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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy…
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Editions
43 editions · 12 languages- Audiobook · English · 2021The 48 Laws of Power Lib/EHighBridge Audio · 9781665182751
- Audiobook · English · 2021Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781665182775
- Audiobook · English · 2021HighBridge Audio · 9781665182768
- Hardcover · English · 201848 laws of powerBook on Demand Ltd. · 304 pages · 9785519561891
- Paperback · English · 2010The 48 Laws of Power, Concise EditionA Joost Elffers Book/Viva Books Private Limited · 208 pages · 9788176493369
- Ebook · English · 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · 9781101034965
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