<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> BD438 . G74 1998 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Art of Seduction </Td> </Tr> <P> The 48 Laws of Power (1998) is the first book by American author Robert Greene . The book is a bestseller, selling over 1.2 million copies in the United States, and is popular with prison inmates and celebrities . </P> <P> Greene initially formulated some of the ideas in The 48 Laws of Power while working as a writer in Hollywood and concluding that today's power elite shared similar traits with powerful figures throughout history . In 1995, Greene worked as a writer at Fabrica, an art and media school, and met a book packager named Joost Elffers . Greene pitched a book about power to Elffers and six months later, Elffers requested that Greene write a treatment . </P>

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