Be Charming: Modern Manners: Teach Yourself

by Francesca Young (Author), Edward Cyster (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $36.71

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  Win friends and charm your enemies
  Today's society is fraught with peril for the unsuspecting - should you use your mobile on the train? Is it okay to strip off in the gym changing rooms? Kiss or shake? Since the wrong move can lose friends and destroy a professional image, here is a clear path through every social and professional minefield, which will not only keep you out of trouble but show you how to charm and dazzle your way through even the trickiest dinner party.

  
  

  Be Charming: Modern Manners includes:

  Chapter 1: Introductions
  Chapter 2: The art of making conversation
  Chapter 3: Mobile phone etiquette
  Chapter 4: Work etiquette
  Chapter 5: House sharing
  Chapter 6: Being a good host and guest
  Chapter 7: Personal appearance
  Chapter 8: Netiquette
  Chapter 9: Travelling Chapter 10: Dining etiquette
  Chapter 11: Public speaking
  Chapter 12: City survival
  Chapter 13: Relationship etiquette
  Chapter 14: Surviving special occasions
  Chapter 15: Disabilities
  Chapter 16: The heterosexual's guide to homosexuality
  Chapter 17: Sporting etiquette
  Chapter 18: Miscellaneous etiquette
  
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  Five things to remember
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