The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.This political treatise from 1513 offers advice on how an aspiring prince can obtain the throne and how an existing prince can avoid overthrow.

Presenter: Neda
Commenter: Pooja

Format:
20 minute book presentation including:
A brief history of author’s life
A short summary of the book
Main/new ideas that the book brought to the society at the time that it was written
What were the major implications/reactions at the time that it was written?
What are the major implications on our daily lives (if any)?

30-minute group disucssion
Led by a commenter (opposing ideas, if applicable)
What are member’s personal view about the book?

Download the book from: http://sites.google.com/site/genevabookclubgbc/books/executive-docs/files-1/06.Theprince.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Venue: Pizzaria le Blandonnet, chemin des Coquelicots 1 1214 Vernier / Genève. (http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Chemin+des+Coquelicots+1&fb=1&gl=ch&hnear=Geneva&cid=0,0,13709582341635906730&ei=zM1fTLqwNKKiOLuS_LwJ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQnwIwAA)

Note: reading the book is not a "must" to attend the meeting!

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