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Oh Darling Do Behave  by Tania Materazzo-Rann
While social graces are not on display in the shop window of a classy boutique, they are always in fashion. Oh Darling Do Behave! is your one-stop shopping guide to an array of colourful situations requiring not only the finest pair of shoes and latest shade of lip gloss, but also a gracious and charming mademoiselle.An easy to apply, direct approach to every girl’s social dilemma, Oh Darling Do Behave! ensures you can be well prepared for most of life’s little challenges involving socializing, the work place, formal occasions, the in-laws, the art of communication, netiquette, babies, travel and even how to handle those hard working public servants.

,  195 pp,  $19.95. Buy now

Teach Yourself Etiquette and Good Manners  by W.S. Norman
First published in 1958, Teach Yourself Etiquette and Good Manners is a fascinating guide packed full of both timeless advice and tips that in today’s world will make you chuckle. So, if you’ve ever wondered how you should peel an apple at a dinner party, break-off an engagement or announce the birth of a baby in ‘the proper manner’, this is the book for you! A couple of extracts: Some people maintain that the skin of an apple is nutritious. On informal occasions a person desiring to remove the skin is permitted to do so with a fruit knife. If he enjoys (and who does not?) removing the skin in one unbroken piece, he should nevertheless refrain from advertising his prowess by holding the apple so far above the plate that a foot or so of skin

Hardback,  192 pp,  $19.99. Buy now

Would it Kill You to Say Please?  by Alice Williams
This could be an antidote to the failure of conventional etiquette to equip us for the anxieties of modern life. A book for people who need advice more relevant that how to reply to a birth announcement and more in-depth than ‘He’s just not that into you’

Paperback,  256 pp,  $25.95. Buy now

Party Favors and Hostess Gifts  by Roxi Phillips
It’s always nice to thank your guests with a memorable take-home gift – or give your hostess a thoughtful token of appreciation. This charming volume presents 40 quick yet creative projects that say thank you beautifully. There are ideas for baby showers, a girl’s night out, children’s birthday parties, weddings and much more. With choices that include handmade note cards packaged with a holder and pen, a pamper yourself basket and a mini-vase made from a glass tube, all the hottest crafting categories are fully represented

,  128 pp,  $19.99. Buy now

Toasts for Every Occasion  by Francine Maroukian
Whether formal or relaxed, Town and Country knows more than anyone there’s a saying appropriate to any occasion. Words to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and holidays salutes to luck and good health loving acknowledgments to parents sweet something’s for an intimate evening: all this and more appear in this astonishingly comprehensive collection of sophisticated quotations. Discover the how-tos of tasting and say, cheers! in many languages. This work also offers sidebars to providing classic toasts and tips for adding a personalised touch

Paperback,  224 pp,  $13.95. Buy now

The Penguin Book of Etiquette  by Marion Von Adlerstein
The definitive guide to modern manners in Australia

Paperback,  512 pp,  $35.00. Buy now

Titles and Forms of Address 
A guide to correct forms of address in speech and correspondence. It covers both formal and social occasions, and includes the forms of address for bishops, peers, privy counsellors, ambassadors, JPs and mayors. Where honours, decorations and degrees appear after the name as letters, an explanation and the correct sequence is given. This edition is revised and updated to cover changing conventions. Now in its 22nd edition, this book has been in constant demand for over 85 years

Paperback,  240 pp,  $23.95. Buy now

Complete Book of Toasts  by Paul Dickson
For anyone who will ever face a sea of expectantly-raised glasses, or for those simply fascinated by words and tradition, this rich collection of toasts will prove as entertaining as it is useful. Whether you need the perfect pledge for a wedding, graduation, anniversary, birth, reunion or business dinner, you are guaranteed to find just the right words, whatever the occasion. With chapters covering a brief history of raised glasses, the protocol of the Scandinavian custom of ‘skoaling’, as well as a toast and tipple glossary, this is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the art of toasting. With some of the best toasts ever proclaimed (and a few of the worst), sentimental salutes, funny tributes and famous and forgotten phrases, this boo

Paperback,  256 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

A Gentleman Entertains  by John Bridges and Bryan Curtis
Practical and unpretentious, A Gentleman Entertains includes 15 essential preparations before entertaining 100 things every gentleman should know about being a host Ideas for twelve specific parties complete with more than 20 fool-proof recipes Tips on dealing with inevitable, inescapable, really ugly disaster moments

,  224 pp,  $24.95. Buy now

The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum  by Kim Izzo
‘You know the Fabulous Girl, don’t you? She’s Holly Golightly, the girl you must have at your cocktail party. She’s smart, fun, sophisticated, and of course beautifully well-mannered. She’s the friend who always knows when you need a shoe-shopping expedition to lift your spirits. She’s the one who calls you after your disastrous dinner party and insists that she had a marvellous time. She’s the girl you admire, the girl you want to be.’ The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum is an entertaining, stylish and thoroughly modern guide to manners. It offers invaluable advice on workplace etiquette and how to maintain the admiration and respect of your colleagues, entertaining (including how to throw the perfect dinner party and what to do if it all

Paperback,  304 pp,  $23.95. Buy now

Social Do’s and Don’ts  by Seth Macavity
Are you ‘politically correct’ when socialising? Do you worry in case you make a mistake at a dinner party and embarrass yourself? Worry no more! If you want to know what’s charming, expected or acceptable, then this is the book you need to read

Paperback,  100 pp,  $9.99. Buy now