The successor to Gamesmanship and Lifemanship. It's becoming a little formulaic, but there are still plenty of good bits.One of my favorite sections describes how to give presents that the recipient will loathe. It's Christmas, and you hand your unsuspecting victim a packet that turns out to contain...
Following on from Gamesmanship, another fake self-help manual from Potter. Now, however, he is overtly targeting social interaction in general, and gives you innumerable handy "tips" on how to discomfort people and gain a social advantage. The point, of course, is that they are all things people (at...
An idea that I'm surprised hasn't been imitated more: a satire masquerading as a self-help manual. While pretending to instruct you in the various tricks you can use to make your opponents feel uncomfortable, Potter takes generally quite successful pot-shots at all sorts of targets. The most obvious...
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