Author: Robert Payne

Czar Ivan IV (1530-1584), the first Russian ruler to take the title czar, is known as one of the worst tyrants in history, but few people among the general public know how he got such an infamous rep …

This lavishly-illustrated tour through the film career of Greta Garbo (1905-1990) provides a biographical background of the star and an analysis of her very special mystique. Payne describes how Garb …

This is a comprehensive account of the eight religious wars between the Christian West and the Muslim East that dominated the Middle Ages. Calling themselves "pilgrims of Christ, " thousand …

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Liking, sharing, friending, going viral: what would it mean to recognize these current modes of media interaction as promiscuous? In a contemporary network culture characterized by a proliferation of …

Liking, sharing, friending, going viral: what would it mean to recognize these current modes of media interaction as promiscuous? In a contemporary network culture characterized by a proliferation of …

This antiquarian volume contains ‘Mao Tse-tung: Ruler of Red China’, a book written by Robert Payne and published by in 1950 shortly after Mao came to power. Although devoid of many documents and pie …

Originally published in 1951, this is the story of the life and mind of George C. Marshall, soldier and statesman, as told by a distinguished writer whose own background makes him particularly qualif …

i This is the heroic story of the man whose non-violent movement transformed his native India both spiritually and politically as it impelled the nation along the road to independence. With consummat …

“Three-Dimensional Leadership: A Balanced Approach to Leadership Success” is the leadership perspective of the author born out of 24 years of military service and 18 years of ordained ministry. The c …

In a world clamoring for more and better leaders, many leaders are clamoring for better followers, people willing to make the leader’s vision a reality.  While ‘follower’ is a dirty word to many …

“Three-Dimensional Team Building: Building Teams to Succeed in Every Aspect of the Game is culmination of a series of ‘Three-Dimensional’ books by Robert Payne Jr following his insights on Leadership …

Baggy trousers, huge out-turned boots, a dilapidated bowler-hat, and an absurd toothbrush moustache — that’s the Charlie Chaplin we all love. This book, written after many discussions with Charlie hi …

Erupting like a force of nature, Adolf Hitler sought to dominate the entire world and reshape it according to his own desires. Ruthless, calculating and intuitive, the decorated soldier of WWI was a …

This book, first published in 1947, is an anthology of Chinese poetry from a period when it was entering an entirely new world, where all or nearly all the ancient poetic traditions were being cast a …

This book, first published in 1947, is an anthology of Chinese poetry from a period when it was entering an entirely new world, where all or nearly all the ancient poetic traditions were being cast a …

i Very few books try to capture a subject as vast as the world of art, and even fewer succeed. But Robert Payne has succeeded, and in this book he portrays, in vivid, fresh, nontechnical language, th …

Drawn into the circuit of men cruising for sex in and around a train station, restless adolescent Henri begins a frenzied pursuit of a dangerously charismatic older man, with sometimes violent and ul …

Drawn into the circuit of men cruising for sex in and around a train station, restless adolescent Henri begins a frenzied pursuit of a dangerously charismatic older man, with sometimes violent and ul …

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