The Art of Seduction

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Summary: Impressive writing , some harmful principles.
Review: I followed Robert Greene the first time i found '48 Laws of Power' in the Xtian cartegory. I partly agree with the reviewer to labelled this book 'evil' .
Robert Greene writes impressively and teaches practical wisdom.However when we are wise , we'll do wiser to be harmless as doves !!!
I have to sit down and do some 'cracking' on his books .'Pick the polish and leave the rubbish !!!'
I stand by the morally inclined to the end.

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Summary: proceed with caution!!!
Review: All the positive reviewers are correct in their assesments but be warned!

this isn't a book to be left out for your target to read! even worse... don't let a person who you have just entered, are entering a relationship find this on your bookcase! And if found out, start the damage control right away. I made that mistake and it took me a while to get things back under control because to an unsuspecting person, this book looks horribly evil and makes many of the things that one does when courting someone look and sound pretty bad. lol

enjoy!

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Summary: Novel, Manual, A Work of Art
Review: Seduction is an art, a beautiful art: exhilarating, enrapturing, addictive. For the uninitiated, beware, stepping through the door of seduction is ensnaring. Enter and there will be no return.

The Art of Seduction is a masterful study of this art, and a work of art itself. It is a collection of stories and an academic survey of the history, psychology and technique of seduction: not just seduction of the opposite sex, but the seduction of people, the seduction of the masses.

Note, however, that the inexperienced will get little understanding of the art just by reading this book. Seduction is a skill, a skill to learn, to hone, and to grow with. The art of seduction is about developing yourself as a person, and equipping yourself with the ability to charm, to attract, to confuse, to deceive, to please, to pleasure, to indulge, to love.

In your journey as a seducer, supplement this book with others. The Art of Seduction is full of insightful theory and abstraction, and will help the more experienced see the bigger picture, fit apparently disparate parts together, and develop as a holistic seducer. For slightly more specific (and simple) techniques of seduction, first try other books like "Make Women Want You" and "How to Win Friends and Influence People". A continuous interplay in the study of the abstract and the specific will help you see both the birds eye view and understand the subtle nuances at the same time - both crucial to your success as a seducer.

Also, do not forget practice. Practice is as crucial as study. Without one, the other is useless. Just like the chicken and the egg, neither can exist without the other. Expect to try, succeed and fail, and yet with each failure to grow.

A stern warning to all: the ability to seduce is seductive in itself. Do not begin at all if you are not serious about it, for there are no bounds to the Art of Seduction.

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Summary: do not get this
Review: if you are looking for something to help you actually get dates or improve your skills with the opposite sex - this will do nothing for you at all.

unless you think that going out in the our 21st with a bea brummell pompadour or cassanova cravat will help you. good luck

this cd only tells about people who lived hundreds or thousands of years ago. it is atheistic and based on the premise that there anything good is an illusion and constantly talks about your 'victim'.

so if you want to try this CD serious keep in mind that you will complete possibly entertained though guaranteed to have NOTHING to show for it

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Summary: Liberating...
Review: This book may tell you to be mysterious and to use deception to capture your prey but in many ways it encourages you to be your true self. The advice you get from other dating books basically boils down to: dress sexy, don't make waves, smile incessantly. Greene, on the other hand, says that if you want to be a bold and impudent Dandy, go right ahead and you will "please by displeasing." I used to be very timid and like so many other polite and self-effacing people I was nice to everyone (no matter how they behaved) not out of any genuine goodness on my part but because I feared rejection. Likewise, if you want to be the highly feminine Siren or the impish, fun-loving Natural, that's your prerogative.

Yes, Greene refers to the targets of your seduction as your victims. So what? He also instructs you on how to maintain the enchantment in a long-term relationship and how to quickly and painlessly end a relationship gone sour.

Some also accuse Greene of writing a manual for gold-diggers, but he also says that by learning these tactics you can prevent someone else from manipulating you. And even if you are employing strategies to get the guy or gal you want, who cares? Does political correctness and new agey sensitivity have to intrude in your romantic relationships? Live the way you want to live and love the way you want to love! Anyway, seduction takes a whole lot of time and effort. Whether you decide to stay with your loved one or not, remember that most people are starved for experience and your creating a beautiful exciting experience for them was a wonderfully loving act.

This is the most sophisticated book I've ever seen on seduction and it makes dating self-help books look amaturish! ...

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Summary: Seduce Anyone
Review: This is the best book on seduction ever! Some reviewers argue that Greene doesn't make the seductive process clear enough and that these tactics will not work in every situation. Well, you can't seduce everyone, but I find that whether you suceed or fail usually depends on your observation skills and on how well you implement the tactics. You have to be innovative. No one book can tell you how to seduce every single person in every single situation. For example, one reviewer said that these tactics will not help you seduce someone you're already friends with. Yes you can--I've done it twice! The key is getting the person to see you in a new light:
Step 1. Put distance between you and your target. Don't tell her you're distancing yourself, just do it! If your friend likes you she will miss you. If she was just saying "Let's be friends" and doesn't care for you at all, she'll still feel your absence because your loss of interest will wound her ego--that's important.
Step 2. Be different. Alter your appearance, make friends with new types of people, sculpt your body, develop new interests, and date as many people as you can. Try to date only those who are at least as attractive as your target, otherwise she'll look down on you.
Step 3. Reintroduce yourself to your target. Don't approach her directly. It's important that she now come to you. If you haven't talked to her in a while, she may have forgotten about you. That's not necessarily a bad thing--maybe the old you was forgettable. But it's a good idea to have maintained an indirect connection with your girl. Maybe you are an aquaintance of one of her friends. Chat with that person occasionally (Don't mention the friend you'll be seducing!) and that person will probably give your target updates about you. Or maybe you work in the same office or have the same circle of friends. In that case, she can witness changes in you first hand. Remember, however, that if you have to see your target regularly it is all the more important to maintain an emotional distance until you're ready for the seduction to really begin. If your girl suspects that you're improving yourself for her or that you're trying to make her jealous, all your hard work will be destroyed.
Now you can reintroduce yourself in one of several ways:
a) Haunt her periphery by attending the places she attends without taking much notice of her, making her come to you.
b) Play the "coquette," seeming interested then disinterested, interested then disinterested.
c) arrange a "chance" meeting. I like this one.
d) befriend or date a friend of hers.

Once she starts to think she didn't know you as well as she thought she did and displays a little interest in the new you, you can start over again and use the tactics in Greene's book. Greene's book never outlined how to seduce someone you've been friends with for a long time. I devised this strategy based on the tactics outlined in "The Art of Seduction." Like I said, it's work twice for me. The first friend became so enamoured that I had to break up with her after only a few weeks. She was smothering me! But I am still dating the second girl and it's great. If you balk at the idea of doing all this just to win someone over, consider that she may not be worth winning over after all, or that you might not be much of a Casanova. But I think that all this effort will actually make you a better man (or woman since this strategy should work on a guy too.) Happy hunting!

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Summary: Learn from a Legion of Great Seducers
Review: There's an old French expression: "In every relationship, there is one who kisses and one who is kissed." But when the seducer applies the tactics outlined in this brilliant book, she (or he) experiences both the thrill of the chase and the joy of being adored.

Greene's book focuses primarily on the psychology of love, not on sexual technique, because it is better to create love than lust. A sexy body will entice, but even the best physique becomes boring with repeat exposure. Fantastic sex may bind someone to you for a time, but if it's accompanied by a lacklustre personality and a mundane lifestyle the loved one will go elsewhere. You can get sex anywhere, but you can't experience enchantment with just anyone. Of course, once you've seduced the mind and heart you can pick up a nice Lou Paget book. ;)

If you study--really study--the psychology of seduction, everyday life will become more exciting. You're mind will be constantly engaged. You'll have uncommon powers of observation. You'll feel powerful and alive! Yes, some of the tactics are nasty, but you don't have to use every one. Just use your own judgement. :)

Here are some of the great seducers you'll read about in this fantastic book: JFK, Lord Byron, Cleopatra, George Villiers, Casanova, Benjamin Disraeli, Duke Ellington, Natalie Barnie, Lady Hamilton, Empress Josephine, Marilyn Monroe, Madame Mao, La Belle Otero, Ninon de l'Enclos, Ovid, Evita Peron, Madame Pompadour, Rasputin, Lou von Salome, Stendhal, Tullia d'Aragona, Rudolph Valentino, Yang Kuei-Fei, Oscar Wilde, and Andy Warhol.

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Summary: OK Book
Review: As a girl, I've read some of these books trying to understand what goes on in guys' heads. From a girls' perspective, this is a great book. From a guys' perspective, however, this book alone wouldn't pick me up. I'd recommend guys read "How to Succeed with women" or "Make Every Girl Want You: How to Have [word] With Hot Girls without even dating them" as well...

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Summary: A sacred compilation of the tactics of the greatest seducers
Review: While reading this book I kept having flashbacks of my greatest seduction...the most coveted, coquettish and beautiful siren at my college. I am a very plain looking guy, and I was able to make her fall in love with me. After reading this book, I now know why. Somehow, by the grace of God, I employed ALL of the tactics in this book when I seduced her and I didn't even realize it at the time. Yes, there were some blunders along the way, but they were easily overcome by doing something unpredictable, enveloping her with warm affection and then completely shunning her...yes, coldness, cruelty, and absence have to be mixed in with heavenly pleasure and an aura of being an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
Be careful with these tactics... many of them can drive a person to suicide(there are many examples throughout the book of men and women who kill themselves because they are not able to handle the torture, despair, and uncertainty). Make sure that your target can recover on their own from this kind of diabolical cruelty if things go bad. But your target will certainly appreciate the pleasure that they receive if you follow the sacred examples in this book. Trust me, for both men and women, LOOKS MEAN NOTHING... and you can lay siege to anyone's heart if you put the effort and brains into it and follow the rules in this book without making any exceptions. Enjoy, be careful, and happy seducing!

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Summary: Good book, but don't replace your own common sence
Review: This is overall a good book, but I take off two stars from the score because I disagree with some of the author's premises.

First, I'm always a little suspicious whenever an author dictates some numerical tally of attributes to accomplish an object. In this book, it's 10 types of seducers, and 24 steps in the seduction process. Well, for instance, how does the author know that there's really 10 types of seducers instead of, say, 12? What was his methodology for this determination? Did he do an exhaustive research of all types and found these 10 types as the predominate types, or did the author just invent 10 types and then created antidotal evidence to back up his classifications? More likely, I bet the later.

Second, the author uses prominent historical examples, which is both interesting and annoying. The mini-lessons in history are nice and a good read. However, by using such examples, he misses two points. First, applying the information to our daily life in this time can be a question mark at times. Second, the famous people portrayed would have an easier time as seducers because they all had something going for them that others wanted. For instance, Andy Warhol had his own type of seduction technique, but he also had the advantage of being a famous artist. The Duke of some country back in the 1640's may have been a real lady's man, but he also had royalty going for him. For the middle-class Joe who lives an ordinary life and has nothing really interesting going on, he's going to have greater seduction challenges that aren't addressed in this book.

Third, I don't agree with all of his methodology. For instance, the author advocates starting off as friends and migrating to lovers. However, at times, the friendship route is weak, and it can be hard to break out of the friend mold once already set into that cast. At times, it's better to make your romantic intentions clearly known at the beginning. For instance, I can think of several people who have stories of being friends with someone who would like to be more than friends. However, the target's life is already full of boyfriends/girlfriends, because these people make their intentions clear at the beginning to the target.

So, overall, this is a good book. There is good information, and I think most readers will pick up several new insights. However, I wouldn't replace your own intuition, or common sense, with the information in this book.