48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene - Audio Book -
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Cunning, instructive, and amoral, this controversial bestseller distills 3,000 years of the history of energy into 48 well-explicated regulations.
Law 1: Never Outshine the Master.
Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions.
Law 7: Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit.
Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally.
Law 33: Learn Each Man’s Thumbscrew.
These are the regulations of energy in their unvarnished essence—the philosophies of Machiavelli (The Prince), Sun-tzu (The Art of War), Carl von Clausewitz, Talleyrand, the awesome seducer Casanova, con guy Yellow Kid Weil, and different famous thinkers and
schemers. They teach prudence, stealth, mastery of one’s feelings, the art of deception, and the total absence of mercy. Like it or not, all have useful applications in real existence.
Each law is illustrated with examples of observance or transgression drawn from history and featuring such distinguished figures as Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Mao, Alfred Hitchcock, P.T. Barnum, Haile Selassie, Catherine the Great, and Socrates. Convincing, useful, occasionally shocking, this book usually fascinate anybody interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
“Beguiling…literate…fascinating.”
—People
About The Author
Robert Greene (born in Los Angeles in May 14, 1959) is an American writer acknowledged for his books on approach, force and seduction. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a degree in classical research. He has worked in New York City as an editor and author for a number of publications, including Esquire, and in Hollywood as a story developer and author. He lived for a long time in London, England; Paris, France; and Barcelona, Spain; he speaks many languages and has worked as a translator. In 1995 Greene was included in the planning and creation of the art school Fabrica outside Venice, Italy, where he started a collaboration with all the New York book packager and designer Joost Elffers. This partnership resulted in many books.
On July 11, 2006, he officially established a blog, Power, Seduction and War: The Robert Greene Blog as 1 of Tucker Max's Rudius Media websites.
Works
The 48 Laws of Power is the initial function by Robert Greene and published by Joost Elffers, compared to Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince,[2] with all the primary difference being that the audience is not royalty, but the masses. Among the 48 are regulations like "Law 3: Conceal your intentions" and "Law 15: Crush your enemy totally". His upcoming book The Art of Seduction is synonymous to 48 Laws in business and tone but goes more in-depth regarding soft persuasion. It draws on historic characters including Casanova and Lord Byron and analyzes the techniques of seduction. The 33 Strategies of War is a form of contemporary adaptation of Sun Tzu's classic treatise on war, with a few of Greene's authentic additions, relevant in the planet of warfare now. His functions have sold an estimated 2 million duplicates internationally.
Robert Greene is functioning on a book with 50 Cent called The 50th Law.
Power, Seduction and War
Robert Greene blogs on PowerSeductionandWar.com where he writes about themes from his books and present occasions. He has criticized the approach of public figures including Michael Moore, Bill O'Reilly and Vladimir Putin. On the blog, Robert has created about a few of his affects, including Machiavelli who he admitted that he rereads when a year and John Boyd, whose strategy he felt fit in these "ruthless occasions."
Hip Hop
Robert's mostly historic books have found surprising resonance in the hip-hop community. Rappers like Kayne West and Young Buck have both rapped about Greene's tome The 48 Laws of Power, mentioning the title by name. Multi-platinum rapper Busta Ryhmes when received a specifically engraved cover of the book to aid deal with challenging film manufacturers. It was these connections that eventually led to his collaboration with 50 Cent another of Robert's 'disciples'.
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