Robert Greene's previous bestseller, <i>The 48 Laws of Power,</i> distilled 3,000 years of scheming into a guide <i>People</i> praised as "beguiling... literate... fascinating" and Kirkus denounced as "an anti-<i>Book of Virtues."</i><br><br>In <i>Art of Seduction</i>, Greene returns with a new instruction book on the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power—because seduction isn't really about sex. It's about manipulating other people's greatest weakness: their desire for pleasure.<br><br>Synthesizing the work of thinkers including Freud, Diderot, Nietzsche, and Einstein, reporting the enticing strategies of characters throughout history, <i>The Art of Seduction</i> is a comprehensive guide to getting what we want—any way we can.