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    Cover of The Definitive Book of Body Language

    The Definitive Book of Body Language

    Allan Pease, Barbara Pease · 2004

    This book isolates and examines each component of body language and gesture and makes you more aware of your own non-verbal cues and signals and demonstrates how people communicate with each other using them.

    Productivity & Self-ImprovementPsychology & Behavior
    Open LibraryAmazon
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    7recommend
    9mentions
    7people
    2009–2018years
    89% recommend11% neutral

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    What Hacker News says

    1. nestorherreNov 2017
      The Definitive Book of Body Language - How to win friends and influence People - Think and Grow Rich - Self Discipline in 10 days
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    2. tsomctlOct 2015
      Two books that also help:

      How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Carnegie

      The Definitive Book of Body Language, by Pease

      Those two books basically cover verbal and nonverbal communication.

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    3. personjerryMay 2015
      Brilliant response above.

      I consider talking and socializing key skills in life, it's a shame schools don't have classes specifically for these things.

      In addition to the parent comment, there are many books to supplement the development of one's communication skills. Some that I've read and found useful include The Definitive Book of Body Language and How To Win Friends And Influence People.

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    4. tsomctlFeb 2015
      I also recommend "The Definitive Book of Body Language"
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    5. dontstealmynameNov 2012
      I found the book "The definitive book of body language: How to read others's thoughts by their gestures" by Allan and Barbara Pease to be a great read.

      The greatest show on Earth - Richard Dawkins was an excellent read.

      Surely you're joking Mr Feynman by Richard p.Feynman was terrific read by a very small bit can considerred offensive or at the least dated in its outlook but if you can get past that its great!

      I recently finished a book on ID called "Masters of doom" by David Kushner which I rather enjoyed as well.

      I also love reading about crackers from the (mostly) 80's and I can recommend.

      Cuckoo Egg by Cliff Stoll Masters of deception We are anonymous - Inside the hacker world of lulzsec, anonymous and the global cyber insurgency by Parmy Olson

      I loved "Underground Hacking Madness and the obsession on the electronic frontier" once I got past the first 2 or 3 chapters (also it was researched by Julian Assange before wikileak and has a chapter about his hacking) An Ebook copy can be found on the authors website http://www.underground-book.net/download.php3

      Ghost in the wire Kevin Mitnick

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    6. TinyBigOct 2012
      The book mentioned in the article, "Definitive Book of Body Language" is an excellent resource. However, it is more of an encyclopedia - comprehensive, but lacking in context. I began this journey some years ago and found Navarro's "What Every Body is Saying" a more helpful starting place. Gives a framework to help understand body language, something that may prove helpful if you are starting from square zero.
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