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Fast, Julius.  Subtext: Making Body Language Work in the Workplace. New York:  Viking, 1991. This update to the bestselling Body Language is essentially a “how to” book, included here because several classmates in previous classes wanted to discuss the effects of body language in communications with library customers. Julius Fast is the guru of this genre, who believes that body language is a subtext in all our communications.  Chapter headings include:  Supertalk, The Job Interview, The Magic Behind the Sale, and, interestingly, Aspects of Power, and Subtext and the Global Workplace. Favorably reviewed in Library Journal and Working Woman, this book also discusses speech habits and cultural issues.  Although not scholarly, it is, nonetheless, an interesting read on this aspect of interpersonal communication.