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enlarge | Author: Robert Greene Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Category: Book
List Price: $18.00 Buy New: $9.23 You Save: $8.77 (49%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 235 reviews Sales Rank: 601
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 467 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0142001198 Dewey Decimal Number: 155 EAN: 9780142001196 ASIN: 0142001198
Publication Date: October 7, 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Reality Check! August 24, 2008 This book is absolutely fascinating! The historic relations to the content is helpful and provides even more insight throughout the chapters. The book wastes NO time with puffy sentences or grand introductions.... instead the author's every sentence has substance, and you begin to actually learn something right from the beginning. The book is a great tool to completely rebuild yourelf, as well as teaching you the 'art of seduction.' The book is intellegent and complex, yet it's written in a way that is easy to comprehend because it deals directly with its title. The book never loses the focus, and it is on point from beginning to end.
The chapters/sections are just flat out amazing... it's like the proverbial 'light bulb' turning on in your head.
Not only does the book support its title, but it's also a great description of the human condition in general.
Very objective - Provides factual evidence - Non-biased - And downright illuminating.
Better books out there August 19, 2008 0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just read Mystery's book, then the new book by Billy Conroy, then this book. Kind of a crash course in picking up women. Unfortunately, this book was third best. I enjoyed Cougars, Poptarts & One Night Stands much better, making it difficult to finish this one. Not enough real world examples here, and not enough laughter. JMO.
Seduction as an art July 31, 2008 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book covers certain concepts and ideas that you have probably been exposed to throughout your life, however the eloquent and exotic stories the author had woven into each chapters make his arguments potent. Even if you do not agree with the methods this book offers, you will still enjoy reading about it. i also recommend for this kind of topic my favorite book I Love You. Now What?: Falling in Love is a Mystery, Keeping It Isn't
Decent, but Greene's other books are better. July 6, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't really impressed by this book as much as I was by 48 Law of Power. The Art of Seduction was more of a history book that wasn't very well organized. Don't get me wrong, you'll probably be able to pick up a few tips and tricks from this book, but if you want more of a manual on seduction, check out some other authors (Neil Strauss, etc). Art of Seduction is decent, but I really just should have spent my time re-reading The 48 Laws of Power.
If only life were that simple July 3, 2008 2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like his other exercises in opportunism (on power and war) Mr. Greene falls into that category of writer who leaps on people's insecurities by providing a "how-to" manual in checklist form. As if the art of generalship or political power or sexual conquest was as simple as assembling an Ikea bookshelf. All you need are the right instructions.
This will no more help you understand or become a Casanova than a "23 Laws of being a Fashion Model" will turn you into Heidi Klum. Save your money.
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