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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
    Equality Nourishes Nations
    Why Nations Fail
    Why Nations Failby James Patrick Robinson and Daron Acemoglu Equality Nourishes Nations

    Renowned experts Daron Acemoğlu and James A. Robinson parse why and how some nations endure and others vanish.

  • Review
    Write It Down
    The Bullet Journal Method
    The Bullet Journal Methodby Ryder Carroll Write It Down

    Renowned product designer Ryder Carroll offers a practical and meditative approach to organizing your life via an ancient artform: Handwriting.

  • Review
    Cope with Change or Else
    Thank You for Being Late
    Thank You for Being Lateby Thomas L. Friedman Cope with Change or Else

    Bestseller and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman describes the coming future and how America might adjust to it.

  • Review
    Sound Financial Advice
    Get Good with Money
    Get Good with Moneyby Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche Sound Financial Advice

    Tiffany Aliche made her name with practical financial advice for people who work for a living; this compendium provides a one-stop guide.

  • Review
    Tear It Down
    Postcapitalism
    Postcapitalismby Paul Mason Tear It Down

    Paul Mason offers a brilliant catalog of the ills of capitalism and an equally brilliant – if perhaps unworkable – catalog of solutions.

  • Review
    How And Why
    Find Your Why
    Find Your Whyby Simon Sinek, David Mead and Peter Docker How And Why

    Bestseller Simon Sinek collaborates with David Mead and Peter Docker to detail an enlightening – sometimes difficult – journey of personal and organizational discovery.

  • Review
    Share To Succeed
    The Power of Giving Away Power
    The Power of Giving Away Powerby Matthew Barzun Share To Succeed

    Former US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Barzun offers an articulate methodology for sharing knowledge and power in mutually beneficial collaborations.

  • Review
    A Safe Workplace
    Just Work
    Just Workby Kim Scott A Safe Workplace

    Bestselling author of Radical Candor Kim Scott details the policies and environment necessary to inspire and sustain a just workplace.

  • Review
    Chinese Expansion, Pre-COVID-19
    The New Silk Roads
    The New Silk Roadsby Peter Frankopan (author) Chinese Expansion, Pre-COVID-19

    Historian Peter Frankopan calls on his in-depth understanding of the Silk Road of ancient times to illuminate China’s efforts to build international influence and power.

  • Review
    Samsung – In All Its Corrupt Glory
    Samsung Rising
    Samsung Risingby Geoffrey Cain Samsung – In All Its Corrupt Glory

    Samsung’s Story of Spirit