The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene, Joost Elffers

eBook - 2000

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter A...ction with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every...

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Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Authors
Robert Greene, Joost Elffers
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File Size938 MB
ISBN9781101042458
Release Date9/1/2000
Kindle Book
ISBN9781101042458
ASINB0024CEZR6
Release Date9/1/2000
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781101042458
Release Date9/1/2000