- Paperback: 295 pages
- Publisher: Orion (27 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0646349074
- ISBN-13: 978-0646349077
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 279,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The book that's taking Britain by storm! 10 weeks at number one in Australia now a bestseller in the UK after just four weeks: number 2 at Bertrams, 3 at THE, top 20 on Amazon for ten weeks - outselling Men are From Mars by 10 to one. Bestselling authors Allan and Barbara Pease - four million copies of Body Language in print in 32 countries - spotlight the differences between the way men and women think. Barbara and Allan Pease travelled the world collating the dramatic findings of new research on the brain, investigating evolutionary biology, analysing psychologists research, studying social change and annoying the locals. The result is Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps the sometimes shocking, always illuminating, frequently hilarious look at where the battle line is drawn between the sexes, why it was drawn and how to cross it. Revealed: Why men really can't do more than one thing at a time Why women make such a mess of parallel parking Why men should never lie to women Why women talk so much and men so little Why men love erotic images and women aren't impressed Why women prefer to simply talk it through Why men offer solutions, but hate advice Why women despair about men's silences Why men want sex, and women need love WHAT MEN AND WOMEN REALLY WANT This is a must-read for all men and women who love each other, hate each other, or simply co-exist. You will learn as much about yourself and how to improve your relationships, as you will about the opposite sex.
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Allan Pease is the world's foremost expert on body language. His acclaimed book Body Language has sold over 4 million copies and his top rated TV series on the same subject has been seen by over 100 million people world-wide. He travels the world lecturing on human communication and has written four other bestselling books. Barbara Pease is CEO of Pease Training International which produces videos, training courses and seminars for business and governments world-wide. She is the author of the international bestseller Memory Language. Barbara Pease is CEO of Pease International, which produces videos, training courses and seminars for businesses and governments worldwide. She is co-author of the bestselling book WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN DON'T READ MAPS, which has sold ten million copies around the world.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book hits the nail on the head for all those women out there that can't understand why men don't understand us and for all those men why you find us all so complicated. I laughed from the minute I started to read this book it is light hearted but would help couples worldwide to understand why things seemed not to be going as they thought there relationships would. The answers are so obvious that they are probably there all the time, love is a blinker thing sometimes. This book helps clarify things in a lighthearted and funny way. An excellent read for mis-understoods everywhere.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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After reading all the great 5 crown reviews I was looking forward to reading this book and dived straight in. To begin with I found it good fun, although the large type-font and block quotes reiterating arguments made in the main text are a bit irritating. However, it soon becomes apparent that the authors have only one point to make and I found myself desperately hoping, in vain as it happens, that the discussion was going to get somewhere and then move on. But no, they just keep making the same point over and over. This does start to wear on you after a while. As a professional biologist I was very disappointed at the lack of reasoned discussion about the vast amount of evidence they allude to in support of their thesis. Furthermore, one or two of their statements are patently incorrect, reflecting a poor understanding of genetics. This does tend to undermine one's confidence in the book. Altogether a very superficial attempt which ends up trivialising an important topic. Yes it's quite good fun and easy to read but don't waste your time reading past the third chapter. Oh yes, and they publish it themselves which speaks volumes. Didn't notice that before I bought it.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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The authors start from two straightforward premises:
Men and women are very different in the way that they act, react, think and feel.
These differences are the inevitable consequence of our biology.
The first of these is a lot less controversial than the second and, perhaps the book would have ruffled fewer feathers if the authors had stuck to the first premise. However, the caveman-cavewoman analogies do help them to illustrate their points.
The book is well put together in a pretty light-hearted style. While not being unputdownable, it is an easy read. One quibble though has to be that, after a while, many of the jokes seem to be a little tedious.
As well as illustrating the differences between men and women, the book gives examples of how these lead to conflict and misunderstandings. Their advice is pretty much to learn about the differences and grin and bear it.
Of course, the book goes over much the same ground as the Mars-Venus stuff but, it does so at a somewhat simpler and, some would say, superficial level. If you get to the end of Mars-Venus and absorb what it says then this book is not for you. On the other hand, If you found M-V to be too heavy and a bit pretentious then the lighthearted and more direct style of this book could be just what you need.
At the end of the book, there is a substantial list of references and further reading. This varies from other popular psychology books to research papers which provide the scientific backing for the authors ideas. Unfortunately, they just list these with no comment and no attempt to categorise the items. This means that the list is of little use to a reader interested in exploring further topics or referring to some of the research on which the authors ideas depend.
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Excellent Read!
I can highly recommend this book particularly if you're struggling to understand your 'other half'. My husband and I laughed out loud at some of the suggestions in there, they... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs T
Very Interesting Difference between Men and Women!
I was particularly interested in the difference on how to read maps between men and women. I hadn't recognized that before, though. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2008 by edrm
Too simple; skirts other important issues...
I had to read this book, because my girlfriend was reading it and telling some interesting things, and also some flat out sillies. Read more
Published on 1 July 2003
A great set of advice....a poor set of facts!
There are the good and the not so good things that I have to say about this book. I have been interested in factors and socio-biological mechanisms that control and influence the... Read more
Published on 9 May 2003
too simplistic
This book may be quite humorous at times, but it is not based on any credible scientific data. The ideas are simplistic and simply try to reinforce stereotypes and put all women... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2002
Understand and laugh at your differences
Based on 12 years of clinical research on the male/female brains. An interesting, funny and enlightening read. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2001
Okay but very simplistic.
Very interesting stuff in this book, but anyone reading it should regularly repeat 'It's not scientific' and 'this is not necessarily the absolute truth'. Read more
Published on 13 May 2001
Superficial pop science for the masses
The one idea behind the book - that men and women act differently due to biological differences - is not sufficient to fill an entire book. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2001
Clear, practical and funny!
This book is excellent for anyone wanting clear and easy understanding on how the male and female brain works. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2000
Mediocre
I was expecting another Men are from Mars... and that's about all I got out of this book. Useful to those who don't know men and women are different but this book doesn't really... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2000
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