June:  weddings, garden parties, graduations, goodbyes, and time for an etiquette refresher. 

But good manners are about more than which fork to use or how long your gloves should be.  As one of our featured books puts it, it's "about the respect we owe one another" whether it's at dinner, on the cell phone or in traffic.

 
June 2005

 

Baldridge, Letitia.  Letitia Baldridge's New Manners for New Times: A Complete Guide to Etiquette.  BJ 1853 .B36 2003

Brody, Marjorie.  Professional Impressions: Etiquette for Everyone, Every Day.  HF5389 .B765 2001

Browner, Jesse.  The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down: An Informal History of Hospitality.  BJ2021 .B76 2003

Carlin, Lesley and Honore McDonough Ervin.  Things You Need to be Told: A Handbook for Polite Behavior in a Rude, Tacky World!  By the Etiquette Grrls. BJ1857 .Y58 C37 2001

Carter, Stephen L.  Civility: Manners, Morals and the Etiquette of Democracy. JC336 .C35 1998

Castiglione, Baldesar.  The Book of the Courtier.  BJ1604 . C43 2002

Dresser, Norine.  Multicultural Celebrations: Today's Rules of Etiquette for Life's Special Occasions.  REF BJ1854 .D74 1999

DuPont, M. Kay.  Business Etiquette and Professionalism  HF5389 .D86x 1998

Fitzpatrick, T. M.  Letticia Cellbridge's Official Guide to Cell Phone Etiquette. 

Glassman, Audrey.  Can I Fax a Thank-You Note? And Other Modern Dilemmas.  TK5102.5 .G53 1998

How to Be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies.  BJ2010 .M34 1999

Lichter, Linda S.  The Benevolence of Manners: Recapturing the Lost Art of Gracious Victorian Living.  BJ1852 .L52 1999

Martin, Judith.  Miss Manners' Basic Training: The Right Thing to Say.  BJ2121 .M35 1998 

_____.  Miss Manners' Guide to Domestic Tranquility: The Authoritative Manual for Every Civilized Household, However Harried.  BJ 1854 .M37 1999 

_____.  Miss Manners Rescues Civilization from Sexual Harassment, Frivolous Lawsuits, Dissing and Other Lapses in Civility.  BJ1853 .M297 1996 

_____.  Star-Spangled Manners: In Which Miss Manners Defends American Etiquette.  BJ1853 .M298 2003 

McCullough, Donald.  Say Please, Say Thank You: The Respect We Owe One Another.  BJ1853 .M44 1998 

Pachter, Barbara.  The Jerk with the Cell Phone: A Survival Guide for the Rest of Us.  PN6231 .C255 2004 

_____. When the Little Things Count.And They Always Count.  HF5389 .P335 2001

The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices. BJ2051 .P47 2000

The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Wedding Ceremonies.  BJ2051 .P45 2000

Peters, James.  Very Simple Arabic, Incorporating Simple Etiquette in Arabia. PJ6309 .P48x 2003

Post, Elizabeth L.  Emily Post's Etiquette.  BJ1853 .P6 1992

Roane, Susan.  How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Savvy Socializing in Person and Online.  HF5387 .R617 2000

Sabath, Ann Marie.  Business Etiquette: 101 Ways to Conduct Business with Charm and Savvy.  HF5389 .S228 2002

Satterfield, Mark.  VGM's Complete Guide to Career Etiquette.  HF5389 .S28 1996

Scher, Bob.  The Little Know-How Book: Everything You Need to Know to Get By in Life from Changing a Tire to Figuring a Tip to Tying Your Shoes.  HQ2039 .U6 S34 1993

Back to Hot Topics

Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria Campus Library
Display organized by Sylvia Rortvedt.
Webpage created by Anne Anderson.
Last updated June 1, 2005.