Download or read book A Quest for Good Manners written by Karin Lefranc and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A princess and her dragon go on a quest for good manners so they won't be banned from the Queen's table.
Download or read book Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That written by Henry Alford and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We all know bad manners when we see them," NPR and Vanity Fair contributor Henry Alford observes at the beginning of his new book. But what, he asks, do good manners look like in our day and age? When someone answers their cell phone in the middle of dining with you, or runs you off the sidewalk with their doublewide stroller, or you enter a post-apocalyptic public restroom, the long-revered wisdom of Emily Post can seem downright prehistoric. Troubled by the absence of good manners in his day-to-day life-by the people who clip their toenails on the subway or give three-letter replies to one's laboriously crafted missives-Alford embarks on a journey to find out how things might look if people were on their best behavior a tad more often. He travels to Japan (the "Fort Knox Reserve" of good manners) to observe its culture of collective politesse. He interviews etiquette experts both likely (Judith Martin, Tim Gunn) and unlikely (a former prisoner, an army sergeant). He plays a game called Touch the Waiter. And he volunteers himself as a tour guide to foreigners visiting New York City in order to do ground-level reconnaissance on cultural manners divides. Along the way (in typical Alford style) he also finds time to teach Miss Manners how to steal a cab; designates the World's Most Annoying Bride; and tosses his own hat into the ring, volunteering as an online etiquette coach. Ultimately, by tackling the etiquette questions specific to our age-such as Why shouldn't you ask a cab driver where's he's from?, Why is posting baby pictures on Facebook a fraught activity? and What's the problem with "No problem"?-Alford finds a wry and warm way into a subject that has sometimes been seen as pedantic or elitist. And in this way, he looks past the standard "dos" and "don'ts" of good form to present an illuminating, seriously entertaining book about grace and civility, and how we can simply treat each other better.
Download or read book Rudeness and Civility written by John F. Kasson and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With keen insight and subtle humor, John F. Kasson explores the history and politics of etiquette from America's colonial times through the nineteenth century. He describes the transformation of our notion of "gentility," once considered a birthright to some, and the development of etiquette as a middle-class response to the new urban and industrial economy and to the excesses of democratic society.
Download or read book Letitia Balderige s New Complete Guide to Executive Manners written by Letitia Baldrige and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993-10-12 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's #1 bible of business manners is rewritten for the '90s and includes such issues as sexual harrassment, non-discriminatory managing, substance abuse, disabled workers, and other timely topics. Every business person, from entry-level to CEO, needs this guide to the behavior that spells success.
Download or read book Miss Manners Rescues Civilization written by Judith Martin and published by Crown. This book was released on 1996 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She shows the crucial role of etiquette in such contemporary issues as political correctness, multiculturalism, sexual harassment, educational failure and freedom of speech.
Download or read book Say Please A Book About Manners The Backyardigans written by Nickelodeon Publishing and published by Nickelodeon. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nile River has dried up, and only Sphinx Uniqua can fill it again! Join Princess CleoTasha and her servants Pablo, Tyrone, and Austin as they go on a journey to learn the secret of the Nile. But will Princess CleoTasha find her manners along the way? Based on Nickelodeon's hit series, The Backyardigans!
Download or read book A Quest for Souls written by George Washington Truett and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners written by Stan Berenstain and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1985-08-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic Berenstain Bears story is a perfect way to teach children about the importance of good manners! Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Mama has noticed that Papa, Brother, and Sister have not been using their good manners, so now it’s up to her to help get back on track. Includes over 50 bonus stickers!
Download or read book Enraged Edna written by Jose Mylabathula and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day Edna decides it is her life purpose to teach people how to have good manners, and how to behave in her correct ways. Her oh-so-important first lesson starts at a coffee shopexcept, well, Edna isnt as mannerly and correct as she thinks. In fact, Edna earns the nickname Enraged Edna, thanks to her illogical temper. Edna is clueless and pretty much thinks she may possibly be one of the most perfect people on the planet. Over the course of her day, Edna intimidates a coffee shop customer, loudly disrupts people in a quiet library, and becomes every salespersons worst nightmare. The fact is Edna has no clue that shes actually the person who needs to learn manners and correct behavior. So blinded by her own self-centredness and massive ego, she goes through her day too proud to see her shortcomings. As Edna continues down her path of destruction, will she realize that maybe she should learn something from the nice people shes been trampling all day? Artist and author Jose Mylabathula adds her hilarious illustrations to the story of Enraged Edna, whose over confidence is catastrophic.
Download or read book Itand s Never Too Late To Learn Good Manners written by Evelyn M. Jones and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Delisted
Download or read book Good Manners and Etiquette A Beginner s Guide to Everything Proper written by Mathilde Benmoha Carro and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a primer into the world of good manners and etiquette. Topics covered include formal and informal dining etiquette, table-setting, how to host dinner parties, image etiquette and much more. You will learn about what is proper behavior in a variety of situations - what it is to have good manners. We hope you enjoy the book and gain valuable skills and tools as well.
Download or read book On Manners written by Karen Stohr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many otherwise enlightened people often dismiss etiquette as a trivial subject or—worse yet—as nothing but a disguise for moral hypocrisy or unjust social hierarchies. Such sentiments either mistakenly assume that most manners merely frame the “real issues” of any interpersonal exchange or are the ugly vestiges of outdated, unfair social arrangements. But in On Manners, Karen Stohr turns the tables on these easy prejudices, demonstrating that the scope of manners is much broader than most people realize and that manners lead directly to the roots of enduring ethical questions. Stohr suggests that though manners are mostly conventional, they are nevertheless authoritative insofar as they are a primary means by which we express moral attitudes and commitments and carry out important moral goals. Drawing primarily on Aristotle and Kant and with references to a wide range of cultural examples—from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm—the author ultimately concludes that good manners are essential to moral character.
Download or read book Good Manners for All Occasions written by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Quest in the Middle East written by Liora Lukitz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-12-20 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archaeologist, traveller and 'orientalist'. A remarkable woman in male-dominated Edwardian society, she shunned convention by eschewing marriage and family for an academic career and the extensive travelling that would lead to her major role in Middle Eastern diplomacy. But her private life war marred by the tragedy, vulnerability and frustration that were key to her quest both for a British dominated Middle East and relief from the torture of her romantic failures. Through her vivid writings, she brought the Arab world alive for countless Britons as she travelled to some of the region's most inhospitable places. She explored the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I when her travels throughout the region and her knowledge of Arabic made her indispensable to British Intelligence. Alongside T.E. Lawrence, she was hugely instrumental in the post-war reconfiguration of the Arab states in the Middle East. In Iraq, in particular, she became a friend and confidant of the new King Faisal, and a prime mover in drawing up the country's boundaries and establishing a constitutional monarchy there, with its parliament, civil service and legal system. She was influential in creating the state which had all the trappings of independence while remaining a virtual British colony. The legacy of her work is still being played out in the conflicts of today. Yet behind Gertrude Bell's public success was a backdrop of personal passions, desires and the relationships that drove this extraordinary woman. Embroiled in an unsuccessful love affair with Charles Doughty-Wylie, a married man, she found peace in the solitude of the desert. But the seemingly intractable problems of the newly independent Iraq led her to write of the 'weariness of it all'. Shortly afterwards she took her own life with a lethal dose of sleeping pills. Using previously unseen sources, including Gertude Bell's own diaries and letters, Liora Lukitz provides a deeper political and personal biography of this influential character. A Quest in the Middle East is a lyrical and illuminating portrait of a woman born ahead of her time, grappling with issues that would shape the future of the Middle East.
Download or read book Say Please written by Catherine Lukas and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Princess CleoTasha of ancient Egypt goes on a quest to restore the water of the Nile River, her servants hope she'll learn some manners along the way.
Download or read book GENERAL GOOD MANNERS FOR EVERYTHING written by Bukenya Siraje and published by Bukenya Siraje. This book was released on with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MANNERS CONVEY RESPECT, CONSIDERATION, AND HONESTY (COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY) You’ve only got one chance to make a good first impression! Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. Your appearance is your visual resume. TIPS: 55% of what is conveyed comes from body language, 38% from tonner of voice, and 6% from what is said. These three factors are important for the first impression. The EYES are windows to the soul. The key to knowing, consider the context of the eye contact; If one never takes eyes off you it could suggest a romantic relationship or interest. If one looks down it can mean they are hiding something or nervous Someone so still not even blinking it means might be lying or making up something. EYEBROWS; 3 main gestures Surprised seen by lighting eyebrows Fearing is seen by eyebrows down Uncomfortable seen by …. SMILE; eyes can lie but a smile doesn’t lie. Without circles at the end of the eye, someone is hiding something, not genuine. What they say …one talking about spouse or workmate they might be a decent person yet talking good about others might have some good traits the opposite is also true. Paralanguage; non-verbal communication through; Mona-tone means not interested in your conversation Sarcasm; not interested at all. SIDE GLANCE; warm person and open to meeting you and will be interested in what you are saying and looks in your eyes. if they glance to the side it means they are not interested and thus looking for an escape. FREQUENT NODDING; Nodding means someone agrees with you But excessive nodding means an excuse to let you move on but worried about what you are saying. CHIN AND JAW; making a decision by rubbing your chin, and looking up and down means one is deep in thought also looking down with a clenched jaw might be depressed, and conversation heading to something disturbing them. POSTURE; Walking upwards with straight shoulder means one feels good about themselves Shoulder downwards means one is not confident or depressed. RUBBING HANDS; broadcast what the head is thinking like positive feelings, hope, excited. HANDSHAKES; Soft and flatly means submissive and likes to push over To hard means, one is too serious To long means, one is wired In short means, one is there is no connection or conflict, or no time. LEANING IN OR AWAY; Towards you means interested in what you, a sign of respect or confide in you (trustworthy) Lean away means uncomfortable. HOLDING BABY; means one is a happy mummy if holding the baby in the right arm. CROSSED LEG AND ARMS; physical barrier not open to what you are saying mentally and physically. FEET FACING YOU; means one is interested in what you are saying ii) If one is facing away means one is not interested and wants to go away. TYPES OF SHOES WORN; New and clean shoes are for organized people at times nervous people Dirty shoes mean one is shabby and disorganized Boot shoes are for aggressive people. OVERALL APPEARANCE; Intelligent, clean hair shows style Smell ambits mean one is lazy COPYING BODY LANGUAGE; good about you so copy your body language. GENERALLY Be yourself, say:” Thank you”, saying Please, greet others, share, have Self-control, apologize, Don’t be boastful, Arrogant, Listen before speaking, Speak with kindness, Don’t criticize, Don’t embarrass others, act and look your best, open for your lady the door, Don’t pee in an open place, chew when the mouth is closed, blow your nose with a handkerchief, and many other ideas of discipline/manners.
Download or read book A Quest for Justice written by R. Suwandi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a remarkable study of a contemporary Javanese millenarian community based on a careful and nuanced exposition of the ideas of this community and its leader, Embah Wali, who looked to the coming of the Just King (Ratu Adil) in the person of the Sultan of Yogya. In the Blitar region (East Java), where the community is centred, Embah Wali and his followers created a world in which wayang functioned as the basis for an interpretation of living and being in the world. Adept in linguistic manipulation of the Javanese language, Embah Wali and his disciples created a world of meaning that was unique to their community. The author tells the story of Embah Wali and his followers, describes the phases of their movement and relates these developments to the turbulent social and political events that have occured in Java over more than a half century from the 1930s through the 1980s. This first-hand study of a Javanese messianistic movement contributes to our understanding of Javanese rural culture and politics. As a Javanese from Blitar, Raharjo Suwandi was fortunately positioned to be able able to study and interpret this movement in the midst of its most lively period and then to follow its development to the death of its founder.
