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  • The Dictionary of Body Language

  • A Field Guide to Human Behavior
  • Written by: Joe Navarro
  • Narrated by: Dave Clark
  • Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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The Dictionary of Body Language

Written by: Joe Navarro
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Publisher's Summary

From the world’s number one body-language expert* comes the essential audiobook for decoding human behavior.

“The ultimate body language reference. I’ll be both referring to and recommending this book on a daily basis for many years to come.” (Amy Cuddy)

Joe Navarro has spent a lifetime observing others. For 25 years, as a special agent for the FBI, he conducted and supervised interrogations of spies and other dangerous criminals, honing his mastery of nonverbal communication. After retiring from the bureau, he has become a sought-after public speaker and consultant and an internationally best-selling author. Now, a decade after his groundbreaking book What Every BODY is Saying, Navarro returns with his most ambitious work yet. The Dictionary of Body Language is a pioneering “field guide” to nonverbal communication, describing and explaining the more than 400 behaviors that will allow you to gauge anyone’s true intentions.

Moving from the head down to the feet, Navarro reveals the hidden meanings behind the many conscious and subconscious things we do. Listeners will learn how to tell a person’s actual feelings from subtle changes in their pupils; the lip behaviors that betray concerns or hidden information; the many different varieties of arm posturing, and what each one means; how the position of our thumbs when we stand akimbo reflects our mental state; and many other fascinating insights to help you both read others and change their perceptions of you.

Listeners will turn to The Dictionary Body Language again and again - a body-language bible for anyone looking to understand what their boss really means, interpret whether a potential romantic partner is interested or not, and learn how to put themselves forward in the most favorable light.

*GlobalGurus.org

©2018 Joe Navarro (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

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Poor choice of reader

I love Joe Navarro and I was excited to listen to this book. I left that the reader was a poor choice as his tone, cadence, and inflections made it feel like I was listening to a long “info-mercial”.

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  • Jim Heathington
  • 2019-11-05

Huge miss, save your money.

No illustrated pdf, no illustrations in the print copy.. Verbal description of nonverbal communication. really?

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  • amazonsusan
  • 2019-11-03

Better in print

Content and delivery is fine- but difficult to listen to because of a list format instead of conversational format.

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  • Chloe Batchelor
  • 2021-03-08

Wonderful guide! This is not a narrated story-time.

This book starts from the top of the human body and down, and goes point by point. This is great if you are the kind of person who just needs the straight facts. Though you can’t see the photos from the book, you can get a very clear understanding from the description of each behavior. Narrator is great, understood every word perfectly and very well-paced. Thanks!

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  • Raymond O'Connor
  • 2023-01-13

Deceitful Description

Not a book, description should make that clear. Just a narrator reading definitions for hours on end. Not useless, but deceitful description.

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  • iloveshoes
  • 2022-07-10

Meh

Interesting subject matter, but the narration drones on like the weird AI voiceover on online videos. Refers many times to diagrams in the book, which we obviously can’t see. This is written EXACTLY LIKE A DICTIONARY (which I guess I should have assumed from the title), so unless you enjoy someone reading or filibustering from the dictionary, I don’t recommend it. I couldn’t finish it.

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  • Got-a-clue!
  • 2019-12-28

Very informative! Organized from head to toe, so to speak.

While this book makes more sense as a paperback, easy to access (like a dictionary) when you have a particular need, it is still worth a listen. The information is great. Once you hear it, you will know if investing in a hard copy is for you.

The book is well read, in a pleasant voice and pace. Of course you may pause at anytime to practice a movement of make a note. I found rewinding tricky.

The information is presented top down. So you learn all about the head snd facial expressions (brow, ears, nose, mouth) before moving to the hands, body and feet.

I gave it a 5 start for story even though there is no story plot. It held my interest for the 3 plus hours i listened. Each description was clear and the author included context or an explanation when appropriate.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2020-02-19

great book!

Read this book for an investigation class. very helpful and I'm looking for more books just like it

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  • yosup
  • 2023-01-18

Everything is stress

There, now you dont need to read it, not much use, save your money , blah blah fifteen

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  • Daniel Woodward
  • 2022-10-28

What I was looking for…

This is a great companion to other works by Joe Navarro and is a book a refer back to continuously

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2022-10-22

This is literally the best book I’ve ever read

I have never read a better book. This was the most informative, helpful, and overall amazing book I’ve ever stumbled along.

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