The definitive book of body language
Record details
- ISBN: 0553804723
- ISBN: 9780553804720
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: Bantam hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-386). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- All things are not what they seem -- How well do you know the back of your hand? -- How well can you spot body-language contradictions? -- How we wrote this book -- Your body-language dictionary -- 1. Understanding the basics -- In the beginning ... -- Why it's not what you say -- How body language reveals emotions and thoughts -- Why women are more perceptive -- What brain scans show -- How fortune-tellers know so much -- Inborn, genetic, or learned culturally? -- Some basic origins -- Universal gestures -- Three rules for accurate reading -- Why it can be easy to misread -- Why kids are easier to read -- Can you fake it? -- True-life story : the lying job applicant -- How to become a great reader -- 2. The power is in your hands -- How to detect openness -- Intentional use of the palms to deceive -- The law of cause and effect -- Palm power -- Our audience experiment -- An analysis of handshake styles -- Who should reach first? -- How dominance and control are communicated -- The submissive handshake -- How to create equality -- How to create rapport -- How to disarm a power player -- The cold, clammy handshake -- Gaining the left-side advantage -- When men and women shake hands -- The double-hander -- Handshakes of control -- The Blair-Bush power game -- The solution -- The world's eight worst handshakes -- The Arafat-Rabin handshake -- Summary. |
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Subject: | Body language Body language Expresión corporal |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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La Conner Regional Library | 153.6 PEASE | 98759 | NON FICTION | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Allan Pease has written eleven other bestselling books on the subject of human communication and body language, including, with Barbara Pease, Why Men Donât Listen and Women Canât Read Maps and Why Men Donât Have a Clue and Women Always Need New Shoes.
Barbara Pease is CEO of Pease Training International and the author of the international bestseller Memory Language. She divides her time between England and Australia, trying to find her way home from the airport.
Allan Pease has written eleven other bestselling books on the subject of human communication and body language, including, with Barbara Pease, Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps and Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need New Shoes.
Barbara Pease is CEO of Pease Training International and the author of the international bestseller Memory Language. She divides her time between England and Australia, trying to find her way home from the airport.