Art of Hand Reading - Hardcover

Reid, Lori

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789410605 ISBN 13: 9780789410603

Publisher: Dk Pub, 1996

Synopsis

An easily accessible palm-reading guide, filled with color photographs of hands and hand prints furnishes complete information on interpreting the hidden messages of right and left hands, hand types, fingers, and lines.

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Review:

Big pages make for big illustrations, which are important in the visual field of hand reading. Lori Reid employs color photos for her examples rather than relying on line drawings. This abundance of detailed illustration is an immense help when trying to match theory with reality. Much more than a book on palmistry, The Art of Hand Reading covers all the aspects of reading hands in clear detail, making this the perfect book for beginners, but just as useful for the experienced reader.

From Booklist:

Has there ever been a better subject for a Dorling Kindersley book? Clearly, the DK approach of melding free-floating illustrations with supportive text is ideally suited to an instructional guide on hand reading--the bigger and clearer the pictures of the hand's life lines, fate lines, etc., the easier it will be to grasp this essentially visual subject. The DK illustrators are up to the challenge, supplying a cornucopia of hands, fingers, and thumbs to illustrate not only the lines on the palm but also the different designs of the hand itself--shape, size of fingers, the hand's overall topography. Sidebars offer a wealth of snappy background information (how to make a handprint, for example). The only weakness here is Reid's text, which too often seems overly simplistic: lots of lines indicate a high-strung personality; few mean a calm nervous system. Now there's a surprise. Still, if it's detailed pictures of hands you're after, DK is the place to go. Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0789410605
• ISBN 13: 9780789410603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120