Profiling basketball on the blacktops, at its most basic level, this book chronicles the unusual lives of some of the nation's best players--figures both forgotten and never heard of--in fast-paced words and pictures. 16 photos.

The creator of the "Mystery Method" introduced in Neil Strauss's best-selling The Game imparts salacious techniques for picking up and seducing women, in a guide that also shares extreme stories from Mystery's life. TV tie-in.

Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author and journalist, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive and controversial books of the last decade—guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever. On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange—and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of this generation.

Powerful Mindset Principles Combined With Real World Practical Information To Transform Your Life: The 88 Laws of The Masculine Mindset This book is not like other books. It is written and designed to be practical and useful. The Problem with most self-help books is that people get bored and don't finish them. This book can be started at any chapter and can be read as you see fit. The book is a collection of the most important mindset and personal development laws or guidelines for men. The laws are listed from 1-88. The format allows you to load up 88 important ideas into your mind very quickly. This book is designed to be an introduction to all of the most valuable personal development ideas I have used to change and improve my own life. If you had 1 hour to find the most important ideas to change your life, then this book will help you achieve that goal. We live in a world that is out of balance and one big reason for that is the lack of mindset control. Your mindset is the software you load into your mind. If you don't take conscious control over that then you might find yourself ending up at a place you did not want to be. Most people on this planet just go with the flow and have no idea that they are going in the wrong direction in life. They are being affected by outside influences and don't even know it. When you understand and accept this reality then you can change it. You can take your power back. You can start living life on your own terms. So if you want to change your life or improve your current position then this book will help you get there. Inside this book You Will Learn: The Masculine Approach To Living The Most Important Choice Of Your Life How To Take Control Of Your Mind How To Change Your Current Reality How To Start Winning In Life The Things You Have To Change To Become Successful How Your Habits Control Your Life Why You Have To Believe In Yourself How To Live With Purpose How To Transform Your Life How To Live Free Much, much more!

The Modern and Ethical Pickup Artist: This Includes - How to Pick Up Women & Modern Dating Guide for Men After years and years spent in the pick-up scene and later on in the dating scene. I decided to share the knowledge I acquired in two separate books called “How to Pick Up Women” and “Modern Dating Guide for Men”. These two books contain all the essentials required for you to attract and date the woman of your dreams. For a limited time, you can get the all-around guide on how to pick up your ideal woman and how to date her like a true gentleman in this two-book bundle at a special price! In the first part of the bundle called “How to Pick Up Women” you will discover: - How to pick up women in an ethical way which leaves you BOTH happy and satisfied. - The things you NEED to improve about yourself in order to attract women instantly for the rest of your life. - A specially designed book structure containing clear lists, step by step guidelines and scenarios which you can easily remember and apply in your own life. - The biggest barriers you need to overcome in order to stop feeling anxious when approaching any woman. - How to make killer first impressions that will make women obsessed with you. - How to master the art of texting and never feel nervous or embarrassed after sending her a text. - How to keep a conversation going in a natural and enjoyable way. - How to create a flirty vibe and sexual tension which will lead to some real action. - How to have a proper one-night stand which will make you stand out and make her come back for more. The second part of the bundle called “Modern Dating Guide for Men” will teach you: - Where you need to start in order to become a dating master (hint...it’s you). - The things you NEED to avoid in order to keep any relationship happy and exciting. - How dating has changed in the 21st century and what you need to do to stay relevant. - What you need to learn from the traditional dating style and what you need to forget right now! - Online dating – the good and the bad. - How to actually be in a relationship and how to react in certain tricky situations. - How to avoid boredom and keep a relationship exciting and alive. - How to properly communicate in a relationship and avoid catastrophes which could separate you from the woman of your dreams. If you want to stop daydreaming about beautiful women and become the type of man beautiful women daydream about then, scroll up and Order Now!

Who is a Pickup Artist? Anyone who can strike up a successful conversation with a perfect stranger casually with confidence is a pickup artist. They may or may not ever meet again. Who is an Ideal Pickup Artist? A clear mindset is the ideal mindset. But, how does one achieve the ideal mindset? The most enlightened of thoughts have come from Buddha. Though we are not as intelligent as the Buddha, if we understand his teachings at a macro level, we can realize what an ideal mindset is. If you marry this ideal mindset with my conversation techniques, then you will be an Ideal Pickup Artist! It’s time to stir up this world! Again!

The world’s greatest pickup artist is back! After the bestselling exposé The Game pulled back the curtain on Mystery and his culture of professional pickup artists, he became an international phenomenon. Unfortunately, while it’s no secret that Mystery’s ideas are wildly effective, women have started to catch on. They’ve seen the show and heard the routines—so now it’s time for the next level of game! With techniques honed over fifteen years of trial, error, and ultimate triumph, and following his hit VH1 reality series, the celebrated sensei is back with his latest living-large exploits and a new and improved playbook for the twenty-first-century playboy. As the book begins, Mystery and his crew have withdrawn to their swank Miami mansion to plot their next move. When a new student comes to stay at the house, Mystery draws him deep into the pickup-artist lifestyle and shows him an intimate portrait of the master of seduction. Mystery lays out a complete system of game, and unveils his latest (and fully field-tested) strategies and techniques. The Pickup Artist includes • a list of all the triggers that create—and destroy—attraction • a new way to approach strangers and start a conversation: microcalibrated openers • Mystery’s most powerful humor technique, the Absurd—so you’ll never run out of things to say again • a full chapter on physical escalation (touching, kissing, “making a move”) • the solution to inner-game issues, for when you’re not confident enough • and much, much more Whether he’s holding court with eager disciples in South Beach, hanging out with his crew of fellow super-seducers in Las Vegas, or partying it up in the Hollywood Hills, Mystery is never far from where the action is—and never fails to get a piece of it. Now it’s your turn. Read The Pickup Artist and get into the game.

This book adopts a corpus-based discourse analysis approach to the study of the communicative practices of pick-up artists, offering a systematic exploration of distinct language use in an online community that uses speed-seduction practices for short-term dating and sex. Drawing on a multi-million-word corpus comprising data from online forums, social media, informational websites, and YouTube videos, the volume explores the verbal practices and narrative framing techniques that pick-up artists (PUAs) draw upon in their interactions with women and the terminology-heavy language used in teaching pick-up to foster perceptions of scientific validity. The book also unpacks videos and reports of live interactions to study naturally occurring PUA discourse from different perspectives but also to more closely examine conceptual metaphors of competition and violence and critically reflect on the ethical considerations of working with such communities. This book will appeal to students and scholars in such disciplines as discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, computer-mediated communication, and language and media, as well as those interested in the study of language use online.

Warning: This book is for adults only. Warning: This book is not for those with negative attitudes or closed minds. Warning: Once you learn the secrets contained in this book, there is no going back. Tired of not having dates? Tired of women showing little interest in getting to know you on a deeper level? Then consider yourself lucky for having stumbled upon this book. This book is what I would truly call the ultimate book that contains all the secrets you'll ever need to unlock a woman's heart. I had to go to hell and back to steal these secrets from one of the best pickup artists in the business. And believe it or not, a whole industry has been set up to hide these secrets from men, so who knows what they'll do to me for revealing them. I used to be terrible with women, I used to think I'd never be able to be successful on a date, and I was very much lost as to how I could go about finding the right woman for me. However, the secrets I stole changed all of that for me. I felt I couldn't let these secrets continue to remain unknown to men, and so I felt compelled to write this book, in spite of the risks, to help men who used to be like me, to be better with women, to have more options with women, and to know with certainty exactly what they need to do to find and get into a relationship with the woman of their dreams. You won't believe the amazing impact these secrets have had on my own dating life, and now it's your turn to experience the life-changing results.

How much does appearance matter in the formation of romantic relationships? Do nice guys always finish last? Does playing hard-to-get ever work? What really makes for a good chat-up line? When it comes to relationships, theres no shortage of advice from self-help experts, pick-up artists, and glossy magazines. But modern-day myths of attraction often have no basis in fact or worse are rooted in little more than misogyny. In 'Attraction Explained', psychologist Viren Swami debunks these myths and draws on cutting-edge research to provide a ground-breaking and evidence-based account of relationship formation. At the core of this book is a very simple idea: there are no laws of attraction, no foolproof methods or strategies for getting someone to date you. But this isn't to say that theres nothing to be gained from studying attraction. Based on science rather than self-help cliches, Attraction Explained looks at how factors such as geography, appearance, personality, and similarity affect who we fall for and why.