{"product_id":"the-social-predators-secret-playbook-peter-salerno-9798991975575","title":"The Social Predator's Secret Playbook: Traits and Tactics of Pathological Personalities - And How to Recognize Them","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe person who once said they had never met anyone like you became unrecognizable. The relationship that ended months - or years - ago still occupies space in your head. When you try to explain what happened, the room goes quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot all cruelty is the misfiring of unresolved pain. Some people use deception, emotional pressure, and intimidation as habitual tools - not because they are wounded, but because these tools work. They are social predators, and they follow a playbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years of clinical practice, Dr. Peter Salerno breaks that playbook open. You will find a field guide to the dangerous personality traits that signal the pattern, the deceptive communication tactics that erode your sense of reality, and the three phases through which predatory relationships unfold: idealization, devaluation, and abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about labeling people, and it is not a book about blame. It is a book about the architecture beneath the behavior - and what becomes possible the moment you can finally see it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwareness is protection. Clarity is freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Salerno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991975575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Salerno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d","brand":"Peter Salerno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48853039579391,"sku":"9798991975575","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-predators-secret-playbook-peter-salerno-9798991975575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}