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Summary: Should be required reading from the age one begins reading
Review: If this were just required reading in school, we might have moderately well-mannered citizens. Miss Manners does it again, with excruciatingly correct advice on conversation, dress, deportment, correspondence, entertaining and general comportment from cradle to grave. Kudos to Ms. Martin for another worthy attempt at maintaining civilization in a world that's fast losing it.
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Summary: Utterly delightful!
Review: Incredibly entertaining. Judith Martin writes about serious topics with brilliant wit, charm, and humor. This book covers a wide variety of relevant topics, and even the ones that may not apply directly to you still are useful in conveying and emphacising the basic principles of manners. This book is helping me to gain clarity on what rudeness is, what politeness is, and on how to respond appropriately. This book is 700+ pages, so be prepared for a long-term relationship (if you intend to finish this book - which I do - at which point I will probably return to the beginning to start reading it over again). I can say this book is changing my life - and my children may at THIS time regret to say that it is changing theirs - but it is ultimately for the better (I intend to raise gentlemen and ladies)!
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Summary: Very very nice...
Review: Judith Martin (AKA Miss Manners) has a very intelligent understanding
of what etiquette is all about. For her, it is a practical system of
applied ethics, designed to help people get along in a world that
doesn't always make it easy. The book covers a wide variety of
topics, from the ancient, i.e., table manners and how to use all that
silverware, to modern, as in, "Is it OK to send thank-you notes via
email?" (By the way the answer is NO!) This book is funny and clever
and very, very useful for all sorts of situations. The chapter on
workplace etiquette could justify a whole book on its own.
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Summary: Very very nice...
Review: Judith Martin (AKA Miss Manners) has a very intelligent understanding
of what etiquette is all about. For her, it is a practical system of
applied ethics, designed to help people get along in a world that
doesn't always make it easy. The book covers a wide variety of
topics, from the ancient, i.e., table manners and how to use all that
silverware, to modern, as in, "Is it OK to send thank-you notes via
email?" (By the way the answer is NO!) This book is funny and clever
and very, very useful for all sorts of situations. The chapter on
workplace etiquette could justify a whole book on its own.
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Summary: Terrific! True ettiquette, and droller than Dear Abby
Review: Miss Manners answers every ettiquette question you'd ever dream of, such as The Polite Way to announce a nude wedding; how to deal politely, but not wimpily, with rude people; the uses of all sorts of obscure silverware; and what to say when your dentist sends you a long-stemmed, plump red rose (with the attached card, "Welcome to our dental practice.") It's hilarious and wise at the same time.My only wonder is whether she writes her own questions or not. Some are too fantastic to be credible, such as the hostess who stores marbles in her medicne cabinet to catch peekers red-handed. Anyway, read it and see for yourself.
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Summary: The only guide with genuine style
Review: Miss Manners' witty, droll responses are top entertainment. Also, unlike other popular etiquette (and I use the term freely...) books, this one sets forth genuine courtesy, rather than taking the general rudeness of society and giving it status. This book is refreshing in an era when "no gifts please" is seen as de rigeur, when "manners" seem to involve "encouraging" friends to adopt one's own self-improvement kicks, and courtesy i speech is a statement that one does not believe in democracy. This is the genuine article.
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Summary: Terrific! True ettiquette, and droller than Dear Abby
Review: No- one is better at answering the questions as to what is correct in a humourous (and enteraining) way as Judith Martin is. You can buy these guides as guides for life or as just fun and entertaining reads; take the advice, or just enjoy the ride- this may be the Sally Jesse Raphael for the genteel- and I mean that in the best way possible.
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Summary: Anything with Miss Manners' name on it is a keeper
Review: No- one is better at answering the questions as to what is correct in a humourous (and enteraining) way as Judith Martin is. You can buy these guides as guides for life or as just fun and entertaining reads; take the advice, or just enjoy the ride- this may be the Sally Jesse Raphael for the genteel- and I mean that in the best way possible.
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Summary: This book is as funny as it is helpful
Review: This is a truly helpful, up-to-date guide. The question and answer form helped find out answers to questions I didn't even know that I had. Miss Manners is also hilarious, (I found myself laughing outloud to some of her answers) and her insight is ingenuous. Well done!
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