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How to Spot a Liar, Revised Edition

Why People Don't Tell the Truth...and How You Can Catch Them
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How to Spot a Liar, Revised Edition reveals the secrets of detecting deception through expert advice from military interrogator Gregory Hartley. This guide equips you with practical techniques to read body language and verbal cues, helping you uncover the truth in personal and professional relationships. The revised edition expands on how and why people lie, offering deeper insight into spotting dishonesty and gaining the upper hand in negotiations, interviews, and everyday interactions.
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Ideal for anyone dealing with tricky interpersonal situationsβ€”whether confronting a cheating spouse, navigating office politics, handling teenagers, conducting job interviews, or making sales calls. Also perfect for those wanting to sharpen their communication skills or develop an edge in reading people, including at the poker table.

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This newly revised edition delves deeper into how and why people lie. In it, the authors respond directly to reader requests for more details on reading and using body language to your advantage.

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Ever caught a spouse, business partner, parent, boss, or child brazenly lying? What if you could tell someone was lying, just by listening and observing? Let decorated military interrogator, Gregory Hartley, show you how to do it.

How to Spot a Liar was the first book to give you the tools to figure out what's really going onβ€” to gain the upper hand in salary negotiation, move a prospective client toward the outcome you desire, or find out why you need to end a business or personal relationship.

This newly revised edition delves deeper into how and why people lie. In it, the authors respond directly to reader requests for more details on reading and using body language to your advantage.

Who needs How to Spot a Liar? Anyone with a cheating spouse or manipulative boss. Anyone conducting job interviews or cold-calling prospective customers. Anyone who has teenagers at home or works in politics. Anyone whose success and happiness depends on clear communication with others. And anyone who wants to become just a bit more inscrutable, in business, in life... even at the poker table!

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781601632203

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 June 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: Career Press

Edition: 2nd Edition, Revised

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Gregory Hartley's expertise as an interrogator earned him honours with the United States Army. More recently, businesses, private investigators, lawyers, human resources professionals and the media have relied on Greg's knowledge of human behaviour and body language. Maryann Karinch is the author of 18 books, including The Body Language Handbook and I Can Read You Like a Book.

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