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4 produkter
Snobs
The Classic Guidebook to Your Friends, Your Enemies, Your Colleagues, and Yourself
Häftad, 2009
120 kr
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In this humorous look at the phenomenon of snobbery, Lynes begins by stating, 'the social snob, while not extinct, has gone underground (except for professionals such as headwaiters and metropolitan hotel room-clerks), and snobbery has emerged in a whole new set of guises'. He playfully skewers the …
Guests
Or, How to Survive Hospitality: The Classic Guidebook
Häftad, 2009
124 kr
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This humorous and kind-hearted little tome examines various facets of topics pertaining to 'guests'. In the first chapter, Lynes discusses the changing face of hospitality, from an older more formal time (when the rules were clear) to his time, when (as today) a more informal culture prevails, with …
Guests
Or, How to Survive Hospitality: The Classic Guidebook
E-bok, 2009
64 kr
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Our eminent founding father Ben Franklin once famously compared guests to stinking fish. While this assessment may seem a trifle harsh, the truth remains that social intercourse is a most risky endeavor. Who better to address this concern than the inimitable pundit Russell Lynes—a man renowned for …
Tastemakers
Inbunden, 1983
925 kr
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A history of American popular taste in art, architecture, and interior decoration, with short sketches of the men and women responsible for the trends.
