Cory Hawkes has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 1.6★ across 5 ratings. The most-rated is Competing with Giants.
Vancouver Noir
Summary
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each audiobook comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Following the success of Montreal Noir and Toronto Noir, the Noir series travels to the West Coast of Canada. Brand-new stories by: Linda L. Richards, Timothy Taylor, Sheena Kamal, Robin Spano, Carleigh Baker, Sam Wiebe, Dietrich Kalteis, Nathan Ripley, Yasuko Thanh, Kristi Charish, Don English, Nick Mamatas, S.G. Wong, and R.M. Greenaway. From the introduction by Sam Wiebe: You might wonder what shadows could exist in Vancouver, rain-spattered jewel of the Pacific Northwest. Nestled between the US border and the Coast Mountains, the city's postcard charms are familiar, even to those who’ve never been here, thanks to the films and TV shows shot in Hollywood North: The X-Files and Deadpool, Rumble in the Bronx and Jason Takes Manhattan. Vancouver is the so-called City of Glass. A nice place, in any case, and much too nice for noir. Looked at from afar, Vancouver may seem idyllic. But living here is different - cold and baffling and occasionally hostile. While outsiders focus on high-test BC bud, locals see a heroin crisis: Vancouver is home to the first legalized safe-injection site in North America, now heavily taxed by overdoses resulting from street drugs cut with fentanyl. It's ground zero for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, a nationwide catastrophe involving the deaths and disappearances of hundreds of marginalized women. Money and status trample culture and community.... If Vancouver is a City of Glass, that glass is underneath our feet.
©2018 Akashic Books (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
Competing with Giants
Summary
Asia’s growing economic clout is starting to reshape global business rules that have been molded by Western multinationals for many decades. The region’s rising star, Vietnam, is now flexing its economic muscles, and Competing with Giants tells the story of its transformation from war ruin to dynamic nation through the experiences of Tân Hi?p Phát (THP), the drinks company founded by Phuong Uyên Tr?n’s family. Told through the eyes of the daughter who watched her parents overcome numerous obstacles to achieve success, the book offers a primer for others to follow suit. Its message is an empowering one. East and West can learn from each other. Family-owned businesses are thriving. Asian women are making their mark. Most importantly of all, it teaches us that small companies, which take advantage of their local knowledge and marry it with the best international standards, can hold their own and even outflank giant global corporations. It is not easy, but as THP’s founder, Tr?n Quí Thanh, tells himself daily, “Nothing is impossible.”
©2018 Phuong Uyên Tr?n, Jackie Horne (P)2018 Phuong Uyên Tr?n, Jackie Horne
Match in the Root Cellar
Summary
Default culture has met its match.
After successfully leading her company through a transition as interim CEO, Carolyn earns her appointment as permanent CEO of Phossium. Although she is excited, Carolyn quickly realizes something’s wrong.
Early on, Carolyn recognizes a problem at the company - a very serious problem that threatens its growth and profitability. Carolyn identifies the problem as default culture - the complacency and discontent you’re left with when you stop intentionally generating a positive culture.
But changing the company culture isn’t easy, especially when employees, senior leaders, and even a board member push back. Taking it upon herself to spark change, Carolyn looks to enlist the help of anyone willing to help build a peak performance culture.
Together with other dissidents of the status quo, Carolyn has to find a way to change the company culture from “default” to “peak performance” - no small feat.
In his book Match in the Root Cellar, Chris McGoff - culture guru and best-selling author of The Primes - allows you to journey along with Carolyn, a composite character based on real-life people, to learn and see how it’s up to everyone to work through the struggles and find a way to redefine company culture and achieve peak performance.
By the end of Carolyn’s story, you will be equipped to break down that default culture and build a culture of peak performance!
©2017 Chris McGoff (P)2018 Chris McGoff
Betrayed
Summary
Betrayal comes in many forms. In the corporate world, there are big lies, white lies, and lies of omission. In relationships, there are cheaters, two-faced lovers, friends, as well as out-and-out family fraudsters. The more trusting the relationship, the more devastating the betrayal. What is it that causes us such a deep reaction to betrayal? Why do we relive it with such passion and intensity? Why does even the memory of a betrayal spark such feelings of shame, anger, and resentment? In Betrayed, Dr. Elaine Eisenman and Susan Stautberg dive into over 50 true stories of betrayal to learn how to successfully handle the trauma in setbacks, overcome the urge for quick revenge, consider the possibilities of forgiveness, and most importantly, set a positive path into the future.
©2019, 2020 Elaine Eisenman, PhD & Susan Stautberg (P)2019, 2020 Elaine Eisenman, PhD & Susan Stautberg
The Song of Hiawatha
Summary
Longfellow's great narrative poem has been unjustly neglected in recent years though it gives a sympathetic portrait especially of Hiawatha, reared by Nokomis, daughter of the Moon, and his bride Minehaha. It is famously underpinned by its hypnotic rhythm, which makes it ideal listening.
Public Domain (P)2005 Naxos AudioBooks