The Modern Prince is an updated version of Machiavelli's Prince for the modern reader. It is a short book and a fun read. It will teach you how to control your world, how to get what you want, and how to keep what you've got. A companion website provides an online extension of each chapter, in case you want to read more and think more about a particular topic. Check out the readers' pages at www.midasjones.com/html/tmp.htm or preview a couple of chapters at www.midasjones.com/html/the_modern_prince.htm .