You'll also find recipes, from bubbly cocktails to brunch favorites, throughout the chapters to help inspire your own delectable menu.

For those intimidated by the complexity of personal interaction, or those simply looking to polish their speaking skills, The Art of Civilized Conversation is a powerful guide to communicating in an endearing way. The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings takes you step-by-step from your engagement to the big day, from the reception to the honeymoon.For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. As uncivil behaviors like flip-flops at Broadway shows and digital oversharing proliferate, this timely book reminds us of the quiet power of behaving with dignity, kindness, and grace. He'll teach you how to look your best, sound your smartest, use the manners your momma taught you, poach an egg, fix a perfect gin and tonic, throw the most popular parties (and top the guest list at other soirees), make your home the envy of your neighbors, and generally be the fabulous person you always knew you could be. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook).

Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners is a light-hearted, insightful handbook written as if intended for her original Regency Era readers, and illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolors.From finding your identity as a lady to feeling at home in your skin, we explore the countenance of natural ladylike charm available to us all. There Is No Good Card for This features workbook exercises, sample dialogs, and real-life examples from Dr. The guide is also filled with activities, learning games, and recipes designed to get the entire family involved. Entertaining covers the basics of hosting, but most importantly, it reminds you that successful entertaining springs not from the good china and an elaborate table setting, but from the people you are with and the memorable time you spend together. If you have ever felt unsure or uncomfortable when facing a social dilemma, John Bridges answers these questions and more in his classic handbook for men.

First published in 1938, this classic compendium is overflowing with timeless advice to help guide you through a maze of social interactions with wit and finesse. She began writing on manners and protocol during her diplomatic service in 1949, and she has been hailed on the cover of Time magazine as "America's leading arbiter of manners. The name “Emily Post” is synonymous with etiquette, good manners, and decorum—and, with this newly revised and updated 2nd Edition of the New York Times bestseller Essential Manners for Men, Peter Post, Emily Post’s great-grandson and director of The Emily Post Institute, Inc. Al Switzler is the author of four New York Times bestsellers and has designed and framed many programs for Fortune 500 companies. This beautiful guide also contains sections on how to behave at a hotel, conduct in the street, letter writing, and table etiquette.Let's face it: you might look good, but if you're chomping on that crudité with your mouth wide open, nobody at the party will talk to you -- even if you can explain to them what crudité actually is.