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Wellfleet Press
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Has there ever been a time when courtesy and kindness are needed more? We need only follow the news, drive down a road, look around our communities, or visit a favorite social-media site to know there is an etiquette crisis. With rudeness rampant and civility on life support, it's time for each and every one of us to take a hard look at our behaviors to determine if we are contributing to the problem or helping to combat it. Enter Etiquette Rules!...
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Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An instruction manual for life, love, and relationships by a brilliant young scientist whose Asperger's syndrome allows her--and us--to see ourselves in a different way...and to be better at being human Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, she asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. With no blueprint...
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English
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s long and distinguished career, these sixty-one stories chronicle and encapsulate the lives of what has been called “the greatest generation.”
From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in “The Enormous Radio” to the surprising discoveries...
From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in “The Enormous Radio” to the surprising discoveries...
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Series
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English
Description
"A repackaged edition of the revered author's definitive collection of short fiction, which explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind. From C.S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics--comes...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book of food history, suggests that hunger and taste are the twin forces that secretly defined the course of civilization. Through war and plague, revolution and migration, people have always had to eat. What and how they ate provoked culinary upheaval around the world as ingredients were traded and fought over, and populations desperately walked the line between satiety and starvation. Parallel to the history books, a second, more obscure history...
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English
Description
"This splendid volume of short fiction testifies to Margaret Atwood's startlingly original voice, full of a rare intensity and exceptional intelligence. Her men and women still miscommunicate, still remain separate in different rooms, different houses, or even different worlds. With brilliant flashes of fantasy, humor, and unexpected violence, the stories reveal the complexities of human relationships and bring to life characters who touch us deeply,...
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English
Description
The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical "Fathers and Sons,"...
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date
c2020
Language
English
Description
Etiquette tips from an experienced consultant and etiquette partner for high-profile clients. The Five-Step Meier Method goes beyond tradition and custom, however, to include kindness, consideration, and respect. Advice for personal and professional life includes first impressions, being a good guest, networking, table manners, and more.
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A completely revised and stylishly illustrated 20th edition-and centennial celebration-of the American classic, Emily Post's Etiquette, focused on the need-to-know etiquette of today"-- Provided by publisher.
For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been America's definitive source for how to navigate-- and enhance-- every social interaction. This centennial edition has been updated for our increasingly diverse and intersectional world. Post...
19) The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life: a tour through history from ancient times to the present
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
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