'What if I were to tell you that a psychopathic arsonist might also be the person most likely to save you from a burning building'? This book is about a special kind of persuasion: 'flipnosis'. It has an incubation period of just seconds, and can instantly disarm even the most discerning mind. Flipn[...]

How many times a day do you think someone tries to persuade you? Twenty? Thirty? Actually it's more like "400." When you imagine a society based on coercion you start to see how important persuasion is; it literally keeps us alive. Now psychologist Kevin Dutton has identified a powerful strain of im[...]

One of "Slate"'s Twenty Overlooked Books of 2012
In this engrossing adventure into the infamously crafty behaviors of psychopaths, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of "madness" along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in neuroscience, Dutton a[...]

What is a good psychopath? What do you really want from life, and how can you develop and use qualities such as charm, coolness under pressure, self-confidence and courage to get it? This title gives you a unique road-map to self-fulfillment both in your personal life and your career.[...]