The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis [Paperback]

Sheila R. Lowe (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: July 19, 1999

You're no idiot, of course. You know that handwriting can reveal a great deal about a person--including one's strengths and weaknesses. But when it comes to figuring out what your handwriting says about your life and personality you feel like you're starting to get writer's cramp. Don't limit your writing to e-mail just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis is an intriguing, easy-to-follow lesson on how to understand what's behind those boldly stroked capital letters or smiley-faced dotted I's. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you learn how to:

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From the Back Cover

You're no idiot, of course. You know that handwriting can reveal a great deal about a person--including one's strengths and weaknesses. But when it comes to figuring out what your handwriting says about your life and personality you feel like you're starting to get writer's cramp. Don't limit your writing to e-mail just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis is an intriguing, easy-to-follow lesson on how to understand what's behind those boldly stroked capital letters or smiley-faced dotted I's. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you learn how to:

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 1st edition (July 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028632028
• ISBN-13: 978-0028632025
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > Self-Help > Handwriting Analysis

More About the Author

Like her Forensic Handwriting Mysteries series (Penguin/Obsidian) character, Claudia Rose, Sheila Lowe is a real-life court-qualified handwriting expert who testifies in a variety of handwriting-related cases. With more than forty years experience in the field of handwriting analysis, she holds a degree in psychology.

A frequent guest in the media when there are interesting handwritings to comment on, Sheila recently interviewed with Mike Taibbi of Dateline NBC, discussing the Clark Rockefeller case. She's the author of the internationally acclaimed The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis, and Handwriting of the Famous & Infamous, and the award-winning Sheila Lowe's Handwriting Analyzer software(which is used around the world).

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best, most comprehensive, accurate & entertaining on hwa, September 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis (Paperback)

As a professional handwriting analyst, I am often asked to recommend a book on the subject. Until now, I have had trouble finding any one book to suggest to everyone. At last! This book provides the most accurate and comprehensive information on handwriting for the novice or intermediate, and does it so entertainingly that I read the whole book myself (and was surprised to learn a thing or two).

There are many very good handwriting analysis books that are too advanced or too narrow for the beginner. Unfortunately, some of the most readable books on the topic are not comprehensive or are simplistic, and some, such as Bart Baggett's work, strike me and some of my colleagues as inaccurate or misleading in places. The CIGHA is a book I can recommend enthusiastically to teenagers and human resources professionals, to senior citizens and therapists.

Professional handwriting analysts know Sheila Lowe as one of the top analysts in the country, a leader in the field and the publisher of a professional newsletter, but until now, we never realized the extent of her talents as a writer.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis, May 2, 2000

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Gwen Eck - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis (Paperback)

After taking a handwriting course for certification, then the master's course, in Graphoanalysis, I still felt there was so terribly much missing. When reading Sheila's book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis" I realized that this was what had been missing. To think I hadn't bought it sooner because I thought it was just the same old thing! This book makes handwriting analysis very understandable. While it gets right to the point, it still hold's one's interest, is entertaining and yet very educational. I hated the book to end. I only wish I could have read it twenty years ago. It is the best handwriting book I've ever read.

Gwen Eck, MGA

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best By Far, February 26, 2000

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"bymyhand" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis (Paperback)

Am a handwriting analysis consultant. I enjoy helping my clients/friends understand themselves and their personal and business acquaintances better through hwa. This book by Sheila Lowe has been invaluable in my career personally and professionally; much needed--too many hwa books available that are not based on sound principles that really WORK; this one does. Surprisingly, it is easy to undertand and enjoyable to read even though the content is comprehensive and somewhat complex; the clear presentation of information and lively graphics help, they are nice additions that keep the reader interested when they really want to know how hwa WORKS. My clients are always amazed at its accuracy. It is also excellent as a reputable reference guide, as well as study guide for those who are really serious about learning, in the 'write' way, more about this amazing field of human understanding. I use Ms. Lowe's computerized program (RI Software) and it is also very accurate and one of the BEST I have ever used; the feedback from clients/friends is positive. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Handwriting Analysis", I personally feel, is the BEST book about hwa on the shelves! Thank you for reading this review; hope you enjoy the book as much as I have. By My Hand, from New Jersey.