HANNIBAL AND ME

This is an innovative look at success and failure, and how intertwined they really are using the historical frame of Hannibal's rise and fall

In HANNIBAL, Kluth, the veteran west coast correspondent for The Economist, delves into the lives of figures throughout history to decode how successful people from Cleopatra to Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt to Steve Jobs learn from victory and also from defeat. The life of the great warrior Hannibal is the ribbon throughout the book, tracing his triumphs and tragedies and the lessons they impart. All great life stories harbor a truth with relevance today: the seeds of our successes inevitably lie in our failures, and within our successes are the kernels of failure. Knowing how to recognize the former and inhibit the latter are at the heart of how we can be more effective at work, at school, at home, and with each other. HANNIBAL AND ME is by turns a page-turning adventure tale, a poignant human drama and an insightful guide to understanding human behavior. This book is essential reading for successful people and for those who seek to turn the tables on their misfortunes