Good manners for nice people : who sometimes say f*ck / Amy Alkon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250030719 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 1250030714 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: x, 289 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martins Griffin, [2014]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | I don't care where you put the fork -- We're rude because we live in societies -- Communicating -- The neighborhood -- The telephone -- The Internet -- Dating -- Going places -- Eating, drinking, socializing -- Friends with serious illnesses -- The apology -- Trickle-down humanity. |
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Subject: | Courtesy > United States. Etiquette > United States. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | BJ 1533 .C9 A456 2014 | 30775305478597 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck
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Starred Review. The main problem with etiquette books is that the people who need them don't read them. Alkon, who writes the award-winning syndicated column "Ask Amy," not only tells readers what good manners are but also provides useful suggestions for politely calling offenders' attention to their rudeness. And she does this in a ferociously funny style-it's worth a read for the laughs alone. There is nothing here of the proper arrangement of table settings, nor of how to address a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury; rather Alkon deals with modern problems in interpersonal relationships, such as how civilized people should act when standing in lines, on airplanes, online, and elsewhere. In addition, she offers very dependable, sensible, caring advice to those whose friends or family are coping with terminal illness. VERDICT Solid psychology and a wealth of helpful knowledge and rapier wit fill these pages. Highly recommended.-Susan B. Hagloch, formerly with Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.