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| Teach Yourself Body Language (Teach Yourself General Reference) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gordon Wainright, Gordon R. Wainwright, David Bird
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: £5.86
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1156114
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3 Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0071419721
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.69
EAN: 9780071419727
ASIN: 0071419721
Publication Date: March 2003
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 An Easy Read of Little use..! October 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In a nutshell this book is an easy read, one to read whilst sitting on the toilet... and it does contain some interesting information. sadly though this information is thin on the ground leaving the reader having to trawl through lots of facts like: Looking around the room during a conversation means you are bored. Shrugging your sholders means you don't know. Puffing your chest out, leaning forward, lowering your eyebrows, raising your voice and prodding someone in the chest firmly with your index finger means you're about to kick their head in.
I can't imagine many people bothering with the exercises in the book either. (By the way... Did you know that if the person you are talking to is frowning whilst drumming their fingers on the table or tapping their foot it could mean that they are becoming impatient..?!)
The book is broken down into neat little chapters covering topics such as, eye contact, facial expression, head movement, gestures and body movement (The closer you stand to somebody the more comfortable you are with them..WOW..!), etc..
If you can pick this book up for a couple of quid then go for it otherwise I wouldn't bother.
A Beginners Guide to Body Language May 25, 2004
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
I was slightly disappointed that the subjects I was most interested in weren`t covered more fully; The section "How to spot a liar", for example, is only about a page long and is rather vague, referring to obvious tell-tale signs such as blushing. Although it states that certain gestures may be indicative of a lie, they have to be put into context - Someone itching their nose as they speak may be telling a lie; then again, they might have an itchy nose. Little else is said about the subject.
Some of the material is obvious to the point of being condescending, but even if you don`t find the information useful, you can have fun performing the people-watching exercises at a bar and seeing how outrageously people actually flirt, and what their seemingly innocuous gestures really mean. All in all, it`s not a bad read, although it`s more of a general overview of body language and glances over some of the more intricate aspects.
 Interesting read May 11, 2003
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
Very well written and informative book, albeit sometimes a little vague, I felt, in the topics I personally find most interesting. Is slightly like a text book in parts, but the exercises and tasks recommended you carry out in real life are most enjoyable and interesting which makes the entire learning of the topic overall very satisfing. Is mostly text, with a few drawings here and there to break the reading up and add a slight element of humour.
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