What do your colleagues, overlords, underlings, clients, and customers have in common? Not knowing how much they annoy you. Not to mention how much you may be annoying them. The route from cubicle to corner office is strewn with etiquette landmines. And now that the boundaries that once cleanly separated work from personal life are blurred, even polite people don t recognize the difference between professional and social manners.

What do you say to a colleague who has just been fired? How do you maintain a family-friendly office without discriminating against singles? What s the difference between showing romantic interest and sexual harassment? Which colleagues should be invited to family weddings? When should you be unavailable, at or away from work?

Don t convene a focus group or appeal to Human Resources consult Miss Manners

With wit and wisdom, Miss Manners restores civility, guiding you around your coworker s messy cubicle, past your overly prying boss, around the bridal shower for the new temp, and through tedious staff meetings.

In Miss Manners Minds Your Business, Judith Martin and her son, executive Nicholas Ivor Martin, equip readers with the practical, pertinent, and utterly correct advice necessary to win the job, keep the job, and leave the job with sanity and dignity intact."

How have sociopolitical fears been enacted, represented and performed in societies marked by repression, conflict and abuse of power? And how has this emotion shaped aesthetic and ideological discourses and cultural productions? Violencia, poder y afectos: narrativas del miedo en Latinoamerica ofrece una contribucion critica al estudio de las representaciones de los miedos sociopoliticos en la literatura y el cine contemporaneos. Este volumen estudia las consecuencias inmediatas y de larga duracion de la violencia y el terror en las sociedades latinoamericanas desde varias perspectivas teoricas. Los capitulos del libro abordan dos preguntas centrales: ?como se han asumido, asimilado y representado los diversos temores sociopoliticos que caracterizan a unas sociedades marcadas por el conflicto, la represion y el abuso de poder? y ?como este afecto ha marcado los discursos esteticos e ideologicos de las producciones culturales? Mediante el estudio de las obras de escritores y productores culturales contemporaneos incluso Monica Ojeda, Cristina Rivera Garza, Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Alonso Cueto y Manlio Argueta, los colaboradores de este libro examinan el clima de terror y ansiedad provocados por las guerras civiles en Guatemala, El Salvador y Peru; la guerra de las drogas en Mexico; la invasion estadounidense a Panama en 1989; asi como las dinamicas de desigualdad de clase y genero en Ecuador y Mexico. Violencia, poder y afectos: narrativas del miedo en Latinoamerica offers a critical contribution to studies of the representation of socio-politically inflicted fears in contemporary literature and film. This volume looks at the immediate and long-lasting consequences of violence and terror in Latin American societies from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Chapters of the book engage with two central questions: How have sociopolitical fears been enacted, represented and performed in societies marked by repression, conflict and abuse of power? And how has this emotion shaped aesthetic and ideological discourses and cultural productions? Looking at contemporary writers and cultural producers including Monica Ojeda, Cristina Rivera Garza, Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Alonso Cueto and Manlio Argueta, the contributors of this volume examine the climate of terror and anxiety resulting from the civil wars in Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru; the war on drugs in Mexico; the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama; and dynamics of class and gender power imbalances in Ecuador and Mexico.

Intercultural Communication in Contexts examines communication in multicultural relationships and provides the tools for effective communication amid cultural, ethnic, and religious differences in domestic and global contexts. Students are introduced to the primary approaches for studying intercultural communication along with a theoretical and practical framework for applying the approaches in their own lives.

Experiencing Intercultural Communication provides students with a framework in which they can begin building their intercultural communication skills. Drawing from social psychological approaches, ethnographic studies, and recent critical media studies it places emphasis on the practical, experiential nature of intercultural communication and provides solid, practical guidelines to help students approach the complexities of intercultural communication.

With the rapid expansion of globalization, intercultural contact is now part of daily life for most of us. Intercultural Communication in Contexts examines conflict and communication in multicultural relationships and provides practitioners with the tools for effective communication amidst cultural, ethnic, and religious differences. Students are introduced to the primary approaches for studying intercultural communication along with a theoretical and practical framework for applying these approaches themselves.

The Goddess of Beauty is an exciting new children's book that takes you on a journey to ancient Africa where Goddess Oshun is loved and admired by everyone for her inner and outer beauty. When a young insecure girl on the island of Trinidad runs away from her village, she is approached by a Princess from Jamaica who tells her tales about Goddess Oshun. After hearing about Oshun, the young girl is no longer insecure, she accepts Oshun as a beauty icon and aspires to be like her.

This is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, water-logged village. Whether you already have a raging case of Venetophilia or are among the fifteen million people who yearly put themselves in danger of contracting it, here is where you get your fix of Venetian wit, history, practicality, and enchantment.

"Wonderfully wicked....A bracingly sensible guide to living peaceably together."—Francine Prose, Elle

In this "wryly perceptive, historically informed" (BookPage) new book, America's leading expert on civility reminds her Gentle Readers that when the Founding Fathers created a revolution in the name of individual liberty and equality, they also took a stand against hierarchical European etiquette in favor of simplicity over ceremony, and personal dignity over obsequiousness to our rulers.

Hailed by George Will as "The National Bureau of Standards," Judith Martin, who has "made etiquette writing an exercise in wit" (Book), recounts here how Americans fashioned this etiquette of egalitarian respect—a fascinating story that spans from the misunderstood origins of our table manners to the much overlooked legacy of African slaves to etiquette. 10 illustrations.

"A fascinating account of how we have arrived at the standards of etiquette we follow—or disregard—today. Those who pay attention will be rewarded with keen insights."—Christian Science Monitor

"Wonderfully wicked....A bracingly sensible guide to living peaceably together."—Elle, Francince Prose

"Filled with good and fun education. It's a romp with a reasonable justification to why we do what we do."—Rainbow Electronic Review, Maggie Ramirez

"[Martin] has made etiquette writing an exercise in wit."—Book Magazine

"Peerless....analyzes every aspect of American life and the rituals that both define and undermine our culture."—Booklist

"Wryly perceptive [and] historically informed."—BookPage

"A fascinating genealogy and spirited defense of our rough-and-ready American manners."—Boston Globe

"[Martin] has a keen eye and merry wit."—Charleston Post and Courier

"A well-reasoned and insightful treatise on the American character, and the American character's manners."—San Diego Union Tribune

"A well-argued essay that describes a specifically American etiquette."—Smithsonian

"A quick and entertaining romp through American history and mores. Highly recommended."—The Daily Observer

"Incisive...Amusing."—Wall Street Journal

From Simon & Schuster, Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children is a primer for everyone worried about the future of civilization. In her inimitable, arch, no-nonsense style, Miss Manners provides etiquette guidance for every social situation from school dances to conversations at the family dinner table, explains how to impress a college admissions officer, and offers rules for divorced parents and weekend parents

With the wit, tact, and wisdom that have made Miss Manners a household name, America's foremost authority on civilized behavior takes you through every aspect of your personal, professional, and social life with ease and charm.

From somewhat classic queries:

* What do I wear to a job interview/felony trial/jacuzzi?
* Where does the soup spoon/seafood fork/butter knife go?

To comments on truly modern phenomena:

* Call waiting is like a child screaming for attention
* Leaky earphones are the equivalent of humming

To strictly personal do's and don'ts:

* Don't communicate everything in a marriage ("I had the wildest dream about a man at my office...")
* Do continue the ancient custom of mealtimes, that is, breakfast, lunch, and dinner

And professional guidelines:

* Don't start grabbing company property after being fired
* If a candy dish is on the visitor's side of a receptionist's desk, it is for visitors...

Miss Manners offers consistently sound, sage advice to her Gentle Readers.

With a tipping guide (including coat checks and pizza deliveries), sections devoted to both traditional and nontraditional households, details on protocol for ceremonies and celebrations, invitations and disinvitations, insights on courtship and romance, and much more, this is the comprehensive guide to a kinder, gentler, more civilized society.

Today s brides are bombarded with wedding advice that promises perfection but urges achieving it through selfishness ( It s your wedding, and you can do whatever you like ), greed (choosing the presents that guests are directed to buy), and showing off ( This is your chance to show everyone what you re about ). Couples wishing to resist such pressure see elopement or a slapdash wedding as the only alternatives to a gaudy blowout. But none of these choices appealed to a bride who happened to have been brought up by Miss Manners. Judith Martin and her newlywed daughter, Jacobina, explain how to have a dignified ceremony and delightful celebration without succumbing to the now-prevalent pattern of the vulgar, money-draining wedding that exhausts families and exploits friends."