This reviewer would really like to have been able to recommend this book. Its subject is irresistible, and the authors include respected scholars, some of whom have produced analyses and translations ...

The term “Orwellian” has always struck me as curiously Orwellian – a mild example of doublespeak that ties an author’s good name to the dystopia he so memorably depicted. (See also “Dickensian” and ...

In Machiavelli’s Three Romes, Professor Vickie B. Sullivan explores Niccolò Machiavelli’s ideas by linking them with his three distinct visions of Rome: the Catholic Rome of his own age, pre-Christian ...

Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli was the Renaissance Italian who's aptly credited as a founder of political science. He also, of course, has another distinction: His very name is a pejorative. For most ...

We may not all be heads of state (after all, there is only one premier), but one can still learn more about how political power can be acquired, maintained and defended by reading Niccolò ...

This volume of sparkling translations - "The Woman From Andros", Machiavelli's version of Terence's classic comedy; "The Mandrake", the earliest and perhaps greatest ...

Stacey Vanek Smith probably had a terrific elevator pitch for her debut book, “Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace.” After all, Niccolò Machiavelli, ...

Planet Money's Stacey Vanek Smith has reported on business and the economy for over 15 years now. She told NPR's Guy Raz that over that time, she's seen the same barriers blocking advancement for ...