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How Rude! is all-encompassing how-to guide to the manners you need to know. It's a comprehensive compendium of commonsense advice on issues that matter to you. And it's a riot to read.--From the publisher.
A humorous but practical guide to good manners and social skills, discussing such areas as family life, behavior in public, manners in school, eating, and clothes.
6) Rude cakes
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A story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite.
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"Everyone knows that the little kids table is the place to be for any holiday or family gathering. This silly, rhyming story follows a group of rambuctious cousins from table setting to dessert. A universal theme, The Little Kids Table will have kids -- and parents! -- howling with laughter"-- Provided by the publisher.
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'George Washington's Rules of Civility' is a short list of 110 principles or maxims by which, supposedly, proper decent people must abide. While some of these maxims may seem dated others are still quite apt for today. A quick read, 'George Washington's Rules of Civility' is an insightful look at the manners and customs of an age gone by.
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American society has it in for growing old. Common phrases such as "Never trust anyone over 30!" and accusations such as "You make me feel old!" imply living a long life is an embarrassment. Miss Manners suggests Americans re-examine their reasoning and leave misplaced vanity at the door. She responds with wit and wisdom to "Gentle Reader" queries and anecdotes revolving around the proper way to give and receive respect in this e-book original, On...
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Whether you are a diplomat or not, making a good first impression is vital to achieving success in many formal and informal settings. In Diplomatic Life, authors Vera Tanger and Sandra Amaro present a guide to overcoming a host of everyday etiquette dilemmas. Building on their personal experiences as wives of diplomats, Vera and Sandra offer a concise, easy-to-use manual filled with information on how to act and react in a variety of situations. They...
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Whether you are a new member of a multiracial/interfaith family, the father of a same-sex bride, or the mother of an adopted daughter from China, Norine Dresser offers suggestions for mixed families in avoiding social pitfalls at holidays and rituals for birth, coming of age, marriage, death, and other significant life events.
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Pregnancy is a time for happiness, serenity, and discovery, as well as a time for inappropriate tummy touching and over sharing by friends and relatives. Is it acceptable to give parenting advice to your daughter-in-law? To a stranger on the bus? Must one endure co-worker baby showers? Entertaining as well as brutally honest, Miss Manners likens pregnant women to low-tier celebrities, and offers not advice but pronouncements on the proper etiquette...
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Handbags! Not only a popular fashion accessory for the ladies, handbags can be found in all shapes and sizes in every home. A big daytime bag, a carryall for shopping, a petite clutch for parties. Handbags are a science in their own right and one of the most popular shopping accessories you'll find – especially for women! But what's all the fuss about? Why do so many women "live" in their handbags, carting their entire lives around with them? The...
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Powder Puff Principles is about remembering the grace and good manners our mothers and grandmothers displayed in their dress, behavior, and the image they projected, while preparing ourselves to do the same for our children. Powder Puff Principles is about being polished and prepared, and adhering to morals and integrity. These principles allow us to embrace our own strengths and femininity while empowering us to do anything we put our minds to.
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Miss Manners proclaims a text message to be an electronic equivalent of a Post-it note and about as "serious in nature as the hastily written note passed in class." Gone are the days when conversing with people meant being in the same room as them, and with those days went established etiquette of communication. Can one apologize with a text message? Offer condolences? Propose marriage? Use text messages as invitations?
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Ce guide vise à proposer, en matière de procédures d'assemblées délibérantes, un manuel de consultation facile et adapté aux nouvelles exigences en la matière. Il comprend une centaine de règles groupées selon la chronologie même d'une séance d'assemblées: préparation, début, déroulement et fin.
Ces règles sont présentées sous forme d'articles numérotés de façon continue et sont enrichies de brefs commentaires, d'un index, ainsi...
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Have a carefree life without being careless. Hot Girl Etiquette provides the know-how for all women interested in etiquette, but want a modern take on the old fashion guidelines. Being a hot girl with etiquette is not about physical beauty, it is a woman who strives to be a beautiful person inside and out. Inside you'll learn… • How to end a date and break up with a person with class. • Etiquette advice for arriving fashionably late and leaving...
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Where IS Your Mother? Offers answers to the everyday questions regarding basic etiquette and simple grace. Fun, easy, and informative, this guide will open the doors to rediscovering the importance and ease of basic etiquette and simple grace in today's world. This is not just another book on etiquette each chapter is filled with sound information and great tips presented in a simple, informative, and straightforward manner. The easy strategies for...
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"George Washington's Rules of Civility" by Moncure D. Conway, first published in 1890, is a study of the history of the 110 principles or maxims which were written out by hand by George Washington as a young man and preserved in the Washington archives. These principles, fully titled "Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation", were copied by Washington in 1745, presumably as a school exercise in penmanship. These were guidelines...
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