Audiobooks narrated by Dennis Kleinman

NATO: From Cold War to Ukraine, a History of the World's Most Powerful Alliance

A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day-published for the alliance's seventy-fifth anniversary For seven decades, NATO's stated aim has been the achievement of world peace-but playing great power politics always involves conflict. Russia's war on Ukraine and on Europe's security order puts the alliance under threat, but also demonstrates why transatlantic cooperation is so necessary. But how did NATO get to where it is today, and what does its future hold? In this incisive new account, Sten Rynning traces the full history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from its origins to the present. Across its seventy-five years, NATO has navigated the twists and turns of Cold War diplomacy and nuclear deterrence, and has grown its membership. The alliance has become a guarantor of peace, but Rynning explores how its complex inner workings alongside Russian and Chinese opposition are now shaping its direction. At a time of strategic competition and geopolitical upheaval, Rynning offers us a clear-sighted account of the alliance's intriguing history-and asks what its ambitions might be for the future.

Sten Rynning (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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The 9 Types of Difficult People: How to spot them and quickly improve working relationships

This book is for anyone who has experienced a difficult person at work. Revealing the nine different types of difficult people, there's a quick quiz so you can work out the personality type you're dealing with, and how to communicate with them effectively. - Decode the warning signs through stories of each type - Discover practical tools and techniques for dealing with each type - Find short exercises to help you build the right mindset for success - Boost workplace relationships with videos and an online quiz

Nick Robinson (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

We tend to think of the Holy Spirit as the straggler of the Trinity, a latecomer in God's interaction with the world. But our first introduction to the Holy Spirit is not the drama of Pentecost in the second chapter of Acts. We first meet the Holy Spirit in the second verse of the Bible, hovering there, speaking the world into existence. Christopher Wright begins here and traces the Holy Spirit through the pages of the Old Testament. We see the Third Person of the Trinity in the decrees of prophets and psalmists, in the actions of judges and craftspeople, in the anointing of kings and the promise of a new creation. Knowable and discernible in the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit is thus eminently knowable to us. The witness of the whole of Scripture, from its first pages to its last, directs us to a Holy Spirit empowering the people of God, and sustaining and renewing the face of the earth.

Christopher Jh Wright (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament

We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story. Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistaken notion of Jesus? Should we listen to other gospels, other sayings of Jesus, that enlarge and correct a mistaken story? Is the real Jesus entangled in a web of the church's Scripture, awaiting liberation from our childhood faith so he might speak to our contemporary pluralistic world? To answer these questions we need to know what story Jesus claimed for himself. Christopher Wright is convinced that Jesus's own story is rooted in the story of Israel. In this revised and updated book he traces the life of Christ as it is illuminated by the Old Testament. And he describes God's design for Israel as it is fulfilled in the story of Jesus.

Christopher Jh Wright (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Getting to Resilient Mode: Finding the Path to Success Even When the Odds Are Stacked Against You

In his book Getting to Resilient Mode, Understanding What Matters Most in Business and Life, Tariq Chauhan reveals his leadership challenges and successes throughout his extraordinary career trajectory with one goal in mind: to offer his readers a chance to transform their own leadership development. The book provides a full spectrum of perspectives to learn from, and is an essential resource for those who are charged with leading or executing leadership development initiatives. Future and present leaders will find inspiration in his words.

Tariq Chauhan (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Certain Uncertainty: Leading with Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

In Certain Uncertainty, renowned management theorist Des Dearlove delivers an exciting and illuminating discussion of how to build resilience and agility into our lives and businesses. As rapid and foundational change becomes ever more constant, a state of constant disruption increasingly becomes our new normal. Certain Uncertainty collects advice and fresh thinking from accomplished business leaders to help managers and executives navigate contemporary markets. In the book, you'll find: - Ways to structure your business to better respond to constant fluidity and change - Discussions of why the concepts of economic and social certainty were always largely illusory - Strategies for embracing forward-looking humility that acknowledges uncertainty about what lies around the next corner - Thought-provoking insights from leading business experts including Sheree Atcheson, Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman, Paul R. Carlile, Julie Carrier, Kirstin Ferguson, Nathan Furr, Susannah Harmon Furr, Amy Gallo, Matt Gitsham, Ruth Gotian, Mehran Gul, Diane Hamilton, Maja Korica, Marianne W. Lewis, David Liddle, Terence Mauri, Jennifer Moss, Gorick Ng, David Nour, Simone T. A. Phipps, Leon C. Prieto, and others

Des Dearlove (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament

It's almost second nature for Christians to call God Father. Jesus taught his followers as much, although for them it was apparently a surprising practice. The worshiping community of the Old Testament used fatherly images for understanding God's character and actions, but 'Father' was not a common way for believers to address God. In Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament, Christopher Wright explores in depth the images that pervade the biblical narratives, psalms, and prophetic texts of the Old Testament. God is acknowledged as tender yet terrifying, challenging to the nations and yet intimately personal, offering loving care, provision, discipline and forgiveness. This is the God whom Jesus knew, and whom we can know, as Father. Such knowledge of God is far from merely devotional or doctrinal, but governs our worldview, personal and social ethics, and expectations of the future.

Christopher Jh Wright (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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The Economics of the Stock Market

The current consensus economic model, the neoclassical synthesis, depends on aprioristic assumptions that are shown to be invalid when tested against the data and fails to include finance. Economic policy based on this consensus has led to the financial crisis of 2008, the 'Great Recession' that followed, and the slow subsequent rate of growth. In The Economics of the Stock Market, Andrew Smithers proposes a model that is robust when tested, and by including the impact of the stock market on the economy, overcomes both these defects. The faults of the current consensus model are shown to result typically from an unscientific methodology in which assumptions are held to be valid despite their incompatibility with data evidence. Smithers demonstrates examples of these faults: the assumption that leverage does not affect the value of produced capital assets; the assumption that short-term and long-term interest rates, and the cost of equity capital, are codetermined; and the assumption that the decisions of corporate managements aim to maximize the present value of corporate assets rather than the value determined by the stock market. The Economics of the Stock Market proposes a model that includes and explains the stationarity of real returns on equity, based on the interaction of the differing utility preferences of the managers of companies and the owners of financial capital.

Andrew Smithers (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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The Prophet and Other Stories

Dennis Kleinman’s mesmerizing narration of Khalil Gibran’s great classic introduces The Prophet, The Madman and The Forerunner to a new generation. This inspiring recording is followed by a candid conversation between Dennis Kleinman and Alison Larkin in which they talk openly about how deeply affected they were, personally, by the experience of re-visiting this great work. The Prophet, first published in 1923, is the third most-sold book of its kind, after Shakespeare and the Chinese poet Laoze.

Khalil Gibran (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes: A Short Story Collection

Twelve sensational Sherlock Holmes short stories from a bestselling master of the genre Maverick detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful chronicler Dr. John Watson return in twelve thrilling short stories. The iconic duo find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events: an otherworldly stone whose touch inflicts fatal bleeding; a hellish potion to unlock a person’s devilish psyche; a fiendishly clever, almost undetectable method of revenge and many more—including a brand-new Cthulhu Casebooks story.

James Lovegrove (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless? Is our inevitable death a bad thing? Would immortality be an improvement? Would it be better to hasten our deaths by suicide? Many people ask these big questions-and some people are plagued by them. Analytic philosophers have said relatively little about these important questions. The Human Predicament invites listeners to take a clear-eyed and unfettered view of the human condition. David Benatar here offers a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism about the central questions of human existence. He argues that while our lives can have some meaning, we are ultimately the insignificant beings that we fear we might be. He maintains that the quality of life leaves much to be desired in even the best cases. Worse, death is generally not a solution; in fact, it exacerbates rather than mitigates our cosmic meaninglessness. While it can release us from suffering, it imposes another cost-annihilation. This state of affairs has nuanced implications for how we should think about many things, including immortality and suicide, and how we should think about the possibility of deeper meaning in our lives. Ultimately, this thoughtful, provocative, and deeply candid treatment of life's big questions will interest anyone who has contemplated why we are here, and what the answer means for how we should live.

David Benatar (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence-rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should-they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into existence is always a serious harm. Those who never exist cannot be deprived. However, by coming into existence one does suffer quite serious harms that could not have befallen one had one not come into existence. Drawing on the relevant psychological literature, the author shows that there are a number of well-documented features of human psychology that explain why people systematically overestimate the quality of their lives and why they are thus resistant to the suggestion that they were seriously harmed by being brought into existence. The author then argues for the 'anti-natal' view-that it is always wrong to have children-and he shows that combining the anti-natal view with common pro-choice views about fetal moral status yield a 'pro-death' view about abortion. Although counter-intuitive for many, that implication is defended, not least by showing that it solves many conundrums of moral theory about population.

David Benatar (Author), Dennis Kleinman (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Dennis Kleinman