Judith Martin, Author . Norton $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-393-04861-2
Martin, aka bestselling author and columnist Miss Manners, has a vision for Americans as saviors of the civilized world. Her argument is based on two notions: first, that American manners are bad, and second, that because the United States is a...
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Judith Martin, Author Crown Publishers $14 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-70187-4
With her trademark comedic inflection, Martin, the syndicated columnist whose bestselling etiquette manuals (Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior; Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children) provide entertainment as well as...
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Judith Martin, Author Crown Publishers $15 (179p) ISBN 978-0-517-70673-2
In her latest resourceful etiquette manual, Martin, aka Miss Manners, brings shrewd insights and an amazing awareness of contingencies to her coverage of traditional terrain-the dos and don'ts of personal and business letters, telephone calls, get-we
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Judith Martin, Author Atheneum Books $15.95 (274p) ISBN 978-0-689-11514-1
There is just enough scandal, sex and suspense in this comedy of manners by the writer of the syndicated ""Miss Manners'' column and the novel Gilbert, to offset its somewhat self-congratulatory tone. When narrator Alice Bard loses her job as a TV...
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Judith Martin, Author Pharos Books $24.95 (742p) ISBN 978-0-88687-551-0
Martin, aka syndicated columnist ``Miss Manners,'' here covers everything one might need to know about proper behavior, not just for the coming millennium, but in everyday life in the present decade. In a Q & A format interspersed with short essays...
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Judith Martin, Author Crown Publishers $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-70164-5
""There has been a decided drop in the quality of disgusting things being done in public,"" Martin observes in this compendium of contemporary behavioral problems. With charm and wit, she minutely examines the rents in the social fabric since the...
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Judith Martin and Nicholas Ivor Martin. Norton, $27.50 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-08136-7
With her sparkling wit and contrarian wisdom, syndicated columnist Martin, aka Miss Manners (Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior), writing with her son Nicholas (director of operations at the Lyric Opera of Chicago), reminds...
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Judith Martin, Author, Gloria Kamen, Illustrator W. W. Norton & Company $35 (864p) ISBN 978-0-393-05874-1
Evoking the vaguely Victorian voice her ""gentle readers"" no doubt expect, Miss Manners imparts her personal brand of wisdom along with a lady-like amount of wit in this updated look at propriety. Martin, author of the ""Miss Manners"" columns and...
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Judith Martin, Author, Eric Denker, Other W. W. Norton & Company $24.95 (330p) ISBN 978-0-393-05932-8
In a good-natured guide for die-hard ""Venetophiles,"" author and etiquette guru Martin focuses not on the stunning Byzantine architecture of this Italian city but on the unique personality of Venetians themselves. While this fun-to-read paean to...
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