The Definitive Book of Body Language
 | Bantam, 2006, Hardcover Customer Rating: 94 reviews Recommend |
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Available for the first time in the United States, this international bestseller reveals the secrets of nonverbal communication to give you confidence and control in any face-to-face encounter–from making a great first impression and acing a job interview to finding the right partner.
It is a scientific fact that people’s gestures give away their true intentions. Yet most of us don’t know how to read body language–and don’t realize how our own physical movements speak to others. Now the world’s foremost experts on the subject share their techniques for reading body language signals to achieve success in every area of life.
Drawing upon more than thirty years in the field, as well as cutting-edge research from evolutionary biology, psychology, and medical technologies that demonstrate what happens in the brain, the authors examine each component of body language and give you the basic vocabulary to read attitudes and emotions through behavior.
Discover:
• How palms and handshakes are used to gain control
• The most common gestures of liars
• How the legs reveal what the mind wants to do
• The most common male and female courtship gestures and signals
• The secret signals of cigarettes, glasses, and makeup
• The magic of smiles–including smiling advice for women
• How to use nonverbal cues and signals to communicate more effectively and get the reactions you want
Filled with fascinating insights, humorous observations, and simple strategies that you can apply to any situation, this intriguing book will enrich your communication with and understanding of others–as well as yourself.
Title: The Definitive Book of Body Language
Sales Rank: 437 in Books
Author: Barbara Pease, Allan Pease
Publisher: Bantam, 2006-07-25, Hardcover, 400 pages, ISBN: 0553804723
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches, 1.35 pounds
- Its a good book
- It's a good book. However, it provides too many examples of "definite" situations. I dont think EVERY sign can be interpreted as one conclusion. More reviews
- Get ready for an eye opening experience.
- In very few words, after reading this book, you will feel you had your eyes closed your entire life. You will be able to understand how people feel even when they are not saying anything.
My favorite: When a man is excited by a woman, which part of his body can grow to almost 3 times its size?..... No it's… More reviews
- I feel I've been cheated into buying the book by all the 5-star review
- This book reminds me when I was in grade 8, and had to finish a paper within 2 days. I would go to the library, search for keywords of the topic, and put whatever information I find into a paper. To meet the minimum word requirement, I would expand a good piece of information I find to several paragraphs, and I would also make the fonts a little bigger.
This… More reviews
- Very good book
- I'm a very academic person, by nature, and so I like to read books that have a lot of information in them, but which doesn't just present common sense over and over throughout it.
This book is a great book, in my opinion. It covers such things as the eyes, the hands, the arms, the legs, etc. You learn how to tell if people might… More reviews
- Read people AND books
- This book is great if you want to know what people are REALLY saying. I would recommend it to everyone.… More reviews
