About the author Acknowledgements Academic references Introduction Chapter 1: Our other language - an introduction Chapter 2: The basic caveats Chapter 3: Personal distance or proxemics Chapter 4: Perception and first impressions Chapter 5: The body language of anxiety Chapter 6: How to control anxiety Chapter 7: Body language for rapport skills Chapter 8: Body language for personal confidence Chapter 9: Body language for assertiveness Chapter 10: Body language and attraction Chapter 11: Body language and personal influence Chapter 12: The hidden language of speech Chapter 13: 75 body-language signs and what they might mean Chapter 14: Putting it into practice Conclusion: Ethics, body language and manipulation Appendix 1: Possible answers to questions raised in the book Appendix 2: Possible answers to the picture challenges on pages 199-202 Index.