Signals: How to Use Body Language for Power, Success, and Love

There are lots of books on the subject. This has been published in the eighties and and you can tell it as soon as you have it in your hands: line drawn pictures (instead of photos), young men wearing ties and comments on smoking. But it is a book that has kept its qualities and now is enriched with the flair of the passing of time. What I most like is a very consistent structure: chapters are organized in a logical order and describe in a straight-forward manner a lot of body languague, that you can better understand with the pictures. It is very clearly written and if you do not have much time, you can just look at the pictures and the descriptive captions. It is a good book you can combine with more in-depth 'treatises' (Desmond Morris' Man Watching is a classic).

This was my first book on body language. It is still the one I use and recommend more than any other. It has all the basics in a no-nonsense KIS (Keep It Simple) format. A couple of items are a bit dated, (like the smoking and eyeglass mannerisms), but there is still 98% excellent material. Easy to read and understand. It is illustrated - simple illustrations but they make their point. Get it and start having fun and being more successful in your communication.

With so much fluff out there, Allan Pease's "Signals" is a refreshing, authoritive and well-written piece on Kinestics (Body Language). His illustrator, DavePassalacqua, really made this the Best of Class for me.The book is very well organized, though not a candidate for reading in a single sitting. Well worth the investment both in time and purchase price. I found Wainwright's "Body Language" perhaps more authorative but, of the two, I recommend reading "Signals" first. (But read them both if you can).

Excellent, straight-forward book on deciphering body language. Line drawn illustrations, clearly written text without a lot of scientific mumbo jumbo and advice on how to react to certain behaviors to try to change situations to your advantage. Useful for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively.

I have been rereading this book for over ten years. The illustrations are the bonus, besides giving excellent information. (I am not a salesman, by the way.) Why is it out of print??? It needs to be republished. I have given away several copies.