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Dec 2022
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160: 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson
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Today’s author promises to distill three thousand years of human history into a single definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. Join Joe & Mike as they venture into the amoral topic of power and attempt to better understand the “rules of the game.”

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