How to Read a Person Like a Book, [Hardcover] nierenberg, gerard

Description

1971 edition. Dust jacket has some wear and small tears along the sides. Hardcover has some minor wear along the sides, scuffs and marks. Spine has some wear on the top and bottom. Pages are clean and the binding is secure.

This well-preserved copy of Gerard Nierenberg’s “How to Read a Person Like a Book” offers a fascinating glimpse into the early days of popular psychology and self-help literature. Published in 1971, at the height of the human potential movement, this book promised to unlock the secrets of understanding others through nonverbal cues and body language. Nierenberg, a renowned lawyer and negotiator, drew upon his experiences in the courtroom to develop techniques for “reading” people’s unspoken signals. Despite its age, the book remains a compelling artifact of a era when Americans were captivated by the idea of unlocking their full potential through self-improvement. For collectors, this edition represents an opportunity to own a well-preserved piece of counterculture history. Readers will be intrigued by Nierenberg’s insights into human behavior, which anticipated many of the principles of modern emotional intelligence.