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The Definitive Book of Body Language
by Barbara Pease, Allan Pease
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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Bantam (July 25 2006)
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Chapter 1: Understanding The Basics
Everyone knows someone who can walk into a room full of people and within minutes give an accurate description about the relationships between those people and what they are feeling. The ability to read a person's attitudes and thoughts by their behavior

Chapter 1: Understanding The Basics
Everyone knows someone who can walk into a room full of people and within minutes give an accurate description about the relationships between those people and what they are feeling. The ability to read a person's attitudes and thoughts by their behavior

Chapter 1: Why Women Are More Perceptive
When we say someone is 'perceptive' or 'intuitive' about people, we are unknowingly referring to their ability to read another person's body language and to compare these cues with verbal signals. In other words, when we say that we have a 'hunch'



Book Description

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.

About the Author

Barbara PeaseBarbara Pease

Barbara Pease is the CEO of Pease International, which produces videos, training courses and seminars for businesses and governments worldwide, specializing in research and education on gender issues..

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Allan PeaseAllan Pease

Allan Pease conducts relationship seminars worldwide and is the author of BODY LANGUAGE which has sold over four million copies. More than 100 million people have watched his top-rating TV series. Coauthors of the number one international bestseller, Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps, the Peases are the parents of four children and divide their time between England and their native Australia.

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