The 48 Laws of Power

Written by:
Robert A. Greene
Narrated by:
Don Leslie

Abridged Audiobook

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1157
Narrator
172
Release Date
April 2, 2007
Duration
9 hours 55 minutes
Summary
Cunning, instructive, and amoral, this controversial bestseller distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. 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: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew.

These are the laws of power in their unvarnished essence—the philosophies of Machiavelli (The Prince), Sun-tzu (The Art of War), Carl von Clausewitz, Talleyrand, the great seducer Casanova, con man Yellow Kid Weil, and other legendary thinkers and schemers. They teach prudence, stealth, mastery of one's emotions, the art of deception, and the total absence of mercy. Like it or not, all have practical applications in real life.

Each law is illustrated with examples of observance or transgression drawn from history and featuring such famous figures as Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Mao, Alfred Hitchcock, P.T. Barnum, Haile Selassie, Catherine the Great, and Socrates. Convincing, practical, sometimes shocking, this book will fascinate anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
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Charles W.

Great listen. Very entertaining and informative.

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Rhonda Osborne

I love this book! I love the narrator and the music between chapters! I love the history! You may not want to practice its principles but you will be able to recognize them and defend yourself against them. Human nature has not changed!

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Kamiesha Dunigan

Still reading but it's so far so good ! My boyfriend recommended it to me !

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Olivia Frisbie

Author might be a sociopath, or knows how to crawl into the mind of a social path. Even being kind in this book or child is considered, a power play. But if you want to understand how selfish creeps functions, this is a great guide.

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Ivy Watson

This book is amazingly good, it taught me so much!

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Max Jesse Beer

worst narration Ever!!! brutally hard to listen to. preview first!

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Amy K.

I don't like the narrator. His voice is irritating

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Ein L.

The narrator sounds like he's trying to seduce the friggin microphone. Gentle caresses with a dEeP sExY vOicE... good as a sleep aid. That being said, there are some passages that just seem like rambling. "Patience is a skill, it does not come naturally. But nothing about power is natural, power is more godlike than anything in the natural world, and patience is the supreme virtue of the gods, who have more time than anything." Uh...okay.

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Ke th W.

not to bad

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Geoffrey O.

Good read

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kristen hendrix

I absolutely love this book. I listen to it over and over again. The narrator was very clear and understandable.

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Michele Hikec

haven't finished yet on law 44 now. so far so good however doesn't always apply to every scenarios i.e. some are good for love life, others for the workplace, others for authority. can not apply laws to every aspect of life

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Sean gray

This book changed my life. I only download the audio book in order to refresh my memory at work. These principles still hold true today in modern society, although 3000 years old, mankind's actions haven't changed at all.

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