Chris Gardner has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors. The most-rated is Permission to Dream.
The Resistible Rise of Benjamin Netanyahu
Summary
Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the longest serving Prime Ministers of Israel. For much of the world, Netanyahu is a right-wing nationalist zealot; for many Israelis he is a centrist who is too soft on Arabs and backs down too easily in a fight. Love him or loathe him, Netanyahu has been at the very centre of Arab-Israeli politics since 1990, when he became the telegenic Israeli spokesman for CNN's coverage of the Persian Gulf War, arguably ushering in the Americanization of the Israeli media. Netanyahu is famous for his TV skills, but there is so much more to reveal - good and bad - about the man and his place in Israeli, Middle Eastern and world political history. At present there is no major profile of Netanyahu in the English language, so the publication of this audiobook is a landmark of considerable importance, especially as in March 2015 he was reelected for a further term in office. Using the juncture of the Oslo Accords to take the listener back to Netanyahu's formative years, Neill Lochery, a renowned scholar of Middle Eastern politics and history, chronicles not only the Prime Minister's life but also the issues his career has encompassed, from the rise of militant Islam to the politics of oil; from the transformation of Israeli politics by the 24-7 cable news cycle to the US' changing role in the Middle East.
©2016 Neill Lochery (P)2016 Audible, Ltd
Permission to Dream
Summary
In the spirit of The Last Lecture, The Secret, and The Alchemist, this small book presents big ideas for turning your “one day” into today, including the generational transfer of a dream and a powerful blueprint for a masterpiece life - from the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir and major motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness. On a winter’s day, Chris Gardner set off with his nine-year-old granddaughter Brooke to find the harmonica of her dreams. The search sends them North “beyond the wall” into a foreboding Chicago neighborhood and, soon, on a harrowing adventure that will change both of their lives - and ours. Chris is still mourning the loss of his girlfriend to brain cancer. Her question haunts him: “Now that we know how short life can be, what will you do with the time you have left?” After five years, he feels an urgency - what he calls, “Atomic Time” in which every second counts - to find an answer, but is stuck. Even while giving Brooke permission to aspire to one day become president of the United States, he knows it’s time to reclaim his own permission to dream. Lost, Chris and his granddaughter board a bus, reminding him of earlier rides through dark times when dreams of a better life kept him alive. As the two wind through a changing cityscape, Chris reflects on past lessons that offer powerful guidance for dreaming your way to monumental success. At its heart, this book lays out a blueprint for building a dream-come-true life - even during uncertainty. Gardner delivers the secrets to achieving a prosperous career - from a method for identifying your ultimate dream to a playbook for becoming world class at it. His tools include the “new 3 R’s” - or the Rep, the Rap, and the Rolodex - which reveal how to earn a stellar reputation, develop a rap for marketing yourself, and amass a Rolodex of rewarding relationships. No matter how much wealth you achieve, Chris notes, true success comes from enriching the lives of others - so all can still have access to the American Dream. Toward the end, Brooke observes that in Atomic Time, it’s never too late for anyone to reinvent themselves and change their fortune. Chris, hearing her, realizes what his next pursuit will be - to go back to high school and give permission to dream to the next generation of problem solvers and change makers. A true fable, Permission to Dream is a timeless and timely manifesto for turning dreams into action - beginning right now.
©2021 Chris Gardner and Mim Eichler-Rivas (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers