First impressions only happen once. Don't waste your moment.

In Etiquettes and Manners Plain and Simple, Dr. Jackie F. Whitehead helps you prepare to be the best you can be with a look at etiquettes and manners and how they can be powerful tools for advancement in all areas of life. Her tips cover a wealth of occasions, situations, and goals:

everyday life phones and texting dining and eating academic and business success invitations and RSVPs travel shopping being a house guest staying at a hotel being part of a group social success

Etiquettes and manners are well worth learning, and the basics never change. Once learned in youth, these principles will guide you into an adulthood built on respect for others, personal confidence, and the respect of your peers. Dr. Whitehead's advice can help you stand out in the crowd. Etiquettes and Manners Plain and Simple is a lifelong reference for gaining and refreshing social skills that lead to success now and in the future.

Copied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, George Washington's 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these rules was available in Francis Hawkins' Youths Behavior, or Decency in Conversation Amongst Men, which appeared in 1640, and it is from this work that Washington seems to have copied. The rules as Washington wrote them out are a simplified version of this text. However much he may have simplified them, these precepts had a strong influence on Washington, who aimed to always live by them. The rules focus on self-respect and respect for others through details of etiquette. The rules offer pointers on such issues as how to dress, walk, eat in public, and address one's superiors.

This centennial edition of Emily Post's classic guide to etiquette has been completely rewritten with up-to-date and comprehensive advice on the need-to-know manners, customs, and best practices of today.

For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been America's definitive source for how to navigate--and enhance--every social interaction. In an increasingly diverse and intersectional world, the need for a trusted primer on how to put people at ease and treat others with confidence and kindness has never been greater.

Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning--the great-great grandchildren of Emily Post and co-presidents of The Emily Post Institute--provide a fully updated and relatable guide. From advice on entertaining, table manners, and using titles and pronouns, to personal and professional communication etiquette, this stylish and essential reference provides thoughtful guidance on how to do it all well. Rooted in a foundation of consideration, respect, and honesty, this edition continues the Post family legacy of upholding traditions while moving forward with the times. The book covers:

• Etiquette classics like table manners, gift-giving, thank-you notes, greetings and introductions, and everyday conversation

• How to be a good host and a good guest, from handling invitations and setting yourself up for success to plus-ones and dealing with mishaps

• Tech etiquette including video meetings, parties and classes, and how to politely handle devices, home security, and AI

• Managing hard times, from what to say (and what not to say), to the tradition of condolence notes and how to offer support following a death, miscarriage, or tragedy

• Tipping practices in the age of rideshares, tough times, and ever-prominent payment screens.

This book also includes handy reference guides for each chapter that make it easy to find the Posts' most searched for content, like a gender-free attire guide, a soup-to-nuts entertaining chart, sample invitations, and more.

With Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition you'll have everything you need to build successful relationships in all aspects of life as you move through your world with confidence and ease.

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Scott, this is the ultimate modern parenting book on etiquette and manners.

From Jennifer Scott--author of the New York Times bestselling Madame Chic series and founder of the Daily Connoisseur blog--comes this playful take on manners and being a good global citizen. Parents and younger children work together to read about a wide range of topics: communication, table manners, tidiness, thinking of others, grooming, and health.

Activities, learning games, fill-in-the-blanks, letter-writing exercises, recipes (for food and for slime!), and some fun songs and rhymes help kids learn concepts and practice good behaviors. Featuring charming illustrations and go-to advice from a trusted source, this is a timely guide to raising well-mannered, neat, and gracious children for parents, grandparents, and children of reading age.

EXPERT AUTHOR: As the bestselling author behind Lessons from Madame Chic, At Home with Madame Chic, Polish Your Poise with Madame, and Mademoiselle Chic, and the creator behind the blog and YouTube channel The Daily Connoisseur, Jennifer Scott is a true expert in the fine art of living.

PRACTICAL LESSONS: From mastering the art of eye contact to improving one's posture, Connoisseur Kids presents a range of fun activities to help children practice life skills that will help them move into adulthood with ease.

RAVE REVIEWS: With hundreds of five-star ratings, readers give this book high praise. One reviewer calls it required reading and another shares that it explains etiquette in a fun way.

Perfect for:

• Anyone looking for a book of lessons on manners and etiquette
• Parents and grandparents who want to teach children how to live in style and appreciate the finer things in life
• Gift givers looking for a unique parenting book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Audrey Style comes a charming guide to Audrey Hepburn?inspired living for the modern woman

Audrey Hepburn epitomized grace and style, not only in her appearance but in her very essence. Whether in fashion, relationships, her work on the screen, or for UNICEF and her home life, there is no one more worthy of imitation.

How did she do it? What Would Audrey Do? is the answer: a complete Audrey primer, with rich anecdotes and insight from the people who knew her best, and Audrey-inspired lessons in loveliness, including:

- Dating advice from the woman who enjoyed romances with John F. Kennedy, William Holden, and Albert Finney
- What made her an icon, and how to apply her style choices to twenty-first-century clothes, makeup, and accessories
- Raising children, trying to raise husbands, and making home life balanced in every way
- How to travel, what to pack, and maintaining your cool on the road
- Using renown (long before Angelina and Bono got all the press) to help others around the world
- Insight into her rich interior life and the discipline, intelligence, and generosity that made her so compelling

In an era fraught with selfishness, flamboyance, and sensational headlines, Audrey as a role model is precisely what the world needs.

In this updated and revised edition, How to be a Lady is a helpful handbook that teaches women and young girls manners, attitude, appropriate dress, and social skills.

Despite how different things are today, the principles of good manners remain the same. This resourceful book teaches ladies how to maintain patience and civility.

In How to Be a Lady, some of the topics highlighted include:

• how to properly select clothing and get dressed for any occasion
• attending a party and hosting a party
• office manners and etiquette
• personal hygiene for women
• cell phone etiquette and how to conduct private conversations

How to Be a Lady is a thoughtful gift for birthdays and graduations or for seasonal occasions such as easter baskets, stocking stuffers, and holiday gift giving. This version includes how to communicate, shop, and meet new people through cell phones and computers.

Becoming a lady is a lifelong exercise in refining etiquette, social interaction, and personal discipline. It all continues here.

Eres una dama o una mujer?

La dama se trata de una forma de ser en el mundo que es amable, elegante, juguetona y muy poderosa, que se extiende a todos los aspectos de la vida, desde los negocios, el dinero y la educación de los hijos, hasta el coqueteo, la seducción y el sexo.

Una dama es una fuente de poder que crea posibilidad. Ella elige ser todo lo que es, sin definirse por lo que otros piensan que debería ser. Sabe lo que desea y cómo obtenerlo. Lidera sin controlar y nunca tiene que competir.

Este libro te invita a recibir y disfrutar completamente la belleza, el poder, la diversión y el entusiasmo de quién eres. Describe una forma de ser que abre la oportunidad, tanto a hombres como a mujeres, a ser amables y comprensivos, a conocer el mundo y saber desenvolverse en él.

Una dama siempre es una inspiración para los demás,

con tan solo saber quién es.

Minding your manners is a blast with these etiquette lessons for kids ages 7 to 12

Today's kids need a fresh approach to manners that resonates with them. A Kids' Guide to Manners goes beyond saying please and thank you with fun, practical lessons that bring manners into the modern world.

From meeting new people to being a courteous guest to texting a group of friends, kids will have fun as they learn to use manners in a way that will make their lives easier and more enjoyable. With 50 essential manners, plus interactive quizzes, entertaining examples, and at-home practice exercises, A Kids' Guide to Manners teaches kids where, when, and how to use manners as they relate to everyday life.

With this true manners how-to guide kids will:

• Build good communication skills that will make it easy to get along with others, such as constructive ways to express emotions to the power of writing a thank you note.
• Feel confident in new situations by knowing what to do and say when meeting new people, dining in a more formal environment, or dealing with conflict and gossip.
• Learn proper tech etiquette that represents their best self over text, email, social media, as well as tips for knowing when it is or isn't appropriate to be using technology.

With A Kids' Guide to Manners, both boys and girls will understand why manners matter and feel better than ever showing off their new social skills to everyone they know!

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From William Hanson, the beloved social media star and etiquette authority, comes the quintessential guide to courtesy, charm, grace, and decorum.

What is the correct way to get out of dreaded small talk? How do you end an email in way that is both polite and firm? How do you set a table fit for a king, or better yet, Martha Stewart? Don't worry, William Hanson--Emily Post for the TikTok generation (Vanity Fair)--is here to make us practically perfect in every way.

In the funny and unapologetic (Robert Hardman, author of Charles III) Just Good Manners, he shares his definitive advice on how to behave in every situation, from a night dining out with friends to Netflix at home, as well as celebrates the deep kindness, empathy, and joy that come with good manners. As Hanson makes clear, to care for others is truly about caring and respecting oneself.

With the perfect dose of Hanson's inimitable dry humor, Just Good Manners is a must for anyone who aspires to polish up their manners (Anne Glenconner, New York Times bestselling author).

Can you stay at your ex's place without things getting weird? And how do you properly apologize to your host for tequila-fueled bad behavior? Fear not! Guestiquette has the answers.

Guestiquette is the first book that takes on the complicated world of being a houseguest, offering useful, irreverent, and hilarious advice for guests and hosts. Not sure how to deal with a Schnauzer that hates you or what to do if a zombie apocalypse breaks out while you're staying at someone's home? Guestiquette has you covered.

In addition to advice, this book has fun illustrations, charts, lists, and even a recipe, that celebrate the houseguest experience. You'll also find true first-person stories from hosts and houseguests who were brave enough to share their often cringe-inducing tales, including vivid recounts of a honeymoon spent in the wrong house and a Thanksgiving dinner that would have given Martha Stewart nightmares.

Everyone who has ever been a houseguest or a host has encountered issues they're not exactly sure how to handle. Finally, there's a book for most every situation that offers help for even the most horrible houseguest.

All in favor of improving meeting procedures, say Aye!

Trying to keep your in-person and virtual meetings on track and running smoothly? You need Robert's Rules of Order! These rules for conducting meetings have stood the test of time as the gold standard for practical and effective procedure in group settings like corporate and nonprofit boards, councils, and more. And there's no better way to learn the latest version of the rules than with Robert's Rules For Dummies.

This handy guide demystifies the Rules and offers readers a practical roadmap to applying efficient procedures to everything from conducting online and in-person meetings to voting by email. It also:

• Contains brand-new, updated content on the latest 12th Edition of Robert's Rules
• Offers sample meeting agendas, minutes, scripts, and other material to show you how the pros keep meeting records
• Walks you through the basic--and not so basic--ways to nominate and elect officers and directors in organizations

Ideal for board members, convention delegates, business owners, nonprofit executives, and anyone else trying to maintain an orderly flow of business--online or in person--Robert's Rules For Dummies is a need-to-read resource that will make you wonder how you ever survived without it.

He was an American Founding Father and the new nation's first president, but before that, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) was an excruciatingly correct child with a passion for propriety. At the age of 14, he copied out 110 rules for elegant deportment from a work created by Jesuits in the 16th century as a guide for young gentleman of quality, and through these rules, which he took greatly to heart, we can see the beginnings of the man Washington would become taking shape. Though many of the rules deal with matters of etiquette--such as whom should rise for whom in mixed company--many others concern far deeper matters that touch on personal philosophies about judgment, honor, success, and conscience. As a peek into the manners of a bygone age, this is an intriguing work. As a peek into a great man in his formative years, this is an extraordinary one.

Florence Hartley's insightful etiquette guide was first published in 1860, and yet her witty and useful advice on behaving like a lady often still rings true down the ages

What should you do if you notice a stranger's dress is tucked up at the back? What are you meant to say if you are offered food you don't like at a dinner party? And what ought you to wear if you're invited to a ball? If these questions baffle you, fear not, for help is at hand with this beautiful, nostalgic guide. You don't need to live in the 19th century to agree that it is rude to finish someone else's jokes. Whatever the situation, you'd would like to know how to be as ladylike as possible when seasick or the best color schemes for bridesmaids' dresses, this thorough and wide-ranging book will provide sensible and succinct guidance, as well as shed light into life in the 19th century. Did you know that you could spot a lady who had laced her corset too tightly from the lack of circulation making her nose go red? This beautiful guide also contains sections on how to behave at a hotel, conduct in the street, letter writing, and table etiquette.

Updated and Revised! Includes Glossary of Popular Religious Symbols

We North Americans live in a remarkably diverse society, and it's increasingly common to be invited to a wedding, funeral or other religious service of a friend, relative or coworker whose faith is different from our own. These can be awkward situations ...

What will happen?
What do I do? What do I wear? What do I say?
What should I avoid doing, wearing, saying?
Is it okay to use a video camera?
How long will it last? What are their basic beliefs?
Will there be a reception? Will there be food?
Should I bring a gift? When is it okay to leave?

These are just a few of the basic questions answered in How to Be a Perfect Stranger. This easy-to-read guidebook, with an Everything You Need to Know Before You Go checklist, helps the well-meaning guest to feel comfortable, participate to the fullest extent possible and avoid violating anyone's religious principles--while enriching their own spiritual understanding. For people of all faiths, all backgrounds.

African American Methodist Churches - Assemblies of God - Bahá'í Faith - Baptist - Buddhist - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) - Churches of Christ - Episcopalian and Anglican - Hindu - Islam - Jehovah's Witnesses - Jewish - Lutheran - Mennonite/Amish - Methodist - Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) - Native American/First Nations - Orthodox Churches - Pentecostal Church of God - Presbyterian - Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) - Reformed Church in America/Canada - Roman Catholic - Seventh-day Adventist - Sikh - Unitarian Universalist - United Church of Canada - United Church of Christ

1001 Conversation Starters for Any OccasionMost of us realize that raising questions is a powerful way to get interesting dialogue. But asking good ones can be another matter--they're not always that easy to think up That's where The Complete Book of Questions comes in. This book is one big compilation of questions--1001 of them you can use to launch great conversations in almost any context. And many of these questions are likely to trigger other questions you may also wish to discuss. Think of this book as a tool to spark interaction--and to know and understand others, and yourself, better. The questions in The Complete Book of Questions have been divided into ten categories for easy reference as shown in the chart below. There are probably as many ways to put this book to use, as there are questions within it So be creative. Experiment with these 1001 questions in different contexts--and be sure to make the most of the conversations that ensue

Little known today, Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls has a storied place in Chinese history as the first educational text for women and a standard reference for them from the first century AD all the way into the nineteenth. Polymath author Ban Zhao was perhaps China's greatest female scholar. A writer, historian, mathematician, and astronomer, she was also a tutor to the ladies of the imperial court and a close confidant of Empress Deng. Although Ban Zhao completed a monumental historical tome on the Western Han dynasty, she would be best remembered for this slighter work - a short handbook of female etiquette in which she advises submissiveness in order to achieve household harmony. A kind of women's Art of War, there is more yielding than winning in the guidebook, but at least Ban Zhao was a pioneer in asserting that girls should be educated.

Instructions for Chinese Girls and Women is an easy, enjoyable read. It contains passages preaching subservience that will make the modern reader cringe and/or laugh, but there is interesting nuance there for readers with an open mind.
The husband commands, the wife obeys;
Yet let there be mutual grace and love;

There are timeworn, universal complaints:
The present generation's children are very bad;
They have learned nothing.

And there are humorous warnings against immoral immodesty:
Imitate not those rude women who with confusion eat, drink, and talk;
Drinking wine until crazy, they shamefully vomit their food;
In this state going home, before reaching their house, many shameful, rude acts will they do.

This Camphor Press edition has illustrations and a new introduction from Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of the memoir Good Chinese Wife.

Two White House Social Secretaries offer an essential guide for getting along and getting ahead in our world today...by treating others with civility and respect. Full of life lessons that are both timely and timeless, this is a book that will be devoured, bookmarked, and read over and over again (John McCain, United States Senator).Former White House social secretaries Lea Berman, who worked for Laura and George Bush, and Jeremy Bernard, who worked for Michelle and Barack Obama, have learned valuable lessons about how to work with people from different walks of life. In Treating People Well, they share tips and advice from their own moments with celebrities, foreign leaders, and that most unpredictable of animals--the American politician. Valuable guidance for finding success in both personal and professional relationships and navigating social settings with grace (BookPage), this is not a book about old school etiquette. Berman and Bernard explain the things we all want to know, like how to walk into a roomful of strangers and make friends, what to do about a colleague who makes you dread work each day, and how to navigate the sometimes-treacherous waters of social media. Weaving practical guidance into entertaining behind-the-scenes moments...their unique and rewarding insider's view (Publishers Weekly) provides tantalizing insights into the character of the first ladies and presidents they served, proving that social skills are learned behavior that anyone can acquire. Ultimately, this warm and gracious little book treats readers well, entertaining them with stories of close calls, ruffled feathers, and comic misunderstandings as the White House each day attempts to carry through its social life (The Wall Street Journal).

Here is the perfect little book for anyone--teenage or otherwise--who has ever wanted to master the art of good table manners. Written by Walter Hoving, former chairman of Tiffany's of New York, it is a step-by-step introduction to all the basics, from the moment the meal begins to the time it ends (Remember that a dinner party is not a funeral, nor has your hostess invited you because she thinks you are in dire need of food. You're there to be entertaining). In addition to the essentials about silverware, service, and sociability, it includes many of the fine points, too--the correct way to hold a fish fork, how to eat an artichoke properly, and, best of all, how to be a gracious dining companion.

Concise, witty, and illustrated with humor and style by Joe Eula, this classic guide to good table manners has delighted readers of all ages since 1961.

First published in 1922, Etiquette has served for generations as the premiere guide to manners and decorum. It details the nuances of various social settings as well as how to act within them, so as not to offend any parties present.

Different settings often call for different conduct. In addition to covering general forms of communication, salutations, greetings, and conversation, this classic manual also details what behaviors and topics are socially acceptable (and unacceptable) at specific events such as weddings, formal dinners, engagements, funerals, christenings, games and sports, business and politics, ball and dances, and many, many more. It will teach you the contemporary time period's sense of how an individual should conduct oneself, offering tips and tricks long forgotten in an age of impulse, social awkwardness, and conversational disrepair, condoned by our reliance on technology.

Featuring a new foreword by a leading etiquette consultant, pick up a copy of this stunning new edition of Etiquette--start improving your charm and conversational skills today

Unabridged original version, with Translation and Historical Notes and actual Images of George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, offered here for chump change.

Copied out by hand, Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, were maxims by which proper people should be influenced. Included here are copies of Washington's original pages, and translations of the rule.

Read from his young hand.Ponder the rules of revolutionary American culture. Apply some to your life.

Table of Contents

History of Washington and the 110 Rules 3

Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation 6

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