Bøger af Dain Dunston

It's 1969, and the world is on fire. When rock music reporter Tom Bean gets a tip that something is fishy about the death of The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, he investigates and gets a beating for his troubles. That sets him on a race to stay one step ahead of shadowy killers targeting Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison as he tries to save their lives. Fast-moving and noirish, this historical novel is based on actual FBI and CIA operations of the time, including the implausibly named but entirely real Operation CHAOS, which tried to disrupt opponents of the the Nixon Administration. In his long-awaited second novel, Dain Dunston, the author of The Downside of Up, gives us a rock & roll novel in the tradition of Nick Horby, Don DeLillo and Jeannifer Egan. The Straight Dope takes us on a tour of the world of rock in its most exciting era, chasing the action from San Francisco to New York, London and Paris, in the company of the most compelling rock stars of the day."Probably you're thinking it's implausible that the CIA maybe sorta wanted to kill four counter-culture rock stars in the 1960s. Probably you're forgetting that J. Edgar Hoover liked to wear dresses and that Elvis and Nixon were tight. The Straight Dope is a trippy ride into the what-if of the weirdest part of the American 20th Century, when Manson really did hang out with the Beach Boys, Hunter S. Thompson really did ride with the Hells Angels...and the feds really did regard rock and roll as a threat. This thing is so good I had the munchies after the first chapter." - Neely Tucker, Murder, D.C., The Ways of the Dead"Nearly 50 years after they died, the members of the 27 Club still haunt us. In this page-turner of a thriller, Dain Dunston's young reporter tries to stop their killers. Can peace and love win out?" - Charles McNair, Land O'Goshen, Pickett's Charge, The Epicureans.

When Paul Lavallier makes a joke at a cocktail party in Hong Kong, he doesn't expect it to change his whole life. But he's been a little down on his luck. His wife has left him with nothing but a pile of bills he can't afford to pay. And every day he helps millionaire CEOs make more and more money for themselves while every year, there seems to be less and less for him. So when he's offered a chance to make big bucks by being a stand-in CEO, he jumps at the chance. All he has to do is go down with the ship and collect his big payoff. But he can't help himself: he starts trying to fix things. To his (and everyone else's) surprise, it turns out he's pretty good at it. But fixing things might kill the deal and powerful people can't let that happen. From Hong Kong to Dallas, from Albuquerque to Singapore and Geneva, Paul is on a quest to make things right. It's a classic fish out of water story and Paul's journey is hilarious, touching and timely. A comic novel of outrageous fortune, The Downside of Up entertains with an unforgettable case study of bad management, with hints of Tom Wolfe, Christopher Buckley and Stanley Bing. Every leader in every company should read this book. When you finish laughing, you'll also be a better leader. Praise for The Downside of Up "The Downside of Up is classic Dunston. It unleashes the creativity of a novelist, the provocative insights of a thought leader who has coached many of the top executives in the world, and the compassion of a sensei who deeply cares about the human condition, for Dunston is all three. This riveting story is loaded with all the lessons of a Harvard case study, but delivered with the kind of humor that will entertain you throughout. The business literature is ripe with short fables, but here, Dunston has broken new ground-read it and laugh." Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success "Surprising, inventive, The Downside of Up, the story of a wide-eyed innocent thrust into the world of high-stakes business had me laughing out loud." Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Someone's Daughter, Necessary Roughness "Alternately hilarious and heartwarming, The Downside of Up thrusts its hero into the inner workings of private equity firms, pulling back the veil on a hidden world of billion dollar deals and morally ambiguous corporate decisions. A perfect novel for the times we live in." G.L. Breedon, The Wizard of Time, The Dark Shadow of Spring "Writing about subjects that in the hands of a lesser writer would put them to sleep, Dain's prose commands attention. Whether he's writing about a "nanobite" or a corporate chieftan, Dain takes readers below the surface of things, allowing us to see what we otherwise wouldn't see, feel what we otherwise wouldn't feel, understand what we otherwise wouldn't understand." George Getschow, Writer-in-residence and director, The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference "If you could push a button and make yourself rich, you'd do it. But what if you knew the button would also make 11,000 families poor? Would you still push it? That's the question Dain Dunston asks in this page-turner of a comic novel. The Downside of Up deals with some of the toughest questions facing Americans today and proves you can do well in business by doing good." Vince Poscente, The Ant and the Elephant, The Age of Speed

"Presents the seven questions that will help any leader discover an authentic path to the true self and master a virtuous cycle of self-awareness that fosters purpose, value, and joy at work and in life ... For more than thirty years Dain Dunston has been coaching top executives to find the essence of their personal and professional journeys. Now readers can learn the holistic method he uses to calibrate leaders' minds for radical self-awareness and help them achieve more satisfying professional experiences. The seven questions are taught through examples from neuroscience, psychology, real-world events, pop culture, and foundational stories from the world's great philosophical and religious traditions, from Buddha to the Bible. Leaders will learn how to use these crucial questions in an active, dynamic practice for themselves and for the people they lead ... [This work] provides a personalized, proven framework to develop radical self-awareness and lead with the true self"--