Choose the Right Victim 2 Create a False Sense of Security-Approach Indirectly Send Mixed Signals Appear to Be an Object of DesireCreate Triangles Create a Need-Stir Anxiety and Dis¬ content () Master the Art of Insinua¬ tion 7 Enter Their Spirit Create Temp¬ tation Keep Them in Suspense-What Comes Next? Use the Demonic Power of Words to Sow Confusion Pay Attention to Detail

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THE ART OF

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ROBERT GREENE

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A JOOST ELFFERS BOOK

Get what you want by manipulating every one’s greatest weakness: the desire for pleasure

Seduction is the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power. It’s as evi¬ dent in John F. Kennedy’s hold over the masses as it is in Cleopatra’s hold over Antony. Now, the author of the bestselling The 48 Lazes of Pozeer has written a hand¬ book synthesizing the classic literature of seduction from Freud to Kierkegaard and Ovid to Casanova, with cunning strategies illustrated by the successes and failures of char¬ acters throughout history. And once again Robert Greene identifies the rules of a time¬ less, amoral game and explores how to cast a spell, break down resistance, and, ultimately, compel a target to surrender. The Art of Seduction takes us through the characters and qualities of the ten archetypal figures of seduc¬ tion (including the Siren, the Ideal Lover, the Dandy, the Natural, the Charismatic, and the Star) and the twenty-four maneuvers by which anyone can overcome a victim’s futile resistance to the practice of this devastating and timeless art form.

Every bit as essential as The 48 Lazes ofPozver, The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persua¬ sion that reveals one of his¬ tory’s greatest weapons and the ultimate

form of power. _

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Poeticize Your Presence Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulner-

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ability Confuse Desire and RealityThe Perfect Illusion

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Isolate the Victim , 1 ( Prove Yourself 1 Effect a Regression j 18 Stir Up the \ Transgressive and Taboo Use Spiritual Lures 2 ( Mix Pleasure with Pain

21 Give Them Space to Fall-The ■ Pursuer Is Pursued f

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22 Use Physical j Lures 13 Master the Art of the Bold

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Move Beware

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THE ART OF SEDUCTION

Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, has a degree in classical literature. He lives in Los Angeles. Visit his Web site: www.seductionbook.com

Joost Elf fers is the producer of Viking Studio's best¬ selling The Secret Language of Birthdays, The Secret Language of Relationships, as well as Play with Your Food. He lives in New York City.