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Gabriele Pedulla
Gabriele Pedulla-a leading Italian expert and acclaimed writer-provides a vivid and engaging introduction to Machiavelli's life and works that sheds new light on his originality and relevance.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
This book argues that sometimes it is necessary to abandon ethics to succeed. It is suitable for strategists, politicians and business people.
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How does a ruler win respect? Should a ruler be feared rather than loved? This handbook on power and politics grapples with these questions.
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Proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of…
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Moshik Temkin
A deep dive into how we define, seek and become leaders.
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"The Prince" is a timeless masterpiece penned by the Italian diplomat and philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli, in the early 16th century. This seminal work offers profound insights into the nature of…
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Niccol? Machiavelli
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccol? Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The…
Niccol Machiavelli
A New Perspective on Machiavelli's Practical Ideas and Fuller Dimensions
Since its posthumous publication in 1532, Machiavelli's treatise on claiming and holding power has been synonymous with deception, ruthlessness, and…
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How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break the rules? Is it better to be feared than…
Provocative, brutally honest, and timeless, Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most important and most misunderstood writings in history. This edition offers a new and lively translation of The…
Roman Frondizi
"To Know Machiavelli" is the only book since 1927 that brings together a complete, critical examination of Niccol Machiavelli's political ideas in the context of his personal and historical circumstance…
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Niccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement. Here you will learn how to recruit train motivate and discipline an army. You will learn the difference between strategy and tactics…
Collected here in one omnibus edition are Niccol? Machiavelli's most import works The Art of War and The Prince. It was Niccol? Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He…
It was Niccolo Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He did it with this book when he asserted that The Prince (president dictator prime minister etc.) does not have…
It was Niccolo Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government when he asserted that The Prince (president dictator prime minister etc.) does not have to be concerned with ethics as…
The Prince, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we…
Analyzing the multifaceted receptions of Machiavelli from early modernity to the present history of Northeast Asia, this book explores a better East-West dialogue through which Machiavelli's political philosophy can be…
Gutembergue Lacerda Batista
This is a work of historical and hermeneutic research, in which we seek to recover the primary meanings of the concepts used by Nicolaus Machiavelli, respecting their historical, social and…
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli.
Collected Here are four of Niccolo Machiavelli most important works. The Prince It was Niccolo Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He did it with this book when he…
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Sean Erwin
Central to Niccolo Machiavelli's writing is the argument that a successful state is one that prefers to lose with its own arms (arma propriis) than to win with the arms…
Sonja Lavaert
A genealogy of the concept of the multitude and Spinoza's democratic political philosophy
Machiavelli’s profound political essay from the sixteenth century, with an afterword by Oliver Francis.
Leandro Losada
Explores the reception of Machiavelli's works in modern Latin America and Spanish-speaking political thought between 1880 and 1940
Machiavelli
Conceived by the diplomat and political theorist Niccol? Machiavelli in an elucidative and ingenious manner, this is one of the works that challenged the political beliefs of its time and…
Sun Tzu, Carl Clausewitz, Niccolo Machiavelli
Collected here in this 4-in-1 omnibus are the most important books ever written on the art of war. The Art of War By Sun Tzu translated and commented on by…
Contains illustrations, a summary, author biography, and a list of characters
"The Prince" is a timeless political treatise by Niccolo Machiavelli, originally written in the 16th century. Renowned for its…
Alia Imre
Uncover success and power strategies in The Art of Worldly Wisdom, merging Gracian's classic manual with Machiavelli's The Prince. Learn practical guidance for navigating life's complexities and mastering strategic thinking.
Maurizio Viroli
This volume in the Founders in Modern Political and Social Thought series presents a critical examination of Machiavelli’s thought, challenging accepted interpretations of his work and arguing that his republicanism…
Nathan Crick
Brings Machiavelli's wisdom to bear on the myriad crisis-political, environmental, cultural, viral-that loomed in both his time and our own.
Brings Machiavelli's wisdom to bear on the myriad crisis - political, environmental, cultural, viral - that loomed in both his time and our own.
Mark Hodder
When Earth is threatened by a malevolent alien intelligence, Niccolo Machiavelli is chosen by a rival force to battle the enemy's agents across time in this stunning historical alternate history.
This book is an excellent critical introduction to modern political thought. It studies the ideas and contributions of sixteen major political thinkers in the history of modern political thought.
Luke Simone
Author: Luke Simone; Title: Madrigal The Life and Times of Niccolo Machiavelli; Imprint Lulu; Copyright: Luke Simone, 20 December, 2023; ISBN 9 781446 164709; Historical Fiction; Political Philosophy; Renaissance; Italy…
Franco Bernini
This meticulously researched and brilliantly told historical novel, the first of the Machiavelli trilogy, recounts the enigmatic life of Niccol? Machiavelli, revealing the complex man behind the infamous political strategist.
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Peter J. Ahrensdorf
This book demonstrates the crucial role played by Homer as a philosophic thinker in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche concerning the relation among politics, religion, and philosophy and…
