{"product_id":"9781429933292","title":"La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hidden truth about the French way of life: it's all about seduction—its rules, its pleasures, its secrets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. But Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris bureau chief of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, has discovered that seduction is much more than a game to the French: it is the key to understanding France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeduction plays a crucial role in how the French relate to one another—not just in romantic relationships but also in how they conduct business, enjoy food and drink, define style, engage in intellectual debate, elect politicians, and project power around the world. While sexual repartee and conquest remain at the heart of seduction, for the French seduction has become a philosophy of life, even an ideology, that can confuse outsiders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e La Seduction\u003c\/i\u003e, Sciolino gives us an inside view of how seduction works in all areas, analyzing its limits as well as its power. She demystifies the French way of life in an entertaining and personal narrative that carries us from the neighborhood shops of Paris to the halls of government, from the gardens of Versailles to the agricultural heartland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Seduction\u003c\/i\u003e will charm you and encourage you to lower your defenses about the French. Pull up a chair and let Elaine Sciolino seduce you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154194514160,"sku":"9781429933292","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429933292_p0.jpg?v=1769902152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429933292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}