Author: Judith Martin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393342166
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
"Wonderfully wicked....A bracingly sensible guide to living peaceably together."—Francine Prose, Elle In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers. Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette.
Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette (For a Change)
Author: Judith Martin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393342166
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
"Wonderfully wicked....A bracingly sensible guide to living peaceably together."—Francine Prose, Elle In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers. Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393342166
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
"Wonderfully wicked....A bracingly sensible guide to living peaceably together."—Francine Prose, Elle In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers. Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette.
Star-spangled Manners
Author: Judith Martin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393048612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers. Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393048612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers. Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette.
Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium
Author: Judith Martin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067172228X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Advice on social, business and personal etiquette.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067172228X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Advice on social, business and personal etiquette.
The Story of the Star Spangled Banner
Author: Patricia A. Pingry
Publisher: Ideals Publications
ISBN: 9780824965679
Category : Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn about the Battle of Baltimore that inspired the poem, The star-spangled banner. Includes note on flag manners and the text of the song.
Publisher: Ideals Publications
ISBN: 9780824965679
Category : Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn about the Battle of Baltimore that inspired the poem, The star-spangled banner. Includes note on flag manners and the text of the song.
Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (Freshly Updated)
Author: Judith Martin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079090
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 859
Book Description
An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move. Your neighbor denounces cellular telephones as instruments of the devil. Your niece swears that no one expects thank-you letters anymore. Your father-in-law insists that married women have to take their husbands' names. Your guests plead that asking them to commit themselves to attending your party ruins the spontaneity. Who is right? Miss Manners, of course. With all those amateurs issuing unauthorized etiquette pronouncements, aren't you glad that there is a gold standard to consult about what has really changed and what has not? The freshly updated version of the classic bestseller includes the latest letters, essays, and illustrations, along with the laugh-out-loud wisdom of Miss Manners as she meets the new millennium of American misbehavior head-on. This wickedly witty guide rules on the challenges brought about by our ever-evolving society, once again proving that etiquette, far from being an optional extra, is the essential currency of a civilized world.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079090
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 859
Book Description
An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move. Your neighbor denounces cellular telephones as instruments of the devil. Your niece swears that no one expects thank-you letters anymore. Your father-in-law insists that married women have to take their husbands' names. Your guests plead that asking them to commit themselves to attending your party ruins the spontaneity. Who is right? Miss Manners, of course. With all those amateurs issuing unauthorized etiquette pronouncements, aren't you glad that there is a gold standard to consult about what has really changed and what has not? The freshly updated version of the classic bestseller includes the latest letters, essays, and illustrations, along with the laugh-out-loud wisdom of Miss Manners as she meets the new millennium of American misbehavior head-on. This wickedly witty guide rules on the challenges brought about by our ever-evolving society, once again proving that etiquette, far from being an optional extra, is the essential currency of a civilized world.
Star Spangled Summer
Author: Janet Lambert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930009264
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930009264
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Being Respectful
Author: Mary Small
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404817876
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Explains what respect is and ways to be respectful.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404817876
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Explains what respect is and ways to be respectful.
Oration by Frederick Douglass. Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1876, with an Appendix
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385512875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385512875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Tippy Toe Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780758228963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Homemaker Lucy Stone investigates the strange disappearance of a retired dance instructor and the slaying of a cantankerous shopkeeper in the Maine coastal town of Tinker's Cove.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780758228963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Homemaker Lucy Stone investigates the strange disappearance of a retired dance instructor and the slaying of a cantankerous shopkeeper in the Maine coastal town of Tinker's Cove.
America the Beautiful
Author: Katharine Lee Bates
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 031606923X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A direct descendant of the composer of "America the Beautiful" honors his ancestry and national pride with historical and contemporary imagery. Musical notation and an Author's Note, as well as the song's lyrics in Bates's handwriting, are included. Full color.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 031606923X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A direct descendant of the composer of "America the Beautiful" honors his ancestry and national pride with historical and contemporary imagery. Musical notation and an Author's Note, as well as the song's lyrics in Bates's handwriting, are included. Full color.