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Sex, love, commitment, and the puzzle of the male mind. You may know neil strauss from the game, a book about his journey into the world of pickup artists. Now, in its follow up book that came out just now, its called the truth. Buy a cheap copy of the truth book by neil strauss. So begins neil strausss longawaited followup to the game, the funny and slyly instructive work of immersive journalism that jumpstarted the international seduction community and made strauss a household namerevered or notoriousamong single men and women alike. And in this wild and highly entertaining ride, he explores the questions that men and women are asking themselves every day. Neil dives into the world of sex addiction, nonmonogamy, infidelity, and intimacy and explores the hidden forces that cause people to choose each other, stay together, and break up. An uncomfortable book about relationships, which follows his journey. They have also led to this book, which is an attempt to figure out where so many people go wrong, again and again, when it comes to relationships and marriageand if theres a better way to live, love, and make love. If the game taught you how to meet members of the opposite sex, the truth will teach you how to keep them. Do alternatives to monogamy lead to better relationships and greater happiness. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the truth. As with esther perels books, although of an autobiographical style, strauss deftly blends blunt language strauss is more crass with the clever. Sex, love, commitment, and the puzzle of the male mind kindle edition by strauss, neil.
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