Which books would you reccommend getting on this subject?

On general pyscology for presentation and patter (I assume it is)

Body language reading:
1) Book of tells peter collett (a good primer into the subject)
-if you go to amazon and type in body language then it will come up with plenty of titles but I liked the above hunt about-

2) A practical book which you can use as well is the complete encyclopedia of stage hypnosis: This has a big section on waking hypnois as well as many chapters on why suggestion works. (likewise anything else you can find on suggestion is useful)

3) I found some books on persuasion quite good as well, They cover aspects of why persuasion works and how to do it. Again type this into amazon and you will find many titles, pick the one you like the sound of, (they are only really about £7 each so its not much of a risk)

Also anything on the way the conscience works. Don't go for big pyscological studies and textbooks but books that are labeled a nice introduction to the subject by reviewers. (amazon again) You can judge the book that will be good by the cover. If its got graphics you can be certain that it is aimed at the normal reader intrested in the subject.

Finally "introducing NLP" by seymour(I think that's how its spelt) Is a good primer into NLP. Unless your really intrested in NLP you only really need to study this book. And again most of it is useless anyway. Oh and some books on rapport may be good.

Really just hunt arround. Walk intro a bookshop and go to the psycology section. Flick through some books if they look good buy them. In the back will be recoomended reading sections and just take it from there really. Enjoy.

Passages by Gail Sheehy

Does "Passages" tell you about psychology?
aren't you mixing this up with recommended books for Cold Reading

'Psychology of Persuasion' by Kevin Hogan is also good. Check it out.

Cold reading is psychology:

Also as an addition to the above read some new age stuff. Personal Power through Self Awareness by Sanaya Roman is very good.

Again pretty cheap

I don't rate Collett's book at all (as posted elsewhere I don't think he could read a bluff in a poker hand if his life depended on it), far better to look for something like Desmond Morris's very readable but also detailed Manwatching books (sadly out of print, but you may be able to get through Amazon Sellers), much much more useful in this context. There are very few reliable books on kinesics and body language, most are very fluffy and full of the classic myths - a couple of interesting and original chapters are included in Keith Johnstone's totally essential work 'Impro' (Ian Rowland's finest recommendation!!). For a primer you could do worse than Collins' Gem 'Body Language' pocket book. Or even Caro's excellent book on poker tells would be way better than Collett's lightweight nonsense.

I second the 'Psychology Of Persuasion' book wholeheartedly. Very powerful and useful information.