The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene
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The 48 Laws of Power

Author: Robert Greene

Narrator: Richard Poe

Unabridged: 23 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2007


Synopsis

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.

About Robert Greene

Robert Greene has a degree in classical studies and has been an editor at Esquire and other magazines. He is also a playwright and lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Beau Hopkins on 2021-11-10 01:28:36

Absolutely amazing! Nearly everything in this book I have experienced one way or another without ever knowing what it was.

Goodreads review by Dimitrios on February 16, 2017

Incredible book, perfect companion for new or experienced developers willing to dive into Rails. Even though the book is updated for Rails 5 it stills mentions apache / passenger in the deployment section without any mention on how to make ActionCable work with that stack.......more

Goodreads review by Josh on October 07, 2015

Not a good book for starting to learn the language. A much better choice is Michael Hartl's book Learn Web Development with Rails......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 03, 2010

In general, this book does a fairly good job of helping you create a rails-based application. Part 3 includes some great in-depth information on the topics that are briefly discussed in Part 2. I only have one real gripe about this book. It packs in lots of topics (e.g. db theory, AJAX, unit testing......more

Goodreads review by Sebastian on May 08, 2018

I needed a Rails refresh (without getting to deep - like in "The Rails Way") & that's precisely what I got. Up-to-date (actually the most up-to-date book on the market on this topic at the moment of writing this review), very well structured, edited & presented - PragProg NEVER disappoints here. Thei......more

Goodreads review by Sam on July 25, 2007

If you are interested in getting started with Rails, this is the way to go. I'd recommend you read the first few chapters of Thomas' "Programming Ruby" first, to get a foundation in ruby first.......more