Download or read book Staged Seduction written by Akiko Takeyama and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the host clubs of Tokyo's Kabuki-chō red-light district, ambitious young men seek their fortunes by selling love, romance, companionship, and sometimes sex to female consumers for exorbitant sums of money. Staged Seduction reveals a world where all intimacies and feigned feelings are fair game for the hosts who employ feathered bangs, polished nails, fine European suits, and the sensitivity of the finest salesmen to create a fantasy for wealthy women seeking an escape from the everyday. Akiko Takeyama's investigation of this beguiling underground "love business" provides an intimate window into Japanese host clubs and the lives of hosts, clients, club owners, and managers. The club is a place where fantasies are pursued and the art of seduction isn't merely about romance; a complex set of transactions emerges. Like a casino of love, the host club is a site of desperation, aspiration, and hope, in which both hosts and clients are eager to roll the dice. Takeyama reveals the aspirational mode not only of the host club, but also of a Japanese society built on the commercialization of aspiration, seducing its citizens out of the present and into a future where hopes and dreams are imaginable—and billions of dollars can be made.
Download or read book La Seduction written by Elaine Sciolino and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden truth about the French way of life: it's all about seduction—its rules, its pleasures, its secrets France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. But Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, has discovered that seduction is much more than a game to the French: it is the key to understanding France. Seduction plays a crucial role in how the French relate to one another—not just in romantic relationships but also in how they conduct business, enjoy food and drink, define style, engage in intellectual debate, elect politicians, and project power around the world. While sexual repartee and conquest remain at the heart of seduction, for the French seduction has become a philosophy of life, even an ideology, that can confuse outsiders. In La Seduction, Sciolino gives us an inside view of how seduction works in all areas, analyzing its limits as well as its power. She demystifies the French way of life in an entertaining and personal narrative that carries us from the neighborhood shops of Paris to the halls of government, from the gardens of Versailles to the agricultural heartland. La Seduction will charm you and encourage you to lower your defenses about the French. Pull up a chair and let Elaine Sciolino seduce you.
Download or read book The Art of Business Seduction written by Mark Jeffries and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These days, more than ever, you need an edge to win the job, the sale, or the contract that you want. And once you have it, keeping it is part of the job. You're always selling yourself, getting re-hired everyday with everything you do and say. The Art of Business Seduction elevates your game by allowing you to recognize what's essential in getting noticed for the right reasons and by the right people. You'll get powerful tools you can use immediately, including A Strategic Communication plan The no-fail, four-step L-WAR process (Listen, Watch, Anticipate, React) Real-life exercises you can implement over thirty consecutive days that will then become a winning part of your routine and lifestyle Your secret weapon in today's business struggle, The Art of Business Seduction peels away the hype to give you the unadorned facts on what will drive your continued, consistent success.
Download or read book The Secret to Seduction written by Julie Anne Long and published by Forever. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proper vicar's daughter finds pleasure with a scandalous ladies' man in this irresistible Regency romance of wit, wiles, and seductive secrets. Sabrina Fairleigh arrives at an exclusive country soiree with marriage in mind. How shocking -- and intriguing -- to discover her host is an infamous ladies' man known for his indecent (and, ah, inspiring) poetry! They call him The Libertine, and his poetry is just as scandalous -- and irresistible -- as he is. But after one duel too many forces Rhys Gillray, Earl of Rawden, from lively London to his country estate, he's in desperate need of a cure for boredom. The proper but beautiful vicar's daughter seems like the perfect test of his sensual skills. With wit and wiliness, Rhys strips away Sabrina's defenses. But as he teaches her pleasure, the emotional stakes of their sensual duel go beyond anything Rhys has ever known. For deep in his past lies the missing clue to the crime that destroyed Sabrina's family. And all The Libertine's seductive secrets may not be enough to save their future and their hearts.
Download or read book Honest Seduction written by Scott Brinker and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honest Seduction provides executives as well as managers with practical guidance for improving the effectiveness of their online marketing. By the authors that coined the term post-click marketing.
Download or read book The Art Of Seduction written by Robert Greene and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-09-03 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which sort of seducer could you be? Siren? Rake? Cold Coquette? Star? Comedian? Charismatic? Or Saint? This book will show you which. Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once. When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. In this beautiful, sensually designed book, Greene unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. Discover who you, or your pursuer, most resembles. Learn, too, the pitfalls of the anti-Seducer. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four manoeuvres and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over their target. Understand how to 'Choose the Right Victim', 'Appear to Be an Object of Desire' and 'Confuse Desire and Reality'. In addition, Greene provides instruction on how to identify victims by type. Each fascinating character and each cunning tactic demonstrates a fundamental truth about who we are, and the targets we've become - or hope to win over. The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer on the essence of one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate power trip. From the internationally bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The 33 Strategies Of War.
Download or read book SHY NO MORE MASTERING THE ART OF SEDUCTION AND SOCIAL SKILLS written by Giovanni Amato and published by Pablo Spataro. This book was released on with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of feeling invisible in social situations? Fed up with being the nice guy who always finishes last? Ready to break free from the chains of shyness and insecurity? It's time to rewrite your story and become the irresistible, confident man you were always meant to be. Welcome to "Shy No More!: Mastering The Art of Seduction and Social Skills." This isn't just another self-help book; it's your ticket to mastering the art of seduction and transforming your life. Drawing from over a decade of real-world experience in the trenches of social dynamics, I've distilled the most potent strategies and techniques to help you break free from the shackles of insecurity and become a true master of charm. In these pages, you'll discover: The secrets to unlocking your hidden charisma and magnetic presence. Proven strategies for banishing fear and self-doubt forever. The art of captivating conversation and effortless communication. How to confidently approach and attract the opposite sex, without fear of rejection. Insider tips for navigating the dating scene with ease and confidence. And much more! No more settling for mediocrity. No more hiding in the shadows. It's time to step into the spotlight and claim the life you deserve. Don't let another day go by feeling invisible and powerless. Take control of your destiny and unlock the doors to limitless confidence and success. Are you ready to rewrite your story? Click the link below and start your journey to becoming the ultimate seducer today!
Download or read book The 48 Laws of Power written by Robert Greene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.
Download or read book Subliminal Seduction written by Wilson Bryan Key and published by New Amer Library. This book was released on 1981-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the ways in which the media uses sex and violence to manipulate human behavior, citing specific examples from Playboy, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan magazines
Download or read book Seduction and Theory written by Dianne Hunter and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexton, Anne; Dietrich, Marlene; Freud; Lacan.
Download or read book THE ROGUE S SEDUCTION written by Georgina Devon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captured For Revenge—Kept For Passion Ten years ago Lillith, Lady de Lisle, was forced to stand up the man she loved at the altar in favor of a richer husband. Now a widow, she suddenly finds herself the target of her thwarted lover’s revenge. In return for Lillith’s cruel rejection of him, Jason Beaumair, Earl of Perth, planned to abduct and seduce the beautiful woman who’d haunted his dreams for so long. He’d certainly never fall for her again. But nothing can prepare him when their night of passion turns into an all-consuming desire….
Download or read book Seduction and Romantic Dinner Your Mystic Epicurean Quest Icookbook written by Lonnie Lynch and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seduction and Romantic Dinner Your Mystic Epicurean Quest iCookbook From the Columns of Paideia comes the most anticipated tome in years. Gain knowledge of epicurean recipes, artistic seduction rituals, and an impetus system of beliefs. The great wisdom of the Columns of Paideia will be a mystery to you no longer! You will also elicit knowledge from the Round Rose Table's legendary participants. By means of the "VII Columns of Knowledge," you're literally bestowed the keys to the seduction and romantic dinner kingdom way of life. You will gain knowledge of secret, seductive recipes and mysterious, uplifting effects to make you more desirable and playful. Discover how we keep our relationships lively and enchanting! Your lover will think you are an epicurean god or goddess who has arrived to mysteriously give them a tantalizing culinary feast. Everybody desires someone who can step outside of his or her box and is mysterious enough to move their inner passion. They want someone who can take them in, slowly tease, intrigue them, entice their emotions, and make them experience novel thoughts and utter feelings that they would have never experienced before or thought they would ever experience. Smidgens, dash, pinch, are all jargon terms that reflect the way people cook and dine. These words describe the way you should sprinkle the seduction and romantic dinners into your life for that special someone. With this new knowledge, you will enhance your mastery of epicurean enticement, gain a greater understanding of human psychology, and learn poetic dynamics-this will, in turn, increase social interaction. Bear in mind, seduction is really about interconnecting in a new potent way that makes you (and your beliefs) irresistible to others. http: //www.seductionandromanticdinner.com http: //www.lonnielynch.com
Download or read book Communicating to Seduce Involve and Excite in Romantic Relationships written by Emanuele M. Barboni Dalla Costa and published by EBC Edizioni. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable text written by a specialized communication coach intended for all those who wish to perfect their communication skills within the couple, during seduction and maintenance of relationships. This book represents the result of more than ten years of study and insight into the topic of communication applied to improving romantic relationships. Table of Contents: 1. COMMUNICATING TO SEDUCE, ENGAGE AND EXCITE IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS Communicate to Seduce, Engage and Excite Quality of Relationships and Quality of Life Technology Has Caught Us Unawares The Boiling Point Failure is Always Easier The Responsibility is Only Yours Communicating is a Real Casino Being Alone Sucks You Are A Diamond It All Depends On How You Communicate I don't think you'll fuck more (or maybe you will) The Great Illusion of "Seduction" What Other Coaches Don't Tell You Interpreting Communicative Contexts But I Can't Communicate Well... The Discomfort of Feeling "Out of Place" Ever heard of Social Intelligence? The Story of Philip, Perennially in the Friendship Zone In Love, the Fugitive Wins? Always Identify Communicative Objectives Expectations Are for Children Everything seems easy at first... You Create Your Relational Destiny Feeling Inadequate? Maybe You're Missing A Block The "Can Do" and the "Nerd". No Opportunities? Create them, Don't Make Excuses Anymore Making Love With the Mind Before the Body Don't Be Afraid of Making a Fool of Yourself You Have Your Whole Life To Improve Prince Charming Doesn't Exist ... and The Princess is Bipolar I Have Bad News: You Are Never Yourself But it's the shyness that gets me... 2.INSIGHTS The 6 things you CANNOT control in a relationship Is Love A Choice? How to Overcome Unrequited Love Communication - or Quality or Silence The Importance of Recognizing Emotions Always be respected, even in Chat Manage Emotions, Don't Bury Them! Learning to Say No, Feelings of Guilt and Self-Image Love in the Time of Tinder - Superficiality, Idealization, Immaturity and Self-Image What are the 5 wounds of the inner child within us? How to Win an Argument (Without Making a Slaughter) Dangerous Consequences of Communicating Emotions Quietly Possessiveness, Being Sexy and Insecurity Use Style and Sensitivity to Stand Out from the Competition Being Sensitive is a 'Plus' (which must be managed well) You have to Give Authentic Emotions to Receive Quality Emotions
Download or read book Seducing Strangers written by Josh Weltman and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to get someone, somewhere, to do something. The job is using words, pictures, stories, and music to seduce strangers. In the industrial, mass-media, consumer economy of the past, the job was called advertising, and “Mad Men” did it. In today’s service-based, social media-focused, information economy, the job is called life, and everyone does it. Here’s how you can do it. And do it better.
Download or read book Seduction written by Amanda Quick and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Townsfolk called him devil. For dark and enigmatic Julian, Earl of Ravenwood, was a man with a legendary temper and a first wife whose mysterious death would not be forgotten. Some said the beautiful Lady Ravenwood had drowned herself in the black, murky waters of Ravenwood Pond. Others whispered of foul play and the devil's wrath. Now country-bred Sophy Dorring is about to become Ravenwood's new bride. Drawn to his masculine strength and the glitter of desire that burned in his emerald eyes, the tawny-haired lass had her own reasons for agreeing to a marriage of convenience. One was vengeance, and in its pursuit she would entangle Julian in a blackmail plot, a duel at dawn, and a dangerous masquerade. The other reason was dearer to her heart, but just as wild a quest: Sophy Dorring intended to teach the devil to love again.
Download or read book Seduction written by Rachel O'Neill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the so-called seduction community, the ability to meet and attract women is understood as a skill which heterosexual men can cultivate through practical training and personal development. Though it has been an object of media speculation – and frequent sensationalism – for over a decade, this cultural formation remains poorly understood. In the first book-length study of the industry, Rachel O’Neill takes us into the world of seduction seminars, training events, instructional guidebooks and video tutorials. Pushing past established understandings of ‘pickup artists’ as pathetic, pathological or perverse, she examines what makes seduction so compelling for those drawn to participate in this sphere. Seduction vividly portrays how the twin rationalities of neoliberalism and postfeminism are reorganising contemporary intimate life, as labour-intensive and profit-orientated modes of sociality consume other forms of being and relating. It is essential reading for students and scholars of gender, sexuality, sociology and cultural studies, as well as anyone who wants to understand the seduction industry’s overarching logics and internal workings.
Download or read book Knowledge Production in Material Spaces written by Nikki Fairchild and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge Production in Material Spaces is a curation of the interventions that the authors undertook at a range of academic conferences since 2016. It problematizes disciplined practices and expectations governing academic conference spaces and generates new ways of thinking and doing conferences otherwise. The authors use posthuman, feminist materialist and post-qualitative theories to disrupt knowledge production in neoliberal and bureaucratic conferences spaces. The analysis they offer, and the rhizomatic writing and presentational styles they use, promote a form of educational activism through theory. They interrogate the conference space as a regulated, normalized and standardized mode of academic knowledge production – which they call the ‘AcademicConferenceMachine’ – and playfully subvert the dominant meanings and modes of conferences and workshops to show how we can better interact and produce research, with and for each other. The authors indicate how creative conference practices promote playful possibilities to imagine and produce knowledge differently. This book will appeal to audiences ranging from established professionals to early career scholars, doctoral and master’s students in Education and the social sciences.
