What happens when you’ve built a great website or app, but no one seems to care? How do you get people to stick around long enough to see how your service might be of value? In Seductive Interaction Design, speaker and author Stephen P. Anderson takes a fresh approach to designing sites and interactions based on the stages of seduction. This beautifully designed book examines what motivates people to act. Topics include: AESTHETICS, BEAUTY, AND BEHAVIOR: Why do striking visuals grab our attention? And how do emotions affect judgment and behavior? PLAYFUL SEDUCTION: How do you create playful engagements during the moment? Why are serendipity, arousal, rewards, and other delights critical to a good experience? THE SUBTLE ART OF SEDUCTION: How do you put people at ease through clear and suggestive language? What are some subtle ways to influence behavior and get people to move from intent to action? THE GAME OF SEDUCTION: How do you continue motivating people long after the first encounter? Are there lessons to be gained from learning theories or game design? Principles from psychology are found throughout the book, along with dozens of examples showing how these techniques have been applied with great success. In addition, each section includes interviews with influential web and interaction designers.

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.

The Seductive Illusion of Hard Work is a first-of-its-kind book, and highlights that hard work is necessary but insufficient for success.

They’re worlds apart… But he isn’t letting her go After a sizzling tropical getaway, inner-city volunteer Rayelle Keats has no illusions about a future with Barker Grant, heir to a legendary Philadelphia dynasty. But the acclaimed journalist isn’t letting Ray get away. Until a scandalous exposé rocks the city and sets their careers on a collision course that could shatter their tenuous bond—and Ray’s secret…

How far will a shy wordsmith go to inspire a desperate rock star plagued by writer’s block? Cleo Being the introverted twin of a mega famous pop star is a special kind of hell—especially since it’s the stolen poems from my journal that turned my sister into a household name. I’m fine being Kennedy’s assistant, and it’s amazing to hear fans sing my words every night, but I wish I could step out of her shadow, just once. A quiet week alone at the sun-kissed Hideaway resort is exactly what I need after months on tour. I’m ready to leave behind the chaos that comes with being “Kennedy’s sister” and just be Cleo Maxwell for a while. At least I was, until Benji Prescott, the heartbreakingly handsome ex-boybander I’ve crushed on for over a decade, knocks on my villa door and asks for songwriting help, mistaking me for my sister. Benji It’s been five years since I’ve had a hit song. Five years of imposter syndrome and pressure to show my label I’m not some one-hit wonder. After taking time out of the limelight to rediscover my passion for music, I’m determined to prove everyone wrong. There’s just one thing—I can’t come up with a decent song to save my life. I came to The Hideaway seeking a cure for my creative block, but I found something—someone—even better. Kennedy Maxwell is nothing like I expected; she’s insightful, authentic, and there’s something about her that’s just so damn seductive. It’s hard to stay focused on the music when I can’t stop thinking about the dirty things I’d like to do to her… Each book in The Hideaway series is a steamy, stand-alone romance with NO cliffhanger and an HEA. Suitable for ages 18+. Come find your escape.

When she receives the white rose bouquet from Lucas, Divine Anderson feels like she is bathing in an ocean of happiness. Pleased, she goes to his office in order to go out for having lunch. While waiting for him, what does she see? A portrait? A portrait of Lucas and a woman...His wife? By God, Lucas is married?! And what`s this resemblance between that woman and her?Broken hearted, Divine rushes out the office. When getting there, Lucas notices the portrait`s position changed. Damn it! He forgot about it!She leaves to Alaska, but will this be enough for her to forget the man she loves?And Charlie, Lucas`s best friend, what is his hidden agenda? Why does he want to secretly revenge over Lucas and see him destroyed...?

Seductive Reasoning takes a provocative look at contemporary Anglo-American literary theory, calling into question the critical consensus on pluralism's nature and its status in literary studies. Drawing on the insights of Marxist and feminist critical theory and on the works of Althusser, Derrida, and Foucault, Rooney reads the pluralist’s invitation to join in a "dialogue" as a seductive gesture. Critics who respond find that they must seek to persuade all of their potential readers. Rooney examines pluralism as a form of logic in the work of E. D. Hirsch, as a form of ethics for Wayne Booth, as a rhetoric of persuasion in the books of Stanley Fish. For Paul de Man, Rooney argues, pluralism was a rhetoric of tropes just as it was, for Fredric Jameson, a form of politics.