Body Language

I thought this book contained actual examples of what to do with your body to convey certain messages. It had only few and scattered examples. However it did explain what things to be contious of when moving your body. It was a good book.

Boring. Sadly i realized at half of the book that i was wasting my time. Outdated. I won't even finish it. I'm on my way to get another book on body language.

Right off the bat, I knew I'd made a mistake in ordering this book. There are NO PICTURES! How can you depict body language, which is nearly entirely visual, without images? I must have ordered the wrong book or perhaps was mesmerized by the front cover which bears the only image (an attractive woman with her legs spread). Next time I will be more careful and pay more attention to such things.

Nevertheless, the book does seem to have some interesting socio-cultural opinions and some pop psychology speculation. This is not really cultural anthropology but it does stimulate the mind a little bit of those who may be curious about human communication issues in general.

As many other reviewers have said, this book is not an instruction manual on how to read body language. Don't judge a book by it's cover.

This book provided a ground-breaking introduction when it first arrived in 1970. Who wouldn't like to be better at reading other people by their body positioning, gestures, and other non-verbal cues? I remember reading it a few years later as a young teen hoping to gain insight into success with girls. After all, the author describes in the early pages a man who picks up women based on his ability to read their body language. Somehow I never gained those lady-attracting skills suggested by the book's provacative cover, and these pages seemed based on anecdote, common sense, and opinion rather than on scientific research. Still, the book has a pleasing readability, and provides an interesting introduction to a subject of great interest - and one many of us wish we were better at.

I'd much prefer Alan and Barbara Pease's current and up to date book Body Language.