Greene, Robert

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 forty-eight 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 Action with Boldness"), and many recommend absolute self-preservation ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

"Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop [one's] singular sense of purpose. ... offers tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense"-- Provided by publisher.

Researches many of the world's most successful people and how they became masters of their fields of work, including Michael Faraday, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Benjamin Franklin, and explains how to find mastery by focusing deeply on a subject that compels them.

Discusses the laws of power and explains how those laws have affected the lives of some of the most powerful figures in history, including Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, and P.T. Barnum.

Draws on political, philosophical, and religious texts to examine the most ingenious and effective military principles of war and describe how they have been used in military conflicts throughout history.

Draws on political, philosophical, and religious texts to examine the most ingenious and effective military principles of war and describe how they have been used in military conflicts throughout history.