Etiquette Books

It is a beautiful book, filled with gorgeous photographs and texts on the different venues that Mr. Bailey designed. This would be a wonderful gift for a creative friend.

Elizabeth Edwards

This book has wonderful decorating ideas for a wide range of party types. The floral arrangements are unique and elegant. This is a great gift idea for your favorite florist!

I bought this book so I can find ideas for my wedding decoration, it has great and beautiful pictures, but obviously it's impossible to try to imitate Preston Bailey's ideas. I do recommend this book. You can use it afterwards for a coffee table book.

What a fabulous book for inspiration to all professional florist, Event and party planners every where. As a high end Event and Party planner in Seattle, WA we use Mr. Bailey's book for reference to customers who are looking to throw an "over the top" party or event.

I recommend this to all flower lovers.

Magnolia Village Florist
Seattle, WA

The photos are beautiful, but I didn't purchase it for the photos.
I purchased it to discover the use of mechanics to construct the beautiful florals. There is some text about materials used, but very little. Disappointing.

Friendships are important at any age...especially important during the changes that happen as a female goes from little girl to young lady. Contains information in how to make and keep friends and how to choose those qualities in friends that we would ALL want.

What A Great Idea for a preteen book.

I am a mother of three girls, and grandmother of four girls. I have seen the drama.

Here is a self-help book for pre-teen girls. A Smart Girls Guide to Friendship Troubles gives advice to girls. There are examples of problems which a girl could be faced with, along with snippets of advice from other girls, and at the end, it tells which solution the girl chose, and how the problem worked out.

There are quizzes on: A True Friend Test; Do You Speak Up? ; The Secret Test; Are You in A Toxic Friendship and How Much Are You Being Swayed by the Crowd?

This book often suggests for the girl to talk to her parents, and makes suggestions on how to talk about a problem.

My granddaughters are always making friends and finding out the friendship isn't a good match. This book will make friendship problems much easier for the girls to solve.
I intend to purchase several copies as Christmas gifts, this year.
Jill Ammon Vanderwood
author: Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)
Stowaway: The San Francisco Adventures of Sara, the Pineapple Cat

This book is helpful and fun 2 read at the same time. It has real-life stories about girls going through major friendship troubles. The quizzes r also fun 2 take. I also luv the pictures. If u r having friendship troubles,this book will help u allot.

The Truth: I'm a Girl, I'm Smart and I Know Everything As a positive psychologist I'm always looking for books that are really helpful with tough subjects. This book is a real match for the tough subject of friendships and best girlfriends. This is a subject that just about every girl over 9 has suffered her way through. Most girls have good friends and then discover that there are problems to face: feelings of jealousy or being left out, or really not being someone's best friend. In fact, one reason I wrote my new book, The Truth: I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything, was to help girls understand and feel reassured about their complex feelings and issues in the area of friendship. The girl in the book has lots of problems with good friends and in her diary shares her truest feelings and figures out solutions. Girls need all the help they can get as they learn about friends, people ultimately they will treasure for the rest of their lives. So feel free, be a friend to your daughter or neice and get her this book!

Your seventh grader might be bestest pals with a classmate on Monday, absolutely hate her on Wednesday and be back to undying friendship in time for the week-end! In between, there are snarky girls who spread lies, exclude her from conversations, and leave nasty notes on her desk. And, that's just one week!

In the high-action world of kid politics, your child needs an advantage, and American Girl has provided it with A Smart Girls Guide to Frendship Troubles. Kids, tweens and younger teens will adore this wonderful book!

Highly recommended!

Work It, takes you from the beginnings of the job search, all the way through to the final interview. Each stage is clearly examined and Allison provides not only her own expertise and advice, but includes many quotes and opinions from others, including hiring managers and recruiters in the staffing industry.

Allison writes in a straight forward, encouraging, and appealing down-to-Earth style which translates very well to the reader. The book is very well organized and includes a short summary section at the end of each chapter to highlight the main points.

If you are looking for a book filled with charts and statistics, then Work It is not for you.

BUT....if you are in need of one of the BEST resources for real life advice and examples, combined with respected professional opinions on exactly what you need to do to get your dream job...then Work It is really the only book that you need.

an actually readable and entertaining romp through a subject that has been mistreated by so many other authors.

This one's a keeper. It skips along at a nice pace and delivers lots of practical information about establishing the right kind of employment.

Allison Hemming, who heads an interim workforce agency, discusses strategies you can use to get employed. She focuses primarily on entry level jobs and directs her advice to younger workers, especially those affected by the tight job market (hence the sassy, but unnecessarily tacky, sub-title). However, the basics of her technique can be applied by most job seekers. Hemming writes with an authoritative air, using a casual style to appeal to younger, hip workers, although her job hunting principles sound fairly basic. Note the book's tips on techniques to avoid and alternate techniques to pursue. She suggests niche searches on the Internet, targeted resumes and extensive networking. It's not very flashy but, nowadays, as job hunting increasingly becomes an extreme competitive sport, We recommend taking all the solid advice you can get.

... Allison Hemming has written a very good book packed with practical advice for finding work and getting jobs. She's an expert at dealing with the grown-up world of work. One problem I have with this book is that it appears to be very heavily slanted to getting a certain kind of work - "corporate identity" types of jobs in particular - without really dealing with the great, big, whole world of work available out there. "Office Job" hunters will love this book. The problem is that not everyone is cut-out for an office job. The other problem I have with this book is that the print is very small - and even smaller in the highlighted boxes with the gray background. It is very difficult to read at times. Nevertheless, reading this book will help anyone in their job search, if only because of all of the helpful web sites mentioned.

... For those cautious souls uncertain about making a change or taking a leap, the advice given on pages 275 to 279 is encouraging: "The only thing scarier than living with your parents is relocating to a city where you don't know a soul. But if your heart is set on an industry that tends to be centered in one or two specific cities (like Washington, D.C. for the federal government, New York or Los Angeles for entertainment, or the San Francisco Bay Area for technology), you could be looking at pulling up stakes. So how exactly do you conduct a long-distance job search while you're still at college or stuck in your hometown living with your parents? Do you move to the city right off the bat, or do you wait until you land a job and then go? Quite simply, it depends. The biggest consideration is that four-letter word: c-a-s-h. ... To Move or Not to Move. That's the million-dollar question. If you can swing it financially and you're sure of where you want to go, it probably makes sense to just do it, even if there's no job waiting for you in your new city. Interviewers will feel more confident that you're for real if you have a local address than if you're just in town to check things out. Besides, having no money and no job will motivate you in ways you can't imagine."

... As the NIKE ad says: "Just Do It!" ... From internet searches, to networking, to resume writing, to correspondence, to interviewing, to unemployment benefits, to career counseling, to budgeting one's money - it's all here in this helpful book. Read it, and then WORK IT! ... YOWZA! - The Aeolian Kid

Good intro, but no new nuggets. Enough to get me motivated again, but the advice is stale especially for a 2003 book. This book was written for the unsophisticated or the new grad. Advice like wear a suit to the interview and send thank you letters are so old hat. I was looking for concrete examples and got none. One suggestion was to include a powerful subject line in e-mails, but she included no examples. It's easy to give advice, but back it up with suggestions. That's what I was looking for. I'm very glad I bought the e-book as it was cheaper!

I enjoyed this book and agree with many of the tips and tricks it offers as a way to control your career success. While I agree with the previous reviewer that some of the dialect can be annoying, if you can get past it and read the message of the book (respect yourself and those around you) then it will probably help you. I wish I had read this out of college before my first real job. I would have done things differently I think - like learned how to network more without thinking I was "wasting time" and being unproductive. It probably would have saved me much aggravation with other co-workers who I felt "socialized" too much as well. Over all, this book provides good suggestions to keep in the back of your mind as you are progressing through your working career. Remember that everyone is different and not all of the ideas or suggestions will work for you so keep the ones that do and toss the ones that don't as you work your way up the career ladder :)

I purchased this book after reading the great reviews given here on Amazon. I'm really irratated and annoyed by this book. The writers spend so much time repeating the same information over and over again. They want to make it very clear that they're trying to be "Big Sisters." Okay we got it! The writers put too much lame wit and clever humor that it annoys a serious minded person like myself. They write about celebs and brands. We get enough of that through the media. The point in buying and reading a book is to get away for the forced in your face industry people that have appointed themselves as the superior human beings. Kate Hudson has nothing to do with why I purchased this book.

Please people save your money and time. I'm confident that most of the reviews written here are not unbiased.

I'm a 43 year old attorney going through a bumpy time and am re-evaluating the way I manage my career, priorities and handle myself generally at work. Call it a "mid-life work crisis." This is a good book for starting out and freshening up on the realities and practicalities of a being a working girl. "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office 101" is another good one. Definitely worthwhile.

This book is a great resource for women, especially if they are faced with the challenge of getting back into the work force. Many women entering the world of divorce have to face the reality that they now need to support themselves and maybe thier children on their own. They are filled with uncertainty and anxiety. This book offers strategies to be effective at work that are easy to digest and entertaining yet delivers real life solutions to challenges women face. Reading the book makes you feel like you are talking to girlfriends who are telling you the way of the work world; the good-bad and ugly. I loved it and learned a lot from these women, I will continue to reccomend this book.

Such a great book! Somewhat frivolous wording at times, but the core is gold. If you really want to improve yourself as a working person, there's guidance here that will help.

I wish this book was around when I began my first job. This sage, practical advice is applicable and can be put in practice right away. I've been working full time for more than six years and it's not like I was totally clueless or ineffective, but after each of these chapters I felt even more capable. This is not a collection of statistics, platitudes, or power-tripping that gets you all fired up with directionless and ultimately wasted energy - this is a plan of action.

This isn't just for office girls - anyone who works with others in any capacity may enjoy it. I appreciate the constant positive themes in the book - there's encouragement to value and respect your fellow workers here, as well as yourself.

Sure, this book suggests that you trust no one other than yourself, but without skullduggery. I ran afoul of too many Here's How to Get Ahead books that were, in a word, vicious. It's exhausting and counter-productive to be on constant keyed-up watch and expectation against the attacks that will come, or launch repeated preemptive strikes. What I need is advice on how work well with others, to be productive, to get ahead and still (and foremost) respect myself, to enjoy my job, and that's what I get here.

This book is from the hearts and minds of two people who have been there, or somewhere like it, to people who will be there, or are there, and don't mind a helping hand.

David Steward does an excellent job presenting biblical principles that any CEO, leader, or follower of Christ should not only follow in the business setting, but also to lead their life.

Each lesson (chapter) is 2-3 pages long and are supported through David's real world experience and stories.

His principles are 'right on' and he is sincere in his message. So relavent for those of us who seek to better integrate our business lives and spritual lives. Every chapter makes the reader eager to see what's next.

A wonderful book for anyone interested in running their business, ministry or church using principles that will make you a better boss and a better person.

I highly recommend it to everyone.

This book is an excellent example of how servant leadership can really work in the business world. It is a relatively short read, but packed with applicable Christian principles as well as a recipe for implementation in the corporate realm.

This book's subtitle, 52 Lessons on Success Straight from the Bible, captures its appeal but also indicates why it might turn away nonreligious readers. David L. Steward's ethical lessons are admirable. He divides his advice into weekly units, making it easy to apply. (This also reflects the book's roots in a weekly church-based study group). However, though Steward sees his lessons as straightforward, many readers might find his logic a little challenging. For example, he draws the lesson of niche marketing from Matthew 6:24, "No man can serve two masters." This makes interesting sense at first. However, while his later expansion into a second niche may offer a good business example, is it Biblical? Not as much. The chapter on the blessings of living in America seems even less scriptural, but many sections of the book do make good use of Biblical values as business guideposts. Steward's felicitous examples from his own successes make it easy to understand his points. We recommend his warm, inspirational guidebook to spiritually inclined readers who are interested in using their beliefs to reinforce ethical business practices.

I like food.

No, let me rephrase that. I really like food. I love food! I love eating food, I'm pretty keen on making food and then eating it, and basically, that food stuff is all good. If they came to me tomorrow and said, "Okay, we can put an orgasmic-ecstasy-on-demand wire in your pleasure center tomorrow, but in exchange you have to agree to only eat gruel for the rest of ever", I'd tell 'em where to stick their wire, and it wouldn't be in my brain. You see where I'm coming from, yes?

As such, you can also imagine my opinions on the undressed-green-salad (sans interesting vegetables) and tofu, anti-meat, anti-sugar, anti-fat, anti-carbohydrate - hey, has anyone come out against proteins, yet? - anti-trans-fat, anti-egg, anti-this, anti-that, you-may-live-longer-but-you'll-be-bloody-miserable-doing-it food police and their hanger-on weenies. I hope you can imagine them, anyway, since even our generous defamation laws prevent me from actually blogging them.

There's eating healthily most of the time, and then there's being a jerk about it, y'know?

Anyway. For those other times - and really, it has to be only for those other times, because if you dined solely on the recipes in this book, you'd have a coronary inside a month. When the author subtitled it "The World's Unhealthiest Cookbook", he wasn't kidding.

But for those other times when you fancy something supremely and outrageously decadent, like "Breakfast as a Mind-Altering Drug", "Propane Steak", "Champagne Chicken", "Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Hot Fudge Dessert (PMS Remedy)", or my personal soon-to-be-favorite, "Yeast-Raised Doughnuts Fried in Lard", this is the cookbook for you. I look forward to occasionally eating from it immensely.

Also - and my wife can testify to this, since I read it in bed and probably kept her awake by doing it - it's a very funny book. Possibly not to everyone's taste, since to quote another Amazon reviewer:

'Not only does this book contain "sick twisted humor," as stated by another reviewer, it is foul-mouthed and dishonorable. I don't know how anyone could want to eat anything after looking through this book.'

So, essentially, don't buy it if you're a) easily offended, or b) suffer from the kind of metaphorical stick-insertion that makes you cringe inside or tut with disapproval when reading the insufficiently bland. It violates, so far as I can tell, every rule of so-called political correctness that I've ever heard, and then goes looking for a few more.

But it's funny as hell.

(As a final, random and mostly irrelevant note, the pig in the cover art looks like it was deeply annoyed by having that apple stuffed in its mouth and being roasted.)

A Wunnerful Book - The humor is great oh and BTW did i mention the recipes - yes Yum yum

Steve-o writes what is hands-down the funniest cookbook in print. And the recipies are great as well. This is just like Grandma used to make, only a bit better. Of course that's probably why Grandpa died of a massive corronary at 60... But hey he did eat good!

Most cookbooks are kept on a shelf in or near the kitchen and only pulled down when you need a recipe for baked yak or whatever.
If you are anything like me, this cookbook will be kept in your living room, near your chair so you can read it and laugh like an insane person. It has great recipes, but even more important it is written by a genuinely funny man who happens to be a lawyer. His comments about his proof reader, and libel suits are worth the price of the book alone. (Sorry you will have to buy your own copy to find out, I'm not gonna tell.)
I find myself reading it out loud to my wife. She even thinks it is funny.
As has been mentioned, it does have some strong language, but so what? It is A FUNNY book.

Did I mention that this is a very funny book?

Am I a bad daughter because I gave a book that says "Die Like A Man" to my father?
Nahhh. I bought it for teh funny AND the wickedly good food. Perfect for anyone (not just men) who loves GOOD food (not rabbit food--meat, chocolate, anything with enough fat to give it actual taste) and has a sense of humor. Gwyneth Paltrow needn't bother with this one.

Buy two copies--one for a gift, and one for yourself. Be sure to also check out Graham's new book, "The Good, The Spam, and The Ugly," for more of his devious brand of humor!

When you were really little, didn't you think that somewhere there was an awful place and if you were bad, you would have to go there? Well, this is what happened to Jacob Two Two.
The reason he was called jacob Two Two was because he was the littlest one in a big family and he always had to say everything twice to be heard. This characteristic is what started all his problems.
When he was sent to the grocery store for tomatoes, he said, "I want two pounds of firm, red tomatoes. I want two pounds of firm, red tomatoes." The grocer thought he was making fun of him and called a policeman to have him arrested for being rude to an adult. Then he was sent to the children's court where the judge sentenced him to 2 years, 2 months, 2 days, 2 hours and 2 minutes in the darkest dungeons of the children's prison for being a smart aleck.
The prison was surrounded by water with blood thirsty sharks and slimy crocodiles, their jaws snapping hungrily. The sign said, "This way to Slimers Island from which no brat returns." The jailer was called the Hooded Fang.

I've never read Mordecai Richler's book Jacob Two-Two, but I have seen the movie. Not the one made in the late '90s but the one from the '80s. It really freaked me out as a kid and now I can't find anywhere to buy it online. If anyone else remembers this movie or know where to find it please email me.

Thanks

Great book! i found this book at a thrift store and bought it for our son, he was 10 at the time. we actually read this one outloud as a family and EVERYONE enjoyed it! the story conveys a wonderful message about the strength of children and the importance of them being heard and understood, and treated fairly. We recommend this book whole-heartedly!

We liked this story because Jacob thought the Hooded Fang was funny even though he was scariest person that you have ever seen. Jacob knew he was really childish. The funniest part was when the Hooded Fang said "I want my mommy." We liked how Jacob said everything twice. We could relate to how he couldn't do the things his brothers and sisters could. One of us is still terrible at cutting bread so she feels like him when one side comes out really thick and the other is like a sheet of paper. Another kid feels like him because her sister goes to 2 hours of gymnastics and she only goes to one. Written by a club of good readers who like to read.

Jacob Two-Two is one of the most imaginative stories I've read in a while. It reminds of being a kid in my carefree days. I have actually watered my mom's flowers an hour after she had and flooded her flowerbeds.
Basically, the story is about a 6 year-old boy who repeats everything twice just to be heard because he's the youngest out of five. Because he wants to be helpful, he wants to run an errand for the first time. He goes to Mr. Cooper, the greengrocer to get two pounds of firm, red tomatoes. After insulting Mr. Cooper (he didn't really insult Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cooper was just teasing him, but Jacob doesn't know that), he ran into Richmond Park to hide from the police. He was afraid the police might send him to jail for insulting a big person. Then, in Richmond Park he falls asleep into a crazy dream with the Hooded Fang, two super heroes, and a children's prison.

This book delighted my young sons, age 5 and 7. It also delighted their grandmother, in her 70's, and my wife and I, in our 40's. This man is a genius to have such broad appeal. This book came up with more logical, colorful, and downright entertaining explanations of my rules than I ever could have. Thank you, Marc Gellman.

Do you wear clean underwear? "Always wear clean underwear" thats what parents say! Always Wear Clean Underwear by Marc Gellman is a very funny book (don't get me wrong, it also teaches you very important lessons!) In this book it not only teaches you about wearing clean underwear it teaches you thing that kids don't under stand about PARENTS such as.... "eat your vegetables" "don't talk with your mouth full" Things like that! I just read this book for the first time and when I read it i fell in love with it. "Always wear clean underwear" is my all time favorite book. To learn more funny and interesting facts about this book, BYE IT! I would recomened this book to people of all ages! I love it!!

This is a must read book from ages 10 on up. Gives good advice for young people to think about as they grow up. It also reinforces to adults what they were taught growing up. Life is full of challenges, no matter what your age. This book reminds us about the golden rule, treating people well, doing the right thing etc. It does it in a lighthearted way, not a finger shaking do this approach. It will make you laugh and cry.

This is a wonderful book about core values, written in a humourous, yet serious, style. My two sons, ages 14 and 17, even enjoyed it.

This book is awsome! it takes what us kids call"the list". If you are any kid who has parents then you'll know what i'm talkin about. they always tell you, always wear clean undewear, take out the garbage, and keep your feet off the couch, the stuff kids hate to do. but really parents have a reasonable explanation for all these things. In this book it tells you the big reasons and the small reasons. to find out hwhyparents have all these crazy rules read Always wear clean underwear by mark gellman

They really like how the two future-parents run around frantically so as to not embarrass themselves with their poor eating skills.

It's probably not very accurate for today - I'm sure that most Japanese can use Western utensils, just like most Americans today have some familiarity with chopsticks (my nieces sure do) - but it's still a charming story.

very cute story about differences in American and japanese food etiquette, utensils, etc and overcoming differences to end in a marriage of cultures...a little questionable about the age of the girl who is dating an American sailor...but otherwise a cute story..(back then, not uncommon to get married young....)

my daughter has dozens, hundreds......SO many books......and yet she asks for me to read this one over and over again.....there is some simple sweet charm about it......and tonight, she read it to me.......i think part of the sweetness of it is the child's perspective of the parents' relationship.......i can't think of another book where a child tells about the parents falling in love.....it is unique and charming.....

This story is sweet and a great way to teach children about culture. No matter what culture you are you can learn to get along.

It's helpful that this story is from a child's point of view, but it does not excuse the generalizations. Use it as a reference - as social authentication - of multi-ethnic relationships, but it is a dated work that carries the overt stereotypes of the time. Dress, behaviors, and erroneous beliefs mark the story.

Lots of info. packed inside this book and there are website references throughout. Provides a variety of ideas to make a small wedding special and unique. I'd definitely recommend to anyone planning a small wedding.

This book was very helpful. We had three months to plan and it has great check lists.

You will not be sorry! The information is organized and practical! There are real-life examples that really make sense and will be useful to you if you are planning an intimate wedding. The author also has first-hand knowledge since she has been through the same experience! My favorite part was the budget guide!

While planning my wedding, I found this book to be okay. There were some interesting ideas, but nothing that I really found to be too new/novel; nothing I hadn't already seen in a lot of the bridal magazines. After doing a lot of searching, I found the books published by The Knot to be a lot more helpful.

Was a gift for my sister and future brother-in-law. Had it shipped to them, but it was never received. Sounds like a good book though.