Why Manners Matter: What Confucius, Jefferson, and Jackie O Knew and You Shouldtoo, (Paperback)

from coppers

This is a surprisingly delightful essay on manners. Not the keep your elbows off the table, don't chew with your mouth full manners (although in the end, that's what it would trickle down to) but the importance of civil, mannerly behavior on society as a whole. Lucinda Holdforth includes a lot of...

from ichadwick

Good, funny, and sad to think we need to be told why we need manners.

from empress8411

I first picked this book up from the cruise ship library - an intersting moment because I was already seething about the lack of etiquitte and manners they becomes apparent when you cram 6,000 people onto a boat. Holdforthe starts by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Good manners are made up of petty...

from empress8411

I first picked this book up from the cruise ship library - an intersting moment because I was already seething about the lack of etiquitte and manners they becomes apparent when you cram 6,000 people onto a boat. Holdforthe starts by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Good manners are made up of petty...