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Why Manners Matter - What Confucius, Jefferson, and Jackie O Knew and You Should Too

English · Paperback

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Zusatztext "Lucinda Holdforth (what a perfect name!) is the Marcus Aurelius of manners. She's a genius at how to live. Why Manners Matter is a wonderful! enticing! brash! deep! witty book. Read it. It will make you the nicest person of your generation." -E.Jean Carroll! Elle columnist "Don't miss this small but compelling book." -P. M. Forni! author of The Civility Solution Informationen zum Autor Lucinda Holdforth Klappentext "Witty, well-reasoned, and, yes, occasionally potty mouthed, the fiercely talented Lucinda Holdforth may be doing more to save civilization than anyone I know. Holdforth has held forth, and for this I bow down low before her." -Henry Alford, author of How To Live In this age of global warming and warfare, aren't manners frivolous? Do manners really matter? Yes! Lucinda Holdforth passionately exclaims. Holdforth wonderfully manages to show that manners are not about saying please and thank you, or about teaching your children to address people by Mr. or Mrs. Citing everyone from Erasmus, Tocqueville, T.S. Elliot to George Orwell and Proust and Borat, Holdforth shows how manners- which many of us might think are inconsequential-are actually the cornerstone to civilization. Zusammenfassung "Witty! well-reasoned! and! yes! occasionally potty mouthed! the fiercely talented Lucinda Holdforth may be doing more to save civilization than anyone I know. Holdforth has held forth! and for this I bow down low before her." -Henry Alford! author of How To Live In this age of global warming and warfare! aren't manners frivolous? Do manners really matter? Yes! Lucinda Holdforth passionately exclaims. Holdforth wonderfully manages to show that manners are not about saying please and thank you! or about teaching your children to address people by Mr. or Mrs. Citing everyone from Erasmus! Tocqueville! T.S. Elliot to George Orwell and Proust and Borat! Holdforth shows how manners- which many of us might think are inconsequential-are actually the cornerstone to civilization. ...

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Authors Lucinda Holdforth
Publisher Plume USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 23.02.2010
 
EAN 9780452295865
ISBN 978-0-452-29586-5
No. of pages 172
Dimensions 129 mm x 181 mm x 10 mm
Subjects Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides
Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology

REFERENCE / Etiquette, Reference

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