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Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners
“What would Emily Post do?” Even today, Americans cite the author of the perennial bestseller Etiquette as a touchstone for proper behavior. But who was the woman behind the myth, the authority on good manners who has outlasted all comers? Award-winning author Laura Claridge presents the first authoritative biography of the unforgettable woman who changed the mindset of millions of Americans, an engaging book that sweeps from the Gilded Age to the 1960s.Born shortly after the Civil War,…
The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World
"Preach the Gospel always. Use words if necessary." - St. Francis of AssisiIt's 1998 and Richard Stearns' heart is breaking as he sits in a mud hut and listens to the story of an orphaned child in Rakai, Uganda. His journey to this place took more than a long flight from the United States to Africa. It took answering God's call on his life, a call that hurtled him out of his presidential corner office at Lenox-America's finest tableware company-to this humble corner of Uganda. This is a…
Chasing Hellhounds: A Teacher Learns from His Students
very well written. Favorite passages include the following. It is the unchanging school ballet - order and authority aligned against limit testing and restlessness. 18 (on his in-class "library") Every year, a certain percentage of the collection walks out from under my porous record-keeping system, but I console myself with visions of these books on bedside tables or sharing valuable shelf space with Al Green and Boys II Men. 20 For three years, I watched some wonderful word magicians…