The Motivational Vampire
Want to improve your life but instead just binge Twilight—again? I got you covered. The Motivational Vampire meets us where we are, teaching critical thinking skills via deep dives into vampires.
Did you know everything you’ve heard about vampires came from government paperwork? Or that early science “verified” their existence? Both truths teach us about confirmation bias. Likewise, how the Great Vampire Epidemic humbled the Vatican and transformed the Holy Roman Empire is a masterclass in learning to identify an agenda.
Want to know how corpses became sex symbols? Why they hate garlic? Want to meet Asian headless vampires, or the blood-sucking-toes vampire of Australia?
Find drama in how the first vampire novel was written by the world’s greatest lover in a year without a summer—then stolen by his doctor, then stolen by his publisher. And wisdom, when Bram Stoker escaped the sunk cost fallacy by ditching his entire plan for Dracula.
Find laughs in my offbeat travels through Transylvania. I wanted to meet a vampire, so my guide told me, “Go where the people still believe.” I found out the hard way why she didn’t add, “Because they have reason to.” But I still ended up living in Transylvania for years, mere blocks from Dracula’s birthplace.
If you want to understand why the world is the way it is, and how to overcome your fear of it—by way of vampires—buy The Motivational Vampire today!
Want to improve your life but instead just binge Twilight—again? I got you covered. The Motivational Vampire meets us where we are, teaching critical thinking skills via deep dives into vampires.
Did you know everything you’ve heard about vampires came from government paperwork? Or that early science “verified” their existence? Both truths teach us about confirmation bias. Likewise, how the Great Vampire Epidemic humbled the Vatican and transformed the Holy Roman Empire is a masterclass in learning to identify an agenda.
Want to know how corpses became sex symbols? Why they hate garlic? Want to meet Asian headless vampires, or the blood-sucking-toes vampire of Australia?
Find drama in how the first vampire novel was written by the world’s greatest lover in a year without a summer—then stolen by his doctor, then stolen by his publisher. And wisdom, when Bram Stoker escaped the sunk cost fallacy by ditching his entire plan for Dracula.
Find laughs in my offbeat travels through Transylvania. I wanted to meet a vampire, so my guide told me, “Go where the people still believe.” I found out the hard way why she didn’t add, “Because they have reason to.” But I still ended up living in Transylvania for years, mere blocks from Dracula’s birthplace.
If you want to understand why the world is the way it is, and how to overcome your fear of it—by way of vampires—buy The Motivational Vampire today!
Want to improve your life but instead just binge Twilight—again? I got you covered. The Motivational Vampire meets us where we are, teaching critical thinking skills via deep dives into vampires.
Did you know everything you’ve heard about vampires came from government paperwork? Or that early science “verified” their existence? Both truths teach us about confirmation bias. Likewise, how the Great Vampire Epidemic humbled the Vatican and transformed the Holy Roman Empire is a masterclass in learning to identify an agenda.
Want to know how corpses became sex symbols? Why they hate garlic? Want to meet Asian headless vampires, or the blood-sucking-toes vampire of Australia?
Find drama in how the first vampire novel was written by the world’s greatest lover in a year without a summer—then stolen by his doctor, then stolen by his publisher. And wisdom, when Bram Stoker escaped the sunk cost fallacy by ditching his entire plan for Dracula.
Find laughs in my offbeat travels through Transylvania. I wanted to meet a vampire, so my guide told me, “Go where the people still believe.” I found out the hard way why she didn’t add, “Because they have reason to.” But I still ended up living in Transylvania for years, mere blocks from Dracula’s birthplace.
If you want to understand why the world is the way it is, and how to overcome your fear of it—by way of vampires—buy The Motivational Vampire today!
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Brian David Bruns is a bestselling author, repeat winner of Foreword Magazine’s Humor Book of the Year and winner of the USA REBA Grand Prize. He has been featured in articles across a dozen nations, but is most delighted by being a British tabloid favorite. Adventuring in over 60 nations around the world, he writes of his unique experiences with a self-mocking and cheeky wit, an astute insight into human behavior, and a love of quirky history.