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The five-book collectionThe Prince
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The Prince

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Machiavelli examines the choices rulers make to gain and hold power. Each chapter gives you advice to consider against your own ideas about politics and morality. Read slowly enough to argue with him.

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A proposed A5 hardcover of The Prince. Final print proof pending.

$44Proposed USD price · + $6 shipping

Proposed total: $50 including $6 shipping

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The proposed hardcover gives The Prince a place in your own collection. This is the print specification we are working toward. Final page counts and print proofs are pending.

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Delivery countries and dispatch estimates will be confirmed before orders open. The images show the intended covers; they are illustrations of the proposed editions.

Print-on-demand through Lulu is planned. Final proofs are still to be approved.

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Look closely at the uses of power.

The Prince appears in historical banned-book collections. Its advice on gaining and holding power challenges conventional moral counsel. Keep the ruler’s interests in view as you weigh each recommendation.

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Start with a way into the book.

Read one chapter at a time. Ask what problem the ruler is trying to solve, who benefits from the advice, and what it costs others.

Keep your own notes.

Mark a passage you want to question or return to. Bring it to a conversation with another reader. Your reading can change as you spend more time with the book.

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Illustrative covers for the proposed five-book hardcover collection

Find your next read
in the collection.

Explore Joyce, Lawrence, Hall, Voltaire and Machiavelli. Each book gives you a different starting point for thinking about desire, belonging or power.

The five-book hardcover collection is proposed at $99 plus $6 shipping. Proposed total: $105.

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This collection contains five different books. A single title’s all-format bundle contains that one book in three formats. Orders are closed.

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Can I order this book today?

Orders are closed while the editions are in preparation. You can explore the proposed formats and prices, download the free companion sample, and follow the source-edition link to read the book free.

What are the proposed formats?

The e-book is proposed as EPUB and PDF for $9. The hardcover is proposed at $44 plus $6 shipping. An audiobook is in preparation at a proposed $14. The $49 all-format bundle would include this same title as an e-book, audiobook and hardcover, plus $6 shipping. All prices are proposed.

What does the free sample contain?

The 2-page PDF gives you starting tips for all five books. It includes the companion’s cover and a guide to choosing your first title. For the book’s full text, follow the free source-edition link above.

Is the hardcover ready to ship?

Final print proofs and page counts are pending. The images are illustrative. Eligible delivery countries, dispatch estimates and the final shipping terms will be published before orders open.

What does “Forbidden” mean here?

The collection brings together books with histories of censorship and controversy. Those histories give you context for reading. Edition and translation rights must be confirmed for each destination before sales open.