Robert Greene 2 Books Collection Set (The Laws of Human Nature, The 48 Laws Of Power)

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 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. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game. Amoral, Cunning, Ruthless, And Instructive, This Piercing Work Distills Three Thousand Years Of The History Of Power Into 48 Well-explicated Laws. It 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, The Virtue Of Stealth, And Many Demand The Total Absence Of Mercy, But Like It Or Not, All Have Applications In Real Life. Illustrated Through The Tactics Of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, And Other Famous Figures Who Have Wielded--or Been Victimized By--power, These Laws Will Fascinate Any Reader Interested In Gaining, Observing, Or Defending Against Ultimate Control.--from Publisher Description. Never Outshine The Master -- Never Put Too Much Trust In Friends, Learn How To Use Enemies -- Conceal Your Intentions -- Always Say Less Than Necessary -- So Much Depends On Reputation : Guard It With Your Life -- Court Attention At All Cost -- Get Others To Do The Work For You, But Always Take The Credit -- Make Other People Come To You : Use Bait If Necessary -- Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument -- Infection : Avoid The Unhappy And The Unlucky -- Learn To Keep People Dependent On You -- Use Selective Honesty And Generosity To Disarm Your Victim -- When Asking For Help, Appeal To People's Self-interest, Never To Their Mercy Or Gratitude -- Pose As A Friend, Work As A Spy -- Crush Your Enemy Totally -- Use Absence To Increase Respect And Honor -- Keep Others In Suspended Terror : Cultivate An Air Of Unpredictability -- Do Not Build Fortresses To Protect Yourself--isolation Is Dangerous -- Know Who You're Dealing With--do Not Offend The Wrong Person -- Do Not Commit To Anyone -- Play A Sucker To Catch A Sucker : Seem Dumber Than Your Mark -- Use The Surrender Tactic : Transform Weakness Into Power -- Concentrate Your Forces -- Play The Perfect Courtier -- Re-create Yourself -- Keep Your Hands Clean -- Play On People's Need To Believe To Create A Cultlike Following -- Enter Action With Boldness -- Plan All The Way To The End -- Make Your Accomplishments Seem Effortless -- Control The Options : Get Others To Play With The Cards You Deal -- Play To People's Fantasies -- Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew -- Be Royal In Your Own Fashion : Act Like A King To Be Treated Like One -- Master The Art Of Timing -- Disdain Things You Cannot Have : Ignoring Them Is The Best Revenge -- Create Compelling Spectacles -- Think As You Like But Behave Like Others -- Stir Up Waters To Catch Fish -- Despise The Free Lunch -- Avoid Stepping Into A Great Man's Shoes -- Strike The Shepherd And The Sheep Will Scatter -- Work On The Hearts And Minds Of Others -- Disarm And Infuriate With The Mirror Effect -- Preach The Need For Change, But Never Reform Too Much At Once -- Never Appear Too Perfect -- Do Not Go Past The Mark You Aimed For; In Victory, Learn When To Stop -- Assume Formlessness. Robert Greene. Originally Published: [new York] : Viking, 1998. A Joost Elffers Production. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 431-432) And Index. Preface -- -- law 1. Never outshine the master -- -- law 2. Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies -- -- law 3. Conceal your intentions -- -- law 4. Always say less than necessary -- -- law 5. So much depends on reputation - guard it with your life -- -- law 6. Court attention at all cost -- -- law 7. Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit -- -- law 8. Make other people come to you - use bait if necessary -- -- law 9. Win through your actions, never through argument -- -- law 10. Infection : avoid the unhappy and the unlucky -- -- law 11. Learn to keep people dependent on you -- -- law 12. Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim -- -- law 13. When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude -- -- law 14. Pose as a friend, work as a spy -- -- law 15. Crush your enemy totally -- -- law 16. Use absence to increase respect and honor -- -- law 17. Keep others in suspended terror : cultivate an air of unpredictability -- -- law 18. Do not build fortresses to protect yourself - isolation is dangerous -- -- law 19. Know who you're dealing with - do not offend the wrong person -- -- law 20. Do not commit to anyone -- -- law 21. Play a sucker to catch a sucker - seem dumber than your mark -- -- law 22. Use the surrender tactic : transform weakness into power -- -- law 23. Concentrate your forces -- -- law 24. Play the perfect courtier -- -- law 25. Re-create yourself -- -- law 26. Keep your hands clean -- -- law 27. Play on people's need to believe to create a cultlike following -- -- law 28. Enter action with boldness -- -- law 29. Plan all the way to the end -- -- law 30. Make your accomplishments seem effortless -- -- law 31. Control the options : get others to play with the cards you deal -- -- law 32. Play to people's fantasies -- -- law 33. Discover each man's thumbscrew -- -- law 34. Be royal in your own fashion : act like a king to be treated like one -- -- law 35. Master the art of timing -- -- law 36. Disdain things you cannot have : ignoring them is the best revenge -- -- law 37. Create compelling spectacles -- -- law 38. Think as you like but behave like others -- -- law 39. Stir up waters to catch fish -- -- law 40. Despise the free lunch -- -- law 41. Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes -- -- law 42. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter -- -- law 43. Work on the hearts and minds of others -- -- law 44. Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect -- -- law 45. Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once -- -- law 46. Never appear to perfect -- -- law 47. Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop -- -- law 48. Assume formlessness -- Selected bibliography -- Index. 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 Totally"), but like it or not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded--or been victimized by--power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. "Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way. Law 1 - Never outshine the master. Law 2 - Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies. Law 3 - Conceal your intentions. Law 4 - Always say less than necessary. The text is bold and elegant, laid out in black and red throughout and replete with fables and unique word sculptures. The 48 laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs and failures of great figures from the past who have wielded - or been victimised by - power."--Publisher The 48 Laws of Power 1 Contents 10 Preface 18 Law 1 25 Law 2 32 Law 3 40 Law 4 55 Law 5 61 Law 6 68 Law 7 80 Law 8 86 Law 9 93 Law 10 100 Law 11 106 Law 12 113 Law 13 119 Law 14 125 Law 15 131 Law 16 139 Law 17 147 Law 18 154 Law 19 161 Law 20 169 Law 21 180 Law 22 187 Law 23 195 Law 24 202 Law 25 215 Law 26 224 Law 27 239 Law 28 251 Law 29 260 Law 30 269 Law 31 278 Law 32 287 Law 33 295 Law 34 306 Law 35 315 Law 36 324 Law 37 333 Law 38 341 Law 39 349 Law 40 357 Law 41 371 Law 42 382 Law 43 391 Law 44 400 Law 45 416 Law 46 424 Law 47 434 Law 48 443 Selected Bibliography 455 Index 457 ISBN,1,86197,278-4 Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this bestselling work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in 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 Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's finance minister in the first years of his reign, was a generous man who loved lavish parties, pretty women, and poetry.