Etiquette Books

I like this book! It's full of dated, black and white photos of adults doing normal, everyday things and kids helping them. My son loved the book, because he loves to help out. The photographs are wonderful, and display a variety of persons of all ages doing anything from changing the oil to blowing glass! He enjoyed just looking at the pictures and so did I.

THE HISTORY OF MANNERS
The Civilizing Process Vol. 1
This classic, pioneering examination of the links between the social graces and social control provides surprising and thought-provoking answers to questions such as: How have our ways of blowing our noses, eating with a knife and fork, making love, and making war changed over the last few hundred years, and what do these changes imply for the individual and for society? In this entertaining, fascinating, and amazingly accessible masterpiece, Swiss sociologist Norbert Elias draws from a dazzling array of sources, including medieval etiquette and manners books, eighteenth-century novels, travel accounts, poems, paintings, and song lyrics, combining a sharp eye for social detail with breathtaking intellectual virtuosity.

This is a book that will double as Christmas coasters--hard to believe but true. Lift the little snap--part of its cover design--and you'll find idea cards with such a durable finish and beautiful photography that they'll protect fine furniture in style. This book is the perfect price of mini gifts or stocking stuffers, too.
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of HARKENING, a collection of stories, several Christmas-themed among them.

I am a Sunday school teacher and a homeroom mother. I found this book to be very helpful in planning classroom parties and events. I would be lost without it.

As an elementary school counselor I am always looking for great books to deliver a message, this book does a great job explaining manners through its rhymming and pictures. I use this book with my kindergartners who enjoy it and get the message- to use their manners.

This book addresses manners with a sense of humor and wonderful illustrations that teens can relate to. Free Spirit is a terrific publisher.

I gave this to my daughter when she was entering Jr. High School - hope it was helpful. I found the writing, interesting, informative and FUN!

This book-tape set has to be one of the best books on tape that rabbit ears has produced. Jack Nicholson's smooth magical voice is just perfect with predictably great music from Bobby McFerrin. A must for every child's library!

I really enjoyed reading this book. I found many of the tips to be useful in my marriage. It is so easy to get caught up in the everyday relationship that sometimes we (men that is) forget about the little things. Well, this book will light a fire under your feet and get you thinking about your lady the way you are suppose to. I think my wife enjoyed the book even more than me. The book is short and to the point. An easy read that gets you thinking about the way you treat your woman from the first sentence. Keep up the good work and I'll be looking for the next book release.

I love that ten experts were consulted for this book, including Emily Post and Abby Bucanan. The book explains all about how to plan a wedding that centers around good manners. The editor, Susannah Driver, did a great job of compiling all the advice and gives us the history behind all the usual wedding traditions. I also love the elegance of the book, the pale blue of the cover, the wonderful art of husband putting the ring on the wife's finger, the scroll work on each page.