Download or read book The Penguin Pocket Book of Etiquette written by Pat Lawson-Black and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should you set the table for a formal dinner? When should you conclude a letter with 'Yours faithfully' and when with 'Yours sincerely'? How do you address a Member of Parliament? Who should pay for a business luncheon or dinner?This book is a pocket-sized guide to the fundamental DOs, DONTs and HOW-TOs of life. Births, deaths and marriages; meeting; greeting; grooming; travelling; entertaining; letter-writing; shared living - here is everything you need to know to help you get by in life without offending anyone!
Download or read book The Penguin Pocket Book of Etiquette written by Pat Lawson-Black and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Penguin Pocket Book of Travel Tips written by Suzi Rainone and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heading overseas? Whether you are a backpacker or a business traveller, The Penguin Pocket Book of Travel Tipsis the essential guide for you. Containing comprehensive, savvy advice to help you make the most of your time and money while on the road, this book covers all stages of your journey from go to whoa- deciding on a destination and planning an itinerary tracking down the best fares organising passports and visas surviving the flight staying safe and healthy on the road finding accommodation to suit your taste and budget meeting the locals Also included are useful lists of informative web sites. The Penguin Pocket Book of Travel Tipsis the indispensable guide for happy travels.
Download or read book The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette written by Amy Vanderbilt and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1978 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice geared to contemporary living on correct behavior in a wide variety of situations.
Download or read book Guide to Good Manners written by Joelle Richa and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovingly written and illustrated, Guide to Good Manners provides families with an opportunity to learn about manners in a fun, engaging way. From table etiquette to proper behavior at school and with friends, Guide to Good Manners covers everything children need to know to become courteous and caring individuals. Guide to Good Manners includes: • Manners for home, school, and public places • Etiquette at the dinner table • Proper hygiene • Safety tips and safe street behavior • Online and computer etiquette
Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Wedding Etiquette written by Robyn S. Passante and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential book of I do's-and I don'ts. Savvy couples put a wedding etiquette book right next to their wedding planners to be sure they have all their bases covered. This is the ideal reference to choose-succinct, practical, and focused on the complete wedding experience, from invitations to gift registries to the reception. * Follows in the successful footsteps of The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Being a Groom, The Pocket Idiot's Guide® to Being the Father of the Bride, and The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Being the Mother of the Bride * Covers traditional weddings, second weddings, cross-cultural weddings, and civil unions * Easy-to-use, portable format * A great gift book for newlyweds-to-be
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Card Games written by David Parlett and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.
Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Golf Rules and Etiquette written by Jim Corbett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golf rules and etiquette are two of the most intimidating aspects of the game for newcomers to the sport. They're also two of the most important things beginning players need to learn. The rules are numerous and sometimes quite complex, and the official USGA rule book offers little help with its legalese and one-size-fits-all approach. As for etiquette, golf is unique in the extent to which all players, regardless of experience, are expected to demonstrate an understanding of etiquette as soon as they start to play. The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Golf Rules and Etiquetteoffers relief from the intimidation new golfers might otherwise feel. From dressing properly and loading up the golf bag through putting the final ball on the 18th green, author Jim Corbett (nationally recognized as "Mr. Golf Etiquette") covers all the do's and don'ts, and even lets readers know which rules are safe to bend when playing with friends.
Download or read book When China Rules the World written by Martin Jacques and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese power Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western. Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, When China Rules the World has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China. Now, in this greatly expanded and fully updated edition, boasting nearly 300 pages of new material, and backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China’s ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, changing the world as we know it. First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim - and controversy - When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order has sold a quarter of a million copies, been translated into eleven languages, nominated for two major literary awards, and is the subject of an immensely popular TED talk.
Download or read book Penguin Minis Looking for Alaska written by John Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Will slip equally well into a pocket as a Christmas stocking.” – The Wall Street Journal, “What to Give,” holiday gift guide. Introducing Penguin Minis! #1 bestselling author John Green like you've never read him before. • Featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC's "The World," Real Simple, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and more! John Green's critically acclaimed debut, Looking for Alaska, is now available as a Penguin Mini edition. Complete and unabridged, the book's revolutionary landscape design and ultra-thin paper makes it easy to hold in one hand without sacrificing readability. Perfectly-sized to slip into a pocket or bag, Penguin Minis are ideal for reading on the go. About Looking for Alaska: Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A Great American Reads selection A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Top Ten, NPR’s 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels TIME Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time Before. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words. He leaves for boarding school to seek what Rabelais called “The Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles, including clever and self-destructive Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. After. Nothing will ever be the same. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking voice in contemporary fiction.
Download or read book Hotheads written by Steven Pinker and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. Award-winning writer and psychologist Steven Pinker has continually shown that provocative, complex ideas can be translated into bestsellers. In this extract from How the Mind Works he takes us deep into the human psyche as he considers people's desire for happiness, the power of the emotions and how love can come to conquer all.
Download or read book The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches written by Matsuo Basho and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It was with awe That I beheld Fresh leaves, green leaves, Bright in the sun' When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He writes of the seasons changing, the smell of the rain, the brightness of the moon and the beauty of the waterfall, through which he sensed the mysteries of the universe. These writings not only chronicle Basho's travels, but they also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him. Translated with an Introduction by Nobuyuki Yuasa
Download or read book The Culture of Secrecy written by David Vincent and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Culture of Secrecy is the first comprehensive study of the restriction of official information in modern British history. It seeks to understand why secrets have been kept, and how systems of control have been constructed - and challenged - over the past hundred and sixty years. The authortranscends the conventional boundaries of political or social history in his wide-ranging diagnosis of the `British disease' - the legal forms and habits of mind which together have constituted the national tradition of discreet reserve. The chapters range across bureaucrats and ballots, gossip andgay rights, doctors and dole investigators in their exploration of the ethical basis of power in the public, professional, commercial and domestic spheres. Professor Vincent examines concepts such as privacy and confidentiality, honour and integrity, openness and freedom of expression, which haveserved as benchmarks in the development of the liberal state and society.
Download or read book Penguin Pocket Book of Quotations written by Penguin Group (Australia) Staff and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket-sized collection of over 500 quotations drawn from a variety of sources, including literature, songs, films, and political speeches.
Download or read book Rules for a Knight written by Ethan Hawke and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable fable about a father's journey and a timeless guide to life's many questions—from Ethan Hawke, four-time Academy Award nominee, twice for writing and twice for acting. A knight, fearing he may not return from battle, writes a letter to his children in an attempt to leave a record of all he knows. In a series of ruminations on solitude, humility, forgiveness, honesty, courage, grace, pride, and patience, he draws on the ancient teachings of Eastern and Western philosophy, and on the great spiritual and political writings of our time. His intent: to give his children a compass for a journey they will have to make alone, a short guide to what gives life meaning and beauty.
Download or read book Rules of the Wild written by Francesca Marciano and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerizing novel of love and nostalgia set in the vast spaces of contemporary East Africa. Romantic, often resonantly ironic, moving and wise, Rules of the Wild transports us to a landscape of unsurpassed beauty even as it gives us a sharp-eyed portrait of a closely knit tribe of cultural outsiders: the expatriates living in Kenya today. Challenged by race, by class, and by a longing for home, here are "safari boys" and samaritans, reporters bent on their own fame, travelers who care deeply about elephants but not at all about the people of Africa. They all know each other. They meet at dinner parties, they sleep with each other, they argue about politics and the best way to negotiate their existence in a place where they don't really belong. At the center is Esmé, a beautiful young woman of dazzling ironies and introspections, who tells us her story in a voice both passionate and self-deprecating. Against a paradoxical backdrop of limitless physical freedom and escalating civil unrest, Esmé struggles to make sense of her own place in Africa and of her feelings for the two men there whom she loves--Adam, a second-generation Kenyan who is the first to show her the wonders of her adopted land, and Hunter, a British journalist sickened by its horrors. Rules of the Wild evokes the worlds of Isak Dinesen, Beryl Markham, and Ernest Hemingway. It explores unforgettably our infinite desire for a perfect elsewhere, for love and a place to call home. It is an astonishing literary debut.
Download or read book Money Rules written by Jean Chatzky and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines simple steps for saving, investing, increasing, and protecting income in order to achieve financial stability.
