The Prince

From his perspective in Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli's aim in this classic work was to resolve conflict with the ruling prince, Lorenzo de Medici. Machiavelli based his insights on the way people really are rather than an ideal of how they should be. This is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince, a king, or a president. When Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values. Even today, this sixteenth-century classic has become essential listening for every student of government, and is the ultimate audiobook on power politics.

• The Art of War
• Machiavelli Mindset: How to Conquer Your Enemies, Achieve Audacious Goals & Live Without Limits from the Prince
• Plato's Republic
• Sun Tzu & Machiavelli Leadership Secrets: How to Become a Superior Leader Utilizing the Principles of The Art of War and The Prince
• A Book of Five Rings: The Strategy of Musashi
• Sun Tzu & Machiavelli: Success and Leadership Principles for the Modern World Based on the Classics The Art of War and The Prince
• 48 Laws of Power
• Meditations
• Candide
• Two Treatises of Government