Josef von Sternberg's 1930 film The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) is among the best known films of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). A significant landmark as one of Germany's first major sound films, it is known primarily for launching Marlene Dietrich into Hollywood stardom and for initiating the mythic pairing of the Austrian-born American director von Sternberg with the star performer Dietrich. This fascinating cultural history of The Blue Angel provides a new interpretive framework with which to approach this classic Weimar film and suggests that discourses on mass and high culture are integral to the film's thematic and narrative structure. These discourses surface above all in the relationship between the two main characters, the cabaret entertainer Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich) and the high school teacher Immanuel Rath (one-time Oscar winner Emil Jannings). In addition to offering insight into some of the major debates that informed the Weimar Republic, this book demonstrates that similar issues continue to shape the contemporary cultural landscape of Germany. Barbara Kosta thus also looks at Dietrich as a contemporary cultural icon and at her symbolic value since German unification and at Lola Lola's various "incarnations."

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.

As the most notorious rakehell in Regency London, Lord Damien Sinclair sought only his own pleasure, until his beloved younger sister, Olivia, was injured and her reputation ruined during a forbidden tryst. Now Damien will do anything to destroy the young nobleman guilty of hurting Olivia. . . . And Vanessa Wyndham will protect her foolish brother at all costs, even if it means entering into an illicit bargain with the dangerously handsome "Lord Sin." When Vanessa offers to act as a companion to Lord Sin's invalid sister, Damien agrees with one scandalous condition--he'll forgive her brother's debt if she agrees to become his mistress. And so the seduction begins. But once the affair has ended, will they escape with their hearts intact?

An unlikely pair come together and realise that their expectations of each other lead to an intense passion that will enhance them both. Dimitri Wright doesn't plan to become part of the epidemic of marriage that has befallen his siblings. He knows meeting a woman who is blunt and straightforward and could possibly change his mind is unlikely...at least until the most fascinating woman crosses his path. She is everything he thought he wanted but he realises he is on edge, not knowing what Shannon is thinking or feeling. The contained woman has got under his skin and he doesn't know what to do about it. She keeps her thoughts to herself and each move seems to be hers but he can't walk away. He wants Shannon and will use whatever he can to have her. Shannon Conner values quiet and her time alone and doesn't want anyone to encroach on her. But Dimitri isn't like any other man she has met. She doesn't get emotional or act the way that is considered typical and it usually makes people uncomfortable. Yet Dimitri understands her and makes her feel things she'd never expected. She's not about to get drawn in by him to be just another woman. Shannon will be herself and if Dimitri wants all that she is then she'll be willing to take part in a seduction's dance.

As a writer Im implored by instinct to put forth pieces of art for people to be entertained, educated, and reason beyond measure. Entangled Seduction is an inspiration of the pattern of nature as regards to romance relative to coercion of money and affluence as has become the norm among the youth within my surrounding. The content is engaging, simplified, and juiced of romance and the element of money that has certainly become the bargaining power for the players to engage in the game of cupid. Entangled Seduction introduces a rare combination of love and science as it fathoms a calamity befalling a little city, setting scientists up on heels as they seek to discover the epicenter of a mysterious virus that wreaks havoc, leaving nothing of option but pursuit of a cure. Its Alex and his incredible doctor and revered scientist, Dr. Bell, who connives discreetly to venture into quicksand, and as result, a cure beckons whereas the master of the plot, Alex, smiles in perpetuity albeit in a different formhis clone.

From USA TODAY bestselling author Janet Chapman comes an exciting new series about an ambitious logging family in the wilds of Maine. Alex Knight thinks he's left danger behind when he returns home from months of harrowing captivity—only to discover he's married to a sexy stranger and soon he will settle for nothing less than her complete surrender... He set out to seduce her for all the wrong reasons -- but found himself falling in love with her for all the right ones. Alex Knight is dead -- or so everyone thinks. A widowed logger baron with a risk-taking streak, he took on a South American engineering project and was reported dead after a rebel attack. So when he turns up back in Maine very much alive, his grieving family is shocked. But the biggest shock is Alex's, when he discovers he's now married -- to a woman he's never met. Sarah Banks is ready for a change from running a quiet Bed & Breakfast, and working for the Knight family offers not only a bigger opportunity, but also the family life she yearns for. So she's glad to help secure custody of Alex's orphaned children, whom she's come to love, by marrying their father by proxy before he's legally declared dead. But when Alex returns, the sexy, determined woodsman upends all of Sarah's plans. Because suddenly she's married to a passionate stranger with an easy smile...and tumbling headlong into a fiery dance of seduction.

Step 1--Know the target. After Ellen Talbot walks out his door, Christopher Sinclair vows to get her back in his bed. He remembers everything about their three incredible months together--all of her sexual fantasies and longings. Now he's using that to tempt her.... Step 2--Set the stage. What should have been a simple corporate training session turns intense when Ellen discovers her partner is the one man whose sexy memory she can't forget. And being with Christopher again just stirs up all that incredible heat.... Step 3--Don't retreat. She can't resist him when he starts using his intimate knowledge about her to entice her again. So she'll indulge herself for these few days, then walk away at the end. But Ellen doesn't count on his determination to have her...for keeps!

Seduction is a complicated concept that is a part of the general human experience. Despite the prevalence of seduction in our personal lives as well as within popular culture, the concept has not been widely discussed and researched as an academic field. Seduction in Popular Culture, Psychology, and Philosophy explores the concept of seduction and the many ways it can be understood, either as a social and individual practice, a psychological trait, or a schema for manipulation. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, this publication features research-based chapters relevant to sociologists, media professionals, psychologists, philosophers, advertising professionals, researchers, and graduate level students studying in related areas.

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