Manner House

Table Manners is an entertaining and practical guide to manners for everyone and every occasion. Whether you are a guest at a potluck or the host of a dinner party, a patron of your local bar or an invitee at a state dinner, this audiobook tells you exactly how to behave: what to talk about, what to wear, how to eat. Jeremiah Tower has advice on everything: food allergies, RSVPs, iPhones, running late, thank yous, restaurant etiquette, even what to do when you are served something disgusting.

Should you remove your shoes at the door? Find out how good manners make visiting a friend’s house fun for everyone.

The best predictor of success in life, in love, and in leadership is your proficiency at please, sorry, and thanks. Those three words are the foundation of all healthy relationships and successful careers. Those three words are the only ceiling on achieving your dreams. Those three words will determine how happy you are.

¿La ansiedad está controlando tu vida? ¿Determina a dónde vas, qué haces o con quién pasas el tiempo? ¿Te mantiene atrapado en una burbuja de miedo y pánico? La ansiedad surge en cualquier momento y lugar; por eso, necesitas habilidades inmediatas y sencillas para seguir adelante cuando la preocupación se apodera de ti. Esta guía fácil de usar te ayudará a dominarla y a dejar de evitar a las personas, los lugares y las cosas que te ponen ansioso.

A construction worker unearths a human skull dating to the 1960s on the campus of the University of Mississippi. Dr. Diana Bratton is a surgeon surrounded by bodies after the discovery of her Aunt Phoebe’s 50-year-old note detailing the manners of death. Suicide, accident, natural cause, and one death classified undetermined are soon crossed off this list - leaving Diana to believe that only murder remains. When Diana spots photographs in a 1966 university yearbook, Phoebe is linked not only to that death, but to the recent deaths of two local men.

No matter the industry or the position, business is built on relationships—and at the heart of all good relationships is good etiquette. Understanding good business etiquette skills and how to apply them to your job and your professional relationships is key to building a successful career. Work environments and the relationships we experience in them are complex. It’s important to know how to identify what type of environment and relationships you’re in and how to manage and adjust your behavior accordingly.

The 18th century novelist-of-manners-turned-sleuth returns to delight readers with another nimble-witted investigation of mayhem in the pastoral landscape of rural England. When Jane's gentleman friend Lord Trowbridge sends her, in the utmost secrecy, to retrieve a parcel hidden amidst the ruins of Netley Abbey, Jane finds not only the parcel but also a dying man. When events take a regrettably sinister turn, only Jane is clever enough to pursue the miscreant.

It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena, and dodging her overbearing father. On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds—a source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation.

De mayor quiero ser... feliz 1, 2 y 3 reúne 18 entrañables cuentos para conseguir que los niños aprendan a ser felices desde pequeños. Temas tan importantes como el poder de las palabras, el valor de las cosas, la actitud frente a los otros, la confianza en uno mismo, la autoestima y la gestión de la frustración, explicados de forma amena y comprensible para todos.

"Die Stunden" ist ein kunstvoller konstruierter Generationen-Roman über drei Frauen, die aus ihrem Leben ausbrechen wollen...

Our hero comes downstairs and to his utter surprise, finds a gorilla jumping in his Daddy's chair. Now, he's not allowed to do that and he KNOWS that this gorilla is not allowed to do it either. He tries shouting, "Abracadabra!" He tries shouting, "Kaleidoscope!" He tries shouting, "Geronimo!" but until he uses the magic word, nothing works. This book offers you a chance to dialogue your family values with the children in your life. It is wonderfully and whimsically illustrated by my best book buddy, Johnny Ray Turner.

Elke Heidenreich kennt sich aus mit Jacke, Hose, Rock und Hut - vor allem aber mit Menschen. Gut aussehen wollen alle, aber steckt nicht noch mehr dahinter? Warum sind einem die Jugendfotos im Faltenrock so peinlich? Warum fällt man auf den gutgekleideten Typen rein, der sich schnell als Dummkopf entpuppt? Elke Heidenreich erzählt von sich selbst mit sechzehn, von Freundinnen und Freunden, von Liebe und Trennung, erzählt Geschichten, in denen sich jeder wiedererkennt.

When Chadwick Newsome lingers too long in Paris, his mother, a wealthy New England widow, sends her fiancé, Lambert Strether, to fetch him home. Newsome refuses, extending his stay while Strether finds himself lured by the intrigue of Parisian life. Published in 1903, The Ambassadors is regarded as a masterpiece of American fiction for its exceptional structure, its moral significance, and its depiction of the contrasting New and Old World cultures. Henry James considered this his finest novel.

Meet Burt Hecker: A mead-drinking, tunic-wearing medieval re-enactor from upstate New York. He prefers oat gruel to French fries because potatoes were unavailable in Europe before AD 1200; and, at war with the modern world, he enjoys hosting large-scale re-enactments at the Victorian bed and breakfast he calls home. But Burt has some serious problems. After an incident involving the New York State police and an illegally borrowed car, Burt is forced to join a local music therapy workshop to manage his anger.

Der New Yorker Anwalt Albert Schmidt muss sein Leben neu ordnen: Seine Partner haben ihn in Rente geschickt, seine Frau ist an Krebs gestorben, und seine Tochter will einen Jung-Karrieristen aus seiner Kanzlei heiraten. Begleys Plädoyer für Individualität und Selbstbestimmtheit ist unglaublich komisch, rührend und leidenschaftlich zugleich. "Schmidt" gehört schon jetzt zu den großen Figuren der Weltliteratur.

Nicky and Noni have gone to the beach for a holiday. They are so excited that they forget to be polite to the people they meet. But one day, someone teaches them an important lesson. Listen to find out what it is.

Suzy Bigelow ist neu in Miami Beach, Florida - erst kürzlich ist sie mit ihrem Mann Dave, der als Arzt eine Anstellung in einer renommierten Klinik bekommen hat, hierher gezogen...

Maximilian Brückner hat die Mischung aus Warmherzigkeit und kraftvoller Tiefe, die es braucht, um Eric-Emmanuel Schmitts Erzählungen richtig zu lesen: Ganz ohne Pathos erzählt er diese vier Geschichten aus dem Leben von Frauen, mit allen Abgründen, Irrungen und Glückseligkeiten.

"Kim Novak badete nie im See von Genezareth" ist kein klassischer Krimi, handelt aber von einem Mord, den zwei Jugendliche in einer Sommernacht beobachten. Eine schöne Frau und ihr heimlicher Geliebter könnten Hinweise auf Motiv und Täter liefern, doch alle schweigen, und der Fall wird nie aufgeklärt.

A.L. Rowse, who died in 1997, was the author of a vast number of books, all of them readable and most of them fiercely arrayed against what he considered to be declining standards of manners, morals, and politics. He was more than a mere curmudgeon, though. His background was extraordinary: from a working-class family, he got a scholarship to Oxford, and from there was elected to All Souls College, the most exclusive of all faculties.