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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
    Threshold Leadership
    The Threshold
    The Thresholdby Nick Chatrath Threshold Leadership

    Executive coach Nick Chatrath details how to develop your essential humanity to forestall surrendering empathy and compassion to AI.

  • Review
    The History of Tribalism
    Tribal
    Tribalby Michael Morris The History of Tribalism

    Columbia University cultural psychologist Michael Morris offers a detailed history of the evolution of tribalism and its enduring power in human history.

  • Review
    The Underbelly of Rock and Roll
    Rockonomics
    Rockonomicsby Alan B. Krueger The Underbelly of Rock and Roll

    Is America’s music scene the perfect metaphor for the US economy? Economist Alan Krueger thinks so. For every platinum-selling artist, he says, there are millions of musicians who…

  • Review
    A Communicative Introvert
    Small Talk
    Small Talkby Diane Weston A Communicative Introvert

    Master the art of small talk by giving your complete attention to others and truly listening.

  • Review
    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.

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    The Go-To Person
    Linchpin
    Linchpinby Seth Godin The Go-To Person

    Don’t fear fear itself. Be creative and original, embrace self-discipline and, perennial bestseller Seth Godin asserts, you can become a linchpin.

  • Review
    Malcolm X in His Time
    The Dead Are Arising
    The Dead Are Arisingby Les Payne and Tamara Payne Malcolm X in His Time

    Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Les Payne and his daughter and researcher Tamara Payne present a spellbinding, detailed, rewarding biography of Malcolm X.

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    Embrace the General
    Range
    Rangeby David J. Epstein Embrace the General

    This New York Times number one bestseller explains how specialization limits understanding and why the world needs generalists.

  • Review
    Prescient Start-Up Advice
    The Lean Startup
    The Lean Startupby Eric Ries Prescient Start-Up Advice

    Technology entrepreneur Eric Ries proves well ahead of his time in this valuable, honored 2011 guide to Lean start-up principles.

  • Review
    Declutter Your Life
    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Upby Marie Kondo Declutter Your Life

    Gracefully telling people what to do and how to sort and pitch their stuff is no easy feat, yet Kondo does so with ease.