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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
    Triumph of the Underdog.
    David and Goliath
    David and Goliathby Malcolm Gladwell Triumph of the Underdog.

    Malcolm Gladwell offers a thoughtful, readable look at underdogs in history and how they triumphed.

  • Review
    Racing to Solve Problems
    Sprint
    Sprintby Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Racing to Solve Problems

    The authors detail their Sprint process for turning ideas into testable prototypes.

  • Review
    Digital Manners
    Digital Body Language
    Digital Body Languageby Erica Dhawan Digital Manners

    Master online communication: You can avoid sending inadvertent digital signals – or misinterpreting the messages your receive – if you know the code.

  • Review
    In Search of Equitable Taxation
    The Triumph of Injustice
    The Triumph of Injusticeby Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez In Search of Equitable Taxation

    Two economics professors detail the unequal taxation in the United States and offer solutions for creating more equitable taxation.

  • Review
    High-End Relentless Charm
    It’s Your Move
    It’s Your Moveby Josh Altman High-End Relentless Charm

    Josh Altman achieved a great deal of money and fame through hard work and considerable charm. In this engaging memoir and how-to manual, Altman details his…

  • Review
    Intrinsic Rewards
    Drive
    Driveby Daniel H. Pink Intrinsic Rewards

    Blockbuster author Daniel Pink delves into human motivation, explaining how savvy employers must embrace intrinsic rewards to motivate and fulfill their employees.

  • Review
    Approachable Adler
    The Courage to Be Disliked
    The Courage to Be Dislikedby Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga Approachable Adler

    Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga, who are followers of Adlerian psychology and best-selling authors, present Adler’s principles in the form of an accessible fable.

  • Review
    Babies and Beasts
    Loonshots
    Loonshotsby Safi Bahcall Babies and Beasts

    Physicist Safi Bahcall’s original, entertaining take on managing innovation draws on science, economics, psychology and history to provide a rundown of some of the most important ideas of the…

  • Review
    A Natural Part of Life
    Demystifying Disability
    Demystifying Disabilityby Emily Ladau A Natural Part of Life

    Disability rights activist, writer and speaker Emily Ladau offers a primer for the nondisabled on the rights of people with disabilities and how best to…

  • Review
    Listen Better.
    You’re Not Listening
    You’re Not Listeningby Kate Murphy Listen Better.

    Informed, insightful and compassionate listening is a gift on both sides of a conversation.