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The Machiavellian's Guide to Womanizing

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I assure you I have a lot of fun reading this book. It's so humorous, and even sacrastic. However, the objective of it seems to help you get laid and thus full of short term tactics, with no long term strategies at all to win a lady's heart. Not much had been said on the manipulation of emotions like jealousy, gratitude and admiration, which had been stressed both in the beginning and ending of the book. Furthermore, there's very weak association of Machiavelli's teachings with those of the author.

In case you just want a leisure read, it's more than okay. If you wanna find a book that can help you to win somebody's love, go somewhere else.

p.s. Below please find a copy and paste of some points on pg 112/3 of the topic "answers to common excuses". I think they are quite representative of the book's general style.

F: I dont know you.
M: I dont know you very well, either. Do I let it bother me?
F: I'm having my period.
M: That's great! This is the one time of the month you dont need any protection.
F: I'm not in the mood.
M; Let me lick you for two minutes, then tell me you're not in the mood.
F: You're not just not my type.
M: Close your eyes and pretend it's someone else.
F: But it's our first date.
M: Dont think of it as our first date. Think of it as our last date.
F: We have such a beautiful friendship, I dont want to ruin it this way.
M: Are you kidding? This will make it deeper and more meaningful!
F: But I have a boyfriend.
M; Dont worry. I wasnt planning on telling him.
And the author even added, "There is almost no insurmountable excuse for withholding the booty."

Brash and hilarious - "Casanova" pulls no punches. "Post-Coital Manners can be separated into 2 categories - if you want to see her again, and if you don't. If you don't just do what you normally do..."For veteran womanizers, a handbook that codifies what we've known all along. For newcomers, a lifeline to the world of uncommited nookie

Nick Casanova's masterpiece on womanizing is perhaps the most witty and funiest book I have ever read. It reveals all the secrets men wish they had since they were young teenagers. For those who don't want to be a womanizer it is still good reading, it lets you into the mind of a woman and shows you what she wants and how you can get it sincerely. For women it is also a must read so that they can be ready to fight off all of those insincere womanizers out there.

This is one of the few books that ever made me laugh out loud in the privacy of my own room, mostly because the stuff he says is so true. I've actually tried a couple of the tactics Casanova suggests, including, strangely, being perfectly still before making a pass, and both worked. I plan to try more, although a good half of the suggested ploys I don't think I could pull off. But even if you don't plan to try any, it's worth reading just for the laughs. I've given three copies to friends and they had the same reaction. But don't let any girl you plan to make a move on see it.

This book is a well-written, funny look at the dating/mating game. While some of the "techniques" are completely off-the-wall, what Casanova is really trying to illustrate by some of them is that humor can go a very long way. The real Machiavelli would definitely have approved of this book since he too was a womanizer. The paradox of it is that the LESS you SEEM like the type to be using these ploys, the more successful you will be. Whether you happen to be; a veteran, a wanna-be, or a gonna-be, this book definitely says something you need to hear! True wisdom and insight scream out at you from almost every page.

I bought this book for my now-husband when we first started dating. We both got a kick out of it.

Mainly, it's a joke, tongue in cheek... though I know some "nice guys" who could use a little bit of the attitude in this book to help them out with women!

I got this book from my ex girlfriend of all people. It's chock full of idiotic advice, but the blatantly sexist tone is great for a laugh. Best tip: Pretend to be a foreigner. Runner up: Always try to be seen catching a football or doing something "active." The book is actually quite funny and outrageous. And for anyone willing to be put aside any sort of moral qualms, it should have some good advice. Casanova makes it clear that the point of the book is The List, not moral rectitude. Deception and manipulation work wonders - on women and men. Young women should read this book as a heads-up to the ploys men might try to pull on them...

Picked up a copy of this book back in 1995 and was instantly impressed. Mid-town apartment dwelling New Yorker Nick Casanova (most probably a pen name) followed closely the formula that his mentor Niccolo Machiavelli advocated in "The Prince," divide, conquer and rule as applied to the game of adult male-female relations.

Machiavelli's "The Prince" explains how to retain power so that the hereditary prince must carefully maintain the socio-political institutions to which the people are accustomed and where a new prince has the more difficult task in ruling, since he must first stabilize his new-found power in order to build an enduring political structure. It's required that the prince be a public figure above reproach, whilst privately acting amorally to achieve State goals. The Prince does not dismiss morality, instead, it politically defines "Morality" -- as in the criteria for acceptable cruel action -- it must be decisive: swift, effective, and short-lived. Machiavelli is aware of the irony of good results coming from evil actions. The Prince is a manual to acquiring and keeping political power. In contrast with Plato and Aristotle, a Classical ideal society is not the aim of the prince's will to power. As a political scientist, Machiavelli emphasizes necessary, methodical exercise of brute force punishment-and-reward (patronage, clientelism, et cetera) to preserve the status quo.

Nick Casanova writes of having readers presenting themselves as positive confident impeccable and forceful men to perspective dates and then unceremoniously dumping under false pretenses these women once the readers' sexual appetites have been satiated. The book is written in a "tongue in cheek" manner so one cannot tell if Mr. Casanova has actually used all the techniques that he advocates in the book. Clearly this book was inspired by the Reagan Devolution's era of deregulation and the hypocritical elite's break-down of social decorum while Reagan publicly claimed "Family Values" for the unwashed and ignorant masses.

Nick Casanova is not a misogynist, though one could reach that conclusion if one took Mr. Casanova's writing literally. It is a light and fast read and truly enjoyable for any male that has done battle of the sexes (i.e. most males).

This book is an amusing piece of fluff; the "suggestions" it makes are certainly not very useful unless all that concerns you is getting into a woman's pants -- once -- and you don't care at all what she, or anybody else, thinks of you afterwards. Frankly, I doubt that they're all that useful even in that case; I can't imagine too many women with above-room-temperature IQs being taken in by very many of these ploys.

Nonetheless, just to prove that even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again, I will quote the one GOOD piece of advice to be found in this book: "The idea here is not to get drunk unless she does. For while plenty of drunken guys have scored with drunken women, and sober guys with sober women, and sober guys with drunken women, very few drunken guys have scored with sober women."

If you read this book for a laugh, you'll find pleny of them. If you're actually looking for advice on how to get laid, look elsewhere. Also, if you're looking for something that has anything in common with Machiavelli's advice, rather than with his REPUTATION, you'll also be disappointed; Machiavelli wasn't really anywhere near as "Machiavellian" as the author of this book.

Seeing this book at the bookstore on the "value" shelf I decided to purchase it for some humorous, light reading. The real Machiavelli would definitely have approved of this book since he was a womanizer. This isn't rocket science but there is absolutely no mention of the man actually trying to look attractive, fit, etc. In this regard I think the book is pathetic. Your odds go up the better you look and the more confidence you have. That is a fact and normally there is a pretty strong correlation.

My conclusion is that some of the stuff is pathetic (ie. Filler) whereas some of the comments / techniques / insights are right on. If you are looking for some tips on picking up ladies have at it. But even if you don't plan to try any, it's worth reading just for the laughs.

A lot of the book (1/4) is common sense and should have been known by most men by now. The key is to actually have the guts to apply the stuff. Whether you happen to be; a veteran, a wanna-be, or a gonna-be, this book definitely says something you need to hear! True wisdom and insight scream out at you from almost every page.