The Body Language Handbook: How To Read Everyone's Hidden Thoughts and Intentions

Ever wonder what that raised eyebrow, nervous twitch, or lazy slouch really means? Is it profound and important...or a meaningless quirk?

In The Body Language Handbook, the authors use candid photos of real people in stress-free situations, then juxtapose them against others showing the same people responding to different kinds of stimulus to illustrate the power of body language. By going step-by-step from the holistic to the detailed, you'll quickly discover when body language indicates something significant, and when an itch is just an itch. You'll learn how to:

• Identify the basic mechanics of human communication.
• Observe what is culturally normal...and when determine"abnormal" matters.
• Read changes in body language.
• Avoid misunderstandings.
• Project the right message.
• Protect yourself from manipulation.

The Body Language Handbook will not only teach you how to read the body language of others, it will also make sure you send the signals you want to send. Increase your power of communication at the office, in a courtroom or classroom, at home, and in any social setting--even the poker table!

About the Authors

Greg Hartley’s expertise as an interrogator first earned him honors with the U.S. Army. More recently, it has drawn national-level intelligence organizations and the international media to seek his insights about “how to” as well as “why.”

He graduated from the U.S. Army Interrogation School, the Anti-Terrorism Instructor Qualification Course, the Principle Protection Instructor Qualification Course, and SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) school.

His skills as an expert interrogator earned praise while he served as a SERE Instructor, Operational Interrogation Support to the 5th Special Forces Group during Operation Desert Storm, Interrogation Trainer, and as a creator and director of several joint-force, multinational interrogation exercises from 1994 to 2000. Among his military awards is the Knowlton Award. He attended law school at Rutgers University.

Greg has trained government agencies, private investigators, human resources representatives, and finance experts to read people and detect deception.

Hartley has provided expert interrogation analysis for major network and cable television, as well as National Public Radio and prime print media such as The Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer. Important foreign media such as BBC and Der Spiegel have also relied on his commentary. Hartley has contributed to articles for major magazines such as Spin, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Details.

Hartley created simulations of interrogation for British television in Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook, and for the History Channel in We Can Make You Talk. Greg is featured in the Discovery Channel’s The Secrets of Interrogation and contributed to the upcoming movie Neurotypical.

More recently Hartley has provided expert analysis of what people are really saying with behaviors and body language for national media like Paula Zahn Now and Glenn Beck. Hartley has made appearances on The Montel Williams Show, and countless news programs, local TV, and radio around the country.

Maryann Karinch is the author of 16 books, most of which address human behavior. She heads a literary agency and does coaching and presentations for corporate and academic audiences. Karinch and Hartley are coauthors of the bestselling titles How to Spot a Liar, I Can Read You Like a Book, and Get People to Do What You Want.