01875nam a2200169Ia 4500 0000023629 20251012174651.0 9780553804720 153.6 PEA 2006 The definitive book of body language Allan & Barbara Pease. Bantam hardcover ed. New York Bantam Books 2006. xiii, 386 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [380]-386). 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 Body language. 8412 8412 0 0 0 0 KEM KEM 2013-12-13 0 0000009863 2025-10-12 08:36:20 2025-10-12 OS