In Mr. Manners: Lessons From Obama on Civility, author and etiquette maven Anna Post demonstrates that President Obama is more than our political leader—he's also a worthy role model when it comes to good manners. His intelligence...
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Author:Peckham, AaronSummary:I have seen the future of slang dictionaries, and its name is urbandictionary.com." —Times (London) Move over Merriam-Webster, Oxford and American Heritage; your version of truthiness has hit the marble ceiling. Compiled from the...
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Author:Martin, JudithSummary:American society has it in for growing old. Common phrases such as “Never trust anyone over 30!” and accusations such as “You make me feel old!” imply living a long life is an embarrassment. Miss Manners suggests Americans re-examine...
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Author:Martin, Judith, Martin, JacobinaSummary:Pregnancy is a time for happiness, serenity and discovery, as well as a time for inappropriate tummy touching and over sharing by friends and relatives. Is it acceptable to give parenting advice to your daughter-in-law? To a stranger on...
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Author:Martin, Judith, Martin, Nicholas IvorSummary:Miss Manners proclaims a text message to be an electronic equivalent of a Post-it note and about as “serious in nature as the hastily written note passed in class.” Gone are the days when conversing with people meant being in the same...
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Author:Crum, DanSummary:According to recent statistics, he probably is. Far too many women have been lied to, betrayed, fibbed to, deceived and disappointed by dates, boyfriends, fiancés and husbands. Dan Crum is a former CIA polygraph examiner and...
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Author:Mansour, DavidSummary:More than 150 million Americans were born after the post-World War II years. Almost all of them know, remember and hold dear to their hearts the numerous memories that stretch From ABBA to Zoom. Take a walk... down memory lane, you...
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Author:Taub, EricSummary:Smartphone, router, Blu-ray, LED—America's use of electronics has grown increasingly more challenging since the invention of the light bulb. If you don't know how many pixels your HDTV should contain for maximum viewing...
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Author:Selzer, Steven MichaelSummary:Rudeness. Crudeness. Thoughtlessness. Uncivilized behavior is everywhere. From the boss who publicly chews out her assistant and the student who bullies his professor to the sports fan who yells obscenities at the ballgame, there's...
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Author:MacEachern, DianeSummary:"No one ever won a prize for spending the most money possible on gas. Our goal should be to spend the least amount of money, and use the least amount of fuel, to cover the distance we want to go," states MacEachern. If you...
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Author:Penilla, Adan R.Summary:Grasp the rich culture and language of the Deaf community To see people use American Sign Language (ASL) to share ideas is remarkable and fascinating to watch. Now, you have a chance to enter the wonderful world of sign language....
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Author:McHugh, ErinSummary:Turn to any page and get a jolt that will wake, motivate, inspire or just plain give you that much-needed moment of feel-good perspective. Great quotes from history's giants are combined with modern-day smarts to provide the very...
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