful portraits of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Andy Groves,…

  • Review
    Migration and Climate Change
    Nomad Century
    Nomad Centuryby Gaia Vince Migration and Climate Change

    Gaia Vince details how climate change will drive immigration, how immigrants help their host nations and how the world must adapt to the escalating climate…

  • Review
    How to Talk to Tweens
    Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
    Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteenby Michelle Icard How to Talk to Tweens

    Michelle Icard, author of 8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success and an NBC parenting expert, offers straightforward, workable advice for communicating with and…

  • Review
    Looking Toward Tomorrow
    Superforecasting
    Superforecastingby Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner Looking Toward Tomorrow

    Behavioral scientist Philip E. Tetlock reveals how to apply your perceptions to figuring out the future.

  • Review
    Microbes Rule
    Pathogenesis
    Pathogenesisby Jonathan Kennedy Microbes Rule

    Bacteria and viruses have played a fascinating, unexpected role in human, urban, and political development.

  • Review
    A Regionalized World
    The Globalization Myth
    The Globalization Mythby Shannon K. O'Neil A Regionalized World

    The author of Two Nations Indivisible and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, Shannon K. O’Neil details why nations thrive when neighbors cooperate.

  • Review
    Intimate Retelling of History
    The Splendid and the Vile
    The Splendid and the Vileby Erik Larson Intimate Retelling of History

    Eric Larson’s intimate retelling of the Battle of Britain brings the nation’s rulers, aristocrats and ordinary citizens to vivid life.

  • Review
    Stories and Your Deceptive Brain
    The Science of Storytelling
    The Science of Storytellingby Will Storr Stories and Your Deceptive Brain

    Award-winning journalist Will Storr explains the myriad ways your brains fools you – all for your benefit – and why you so need and love…

  • Review
    An Awe-Inspiring Figure
    The Man Who Solved the Market
    The Man Who Solved the Marketby Gregory Zuckerman An Awe-Inspiring Figure

    Wall Street Journal writer Gregory Zuckerman details the life of codebreaker, polymath, early quant investor and billionaire Jim Simons.

  • Review
    Trust Yourself and Leap
    Pivot
    Pivotby Jenny Blake Trust Yourself and Leap

    Author of Life After College, Jenny Blake provides workable guidance for those early in their careers who want to layout a deliberate path.