The host of MSNBC's Hardball draws on his lifetime of observing powerful politicians at work to reveal how they have become experts at getting other people to do things for them and offers practical advice on how to master the art of persuasion as a step on the path to personal and professional success. Read by Chris Matthews. Simultaneous.

The host of MSNBC's Hardball draws on his lifetime of observing powerful politicians at work to reveal how they have become experts at getting other people to do things for them and offers practical advice on how to master the art of persuasion as a step on the path to personal and professional success. 150,000 first printing.

A professor of psychology shows how 'anxious masculinity' is a factor in many wars and conflicts, offering a sweeping treatment of the subject, from the contentious politics of ancient Greece through the backlash against Hillary Clinton and the current War in Iraq.

Product Description: With Washington, the illustrious longtime editorial page editor of The Washington Post wrote an instant classic, a sociology of Washington, D.C., that is as wise as it is wry. Greenfield, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, wrote the book secretly in the final two years of her life...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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