Eye to Eye: How People Interact

Leave this book where your guests can pick it up and plop down on the sofa while you fix drinks, snacks or whatever. Its written in non-technical language for ages 10 to 100. Every person I've encountered gets pulled right into it in about 30 seconds. It is a universal interest grabber. Three pages into the book, there's the Contents page listing 31 essays on the whole spectrum of NORMAL human behavior. The essays are 4 to 10 pages long with evocative color pictures of normal people being, well... human. The full spectrum of human behavior is covered. Who could resist essays like, 4. Using Body Language; 8. Making Eye Contact; 16. Why Relationships Matter; 25. Finding a Partner; 28. Enjoying a Sexual Relationship; and 30. Breaking Up. There's an Appendix titled How Psychology Works: two pages of fascinating reading on how the scientific method is applied to understanding human behavior. This is followed by references to Further Reading for each of the essays. And, of course, an Index. Highly recommended for any human being who expects to encounter other human beings.

This is a very good book. It makes extensive use of pictures to explain the non-verbal communication of people. It is also a cross cultural refrence, though most of the emphisis is on the English people.

Eye to Eye is about how humans interact, replete with excellent glossy photos and an engaging text. Its one of those books you can open on any page and just start reading...