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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
    Continual Discord
    The Age of Unpeace
    The Age of Unpeaceby Mark Leonard Continual Discord

    Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard presents a compelling, discouraging overview of the current state of the world: ever-increasing fragmentation and…

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    Become a “Happy High Achiever”
    Happen to Your Career
    Happen to Your Careerby Scott Anthony Barlow Become a “Happy High Achiever”

    Career coach Scott Barlow, host of the HTYC podcast, guides you toward building the mind-set you need to pursue a deeply fulfilling career – and life.

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    Productive Change
    Move Fast and Fix Things
    Move Fast and Fix Thingsby Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Productive Change

    Focus on excellence (and fast!) and effective change management.

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    Merge Your Intelligence With Your Soul
    Head & Heart
    Head & Heartby Kirstin Ferguson Merge Your Intelligence With Your Soul

    Leadership expert Kirstin Ferguson shows you how to combine your conscious rational skills and your soulful, reflexive understanding to be the best possible leader.

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    Not So Green
    The War Below
    The War Belowby Ernest Scheyder Not So Green

    Reuter’s senior correspondent Ernest Scheyder presents the complex trade-offs that emission-reducing technologies create.

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    Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
    The Optimist’s Telescope
    The Optimist’s Telescopeby Bina Venkataraman Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

    Journalist Bina Venkataraman outlines strategies to help people and societies keep a long-term picture in mind –especially amid uncertainty. Her main lesson: Learn how to cultivate – and act upon – “foresight” as an individual,…

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    Curmudgeonly Common Sense
    Loserthink
    Loserthinkby Scott Adams Curmudgeonly Common Sense

    Dilbert creator Scott Adams offers slightly cranky advice for thinking clearly and productively.

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    A Classic of American History
    Caste
    Casteby Isabel Wilkerson A Classic of American History

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents an indispensable overview of racism in the United States and its economic and social impacts.

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    A Tour de Force
    Transaction Man
    Transaction Manby Nicholas Lemann A Tour de Force

    New Yorker staff writer and Columbia University professor Nicholas Lemann offers a detailed history of the crucial economic trends and philosophies of the 20th century.

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    Compelling Stories
    Smarter Faster Better
    Smarter Faster Betterby Charles Duhigg Compelling Stories

    Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, best-selling author of The Power of Habit, is an engaging writer with a compelling roster of stories.