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| Emily Post's Essentials | 
enlarge | Author: Peggy Post Publisher: Avon Category: Book
List Price: $6.50 Buy Used: $0.01 You Save: $6.49 (100%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 2614655
Media: Mass Market Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 208 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0062736647 Dewey Decimal Number: 395.3 EAN: 9780062736642 ASIN: 0062736647
Publication Date: July 1, 1999 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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Odd for a manners book to be offensive, but it is. August 15, 2005 2 out of 22 found this review helpful
Ms. Post's book is downright offensive in its discussion of children.
For example, Ms. Post takes for granted that children (and not adults) must rise when adults (and not children) enter a room. In certain circumstances, anyone should rise on anyone's entrance, in other situations only if the person or his office warrants unusual respect, and I had hoped to find in this book guidance on distinguishing one from the other. Instead, I got what I can explain only by attributing to Ms. Post the prejudice that every adult is ipso facto morally superior to any child. If she came by that view honestly, she must have been peculiarly blest in the adults she's encountered--and peculiarly cursed in the children.
Nice compact book, but nothing special November 1, 2001 15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Solid book with the basics of etiquette for various situations. But I didn't find this book special or with anything that stood out as especially useful. Nevertheless, a nice compact guide.
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