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Title: Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History
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| Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History by Running Press An irresistible and empowering book | Once in awhile a book comes along that empowers you to feel good about yourself, and helps give you that extra nudge that you want to become the person you desire to be. What women does not want to be irresistible to the man of their choice. Through example of life story after life story this book tells many tales of a variety of different women and the power they held over the men that they were with.
You don't have to be the most attractive, the best dressed, or the best anything to hold a man captive. You simply need to promote your best qualities be it a muse, a mother figure, a companion, or even a sex kitten to really attract a man. I like that it is suggested that you really just need to agument the best qualities that you already have and use those to your advantage.
She uses many examples of a variety of different women such as Mata Hari, Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Windsor, Carol Lombard to name just a few. Each of these women are unique, just as each one of are. Through reading this book you will feel that you are unique and a special person completely capable of finding and holding that special person in your life. | | Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History by Running Press Absolutely loved it. | | This book is SO much fun, and gave me great tips for enhancing relationships with all the men in my life, especially my husband. OK, not my brother. Great read, great fun. | | Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History by Running Press BUY THIS BOOK: I am a Seductress Expert!!! | I am a great voyager of female seductress' throughout all of History and I have significantly studied and explored these women and their intoxicating seductive abilities, beginning with Eve, the very first seductress. But for her, Adam would not have given-up his power and control of all of Planet Earth. What these women of History have to offer and to convey to women of Today's world, is priceless. Over and over again, History demonstrates to the 21st Century woman that the ability to keep a man seduced has little or nothing to do with physical beauty and everything to do with a woman's intellect, wit and an inner-spirit which glows with eroticism. While it is certainly true that men are visual, what will captivate a man for a moment, does not keep him for an eternity. Like Judge Judy preaches: "Pretty is for now, but dumb is forever." I am happy and thrilled to share this History of seduction with you; to show you how a Man's World is only so, because women are the driving force and the foundation of it.
Queen Cleopatra was far from beautiful, despite glamorous image today. She is portrayed on ancient coins and Egyptian busts with a long hooked nose, pointed chin and wide forehead; furthermore, she was 4'9 and her figure is depicted as `potato-like' and `dumpy'...and yet Cleopatra was undoubtedly a very seductive woman. She had an enchantingly musical voice; she was clever, exuded charisma, skillful humor and shrewd wit. Cleopatra was also highly intelligent; she spoke nine languages and proved to be a shrewd politician as she was a brilliant linguist and skillful strategist. When Cleopatra needed an alliance with Rome to re-gain her throne, she cleverly had herself smuggled to Caesar rolled-up inside an oriental rug, and when the rug was unrolled, Cleopatra tumbled out at Caesar feet. It is said that Caesar was bewitched and enthralled by her intelligence and her charm, and that he became her lover that very night. Cleopatra had such an effect on Caesar, that although he continued his dalliance with other women, he reached a point where no woman could satiate him as Cleopatra had: on every level Cleopatra was able to match Caesar intellectually, sexually, cleverly. Caesar was so taken with Cleopatra, that he brought her and their son, Cesarean, to Rome. And when Caesar was betrayed and assassinated by his people, Cleopatra then turned her attention to Marc Anthony. She came to Marc Anthony in a boat that was sailed by her maids, who were dressed as sea nymphs. Cleopatra herself was dressed as Venus, the Goddess of Love. She lay-back reclined under a gold canopy, fanned by young Eunuchs in Cupid costumes. Antony, who was, pleasure-loving man, was impressed by this blatant display of luxury and seduction, just as Cleopatra had intended. Cleopatra entertained him on her barge that night, and the next night Antony invited her to supper, hoping to outdo her in magnificence. Like Caesar before him, Antony was enthralled and held spell-bound by the seeming unending display of the mysteries Cleopatra. Forgetting his responsibilities, Marc Anthony accompanied Cleopatra to Alexandria and spent the winter with her there. Cleopatra's legend and her mark was deeply creased into Imperial Rome. Wrote the Greek writer Plutarch of Cleopatra, "Plato admits four sorts of flattery, but Cleopatra had a thousand. Were Antony serious or disposed to mirth, she had at any moment some new delight or charm to meet his wishes; at every turn she was upon him, and let him escape her neither by day nor by night. She played at dice with him, drank with him, hunted with him; and when he exercised in arms, she was there to see. At night she would go rambling with him to disturb and torment people at their doors and windows, dressed like a servant-woman, for Antony also went in servant's disguise... However, the Alexandrians in general liked it all well enough, and joined good-humouredly and kindly in his frolic and play. Cleopatra was a female for all Men to wish for and to dream upon."
Mata Hari, as Queen Cleopatra before her, was no glamorous beauty as she is depicted both in on screen and in theater. Born Margaretha Gertrude Zelle, in 1905 after two failed marriages, Margaretha re-invented herself and began to win fame as an exotic Oriental-style dancer. It was at this time that she took the stage name Mata Hari, which translates as "Eye of the Dawn" in Malay. Mata Hari's hair was thin and fine and her face pock-marked from scars, her body sallow and squat, and while she was not known for being remarkably beautiful, her spirit was overflowing with eroticism and Mata Hari never-the-less expelled self-confidence and poise and she was candidly Promiscuous and flirtatious; openly flaunting her painted and bejeweled body with a mystique that captivated both her audiences and the public and Mata Hari was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet on March 13, 1905. Mata Hari posed as a princess from Java of priestly Indian birth, pretending to have been initiated into the art of sacred Indian dance since childhood. In those days it was quite easy for someone possessing a flamboyant personality to invent a character and present it as fact with a good chance of success due to the limits of telecommunications available at the time. She behaved like a goddess and was photographed numerous times during her career in either scant clothing or gloriously nude; and Mata Hari brought her carefree provocative style to the stage in her act, which led to wide acclaim. Mata Hari became a successful courtesan and had relationships with many high-ranking military officers, politicians and others in influential positions in many countries, including France, Russia and Germany. Her relationships and liaisons with powerful men took her across international borders frequently, she began to be seen by some as a wanton and promiscuous woman, and perhaps a dangerous seductress. Even today popular imagination is fired by the idea of an exotic dancer working as a lethal double agent, using her powers of seduction to extract military secrets from her many lovers. This image has made Mata Hari an enduring archetype of the femme fatale. Mata Hari is mentioned in "Like It or Not", a song from Madonna: "Cleopatra had her way, Mata Hari too. Whether they were good or bad, is strictly up to you. You can't have the femme without the fatale." Mata Hari is mentioned in the song "Genius" by Warren Zevon: "Mata Hari had a house in France, where she worked on all her secret plans; Men were falling for her sight unseen, she was a genius."
Truly, the sway and genius behind seducing a man, comes FROM YOUR MIND and IN YOUR CONFIDENCE---and has little to do with a perfect figure and a beautiful face.
Article Copyright 2007 by Nannette LaRee Hernandez
Nannette LaRee Hernandez
Authoress: 'Creative Screwing: a woman's guide to becoming an erotic enchantress of superlustful sex'
| | Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History by Running Press HOW IRRESISTIBLE ARE YOU? | Fun, entertaining, useful - this book is full of advice for women who want to maximize their ability to attract and affect men. This book presents accounts of women who learned how to succeed (with men) using their unique gifts of persuasion and attraction. The author categorizes and describes the seductress woman as a Companion, Competitor, Goddess, Mother, or Sex Kitten, and says that every woman has an innate ability to affect men if they learn how to develop their own persona and gifts. While being attractive is important, the author advises us we have other assets to capitalize on, and to be appealing we should follow our passions, develop our talents, live fearlessly, and not be needy.
The book takes us through the lives of famous women who learned how to get what they want using their own unique seductress persona. Women profiled included Greta Garbo, Coco Chanel, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Nigella Lawson, Angelina Jolie, Marilyn Monroe, Edith Piaf, Lucretia Borgia, Anne Boleyn, Eva Peron, Cleopatra, Camilla Parker Bowles, Catherine the Great, and Queen Elizabeth I. The author points out that there is no one-size-fits-all seductive skill set, and that seductive women are very different from each other. Yet she does decipher seductive behaviors into categories and traits.
This book is funny and inspiring and can help you focus on developing yourself, which will not only make you more attractive, but more fulfilled as a person. Another favorite book on self-development is THE 3:00 PM SECRET: Live Slim and Strong, Live Your Dreams.
| | Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History by Running Press not quite | If you would like a more accurate and in depth look at "sirens" in history, I recommend Seductress, by Dr. Betsy Prioleau. Past that, I have a problem with female self-help writers who offer the questionable examples of Wallis Simpson, Pamela Harriman and Mata Hari as paragons to be learned from. Wallis never did anything with her talents or gifts and was basically a gilded nursemaid and nanny to a royal wimp-(by the way, they were both Nazi sympathizers), Pamela-who described herself as a "backroom girl" who "didn't even particularly enjoy going to bed with men" was, more often than not, on the receiving end of much emotional abuse from the difficult men she played submissive geisha to- who also either returned to their wives or/and were unfaithful to her, and Mata Hari, according to Prioleau: "slept with faceless soldiers for peanuts, and concocted her secret agent yarn to get attention and improve business...(she)fooled nobody and cooperated fully in the national witch-hunt for women who renounced domestic responsibilities. During the war(WW1),with the combined threat of women in the workplace and the need for maternal succor and sacrifice, antidomestic sirens involved in politics were targeted as spies and demonized. Hence the myth of the double agent ball breaker in black satin." "She was eaten alive by every man in her path...her true love jilted her...")She was caught in the knots of her own clumsy lies and "hired a lawyer with no experience and blundered her way into a death sentence."
Far more inspiring and fabulous examples of triumphant sirens are found in Prioleau's study, many who, despite lack of beauty and youth, took no prisoners, got the men everyone wanted and triumphed against all odds. "Victimhood", Prioleau observes, "no matter how stylish, did not belong in the Siren's repertoire. Grand Horizontals preferred conquest, victory parades, and the spoils of war."
This is a pleasant, feel-good read, but by no means does it tell women anything they didn't already know. The only advice herein worth hearing again is: LOVE YOURSELF, and be happily fulfilled on your own so you do not cling or chase or need men to complete yourself. Truth 101.
| | Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize Any Man, with Help from the Most Famous--and Infamous--Women in History by Running Press Product Description | It’s said if you want to succeed, watch successful people and do what they do. Simply Irresistible is a humorous manual of case studies that show how the greatest sirens of history did what they did and got what they wanted, nearly all the time. Our role models-many of whom are still weaving their charms today- include Eva Peron, Greta Garbo, Coco Chanel, Nigella Lawson, Angelina Jolie, Edith Piaf, Lucretia Borgia, Anne Boleyn, Mata Hari, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Simply Irresistible gives practical, sexy, and sometimes downright outrageous advice on modern seduction. It exalts the siren archetypes of the Companion, Competitor, Goddess, Mother, and Sex Kitten. The cheeky histories of the iconic real-life women are paired with a fun array of quizzes, quotes, photos, tongue-in-cheek captions, and personal stories of triumph and tragedy. (Mata Hari and Anne Boleyn were, after all, both executed.) The wisdom of these famous sirens is fleshed out with the contributions of everyday, lesser known charismatic women. The conclusion? All women have an inner siren-the ability to bring men to their knees-just waiting to come out. Now they’ll know how. |
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