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The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind
Elkhonon Goldberg
Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
Helpful to Understanding Brain Injury
I have a child with a brain injury and found that the material contained in this book helpful in understanding her processing difficulties and gave me ideas to put in place to help overcome some of those differences. The book provided me with a better understanding of ...
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I Shall Destroy All The Civilized...
Fletcher Hanks
Fantagraphics Books, 2007
Twisted and strange, but in a good way
If you enjoy strange and forbidden comics like The Monster of Frankenstein then Mr. Hank's odd 4-color creations will not disappoint you. The comics are almost as odd as the artist himself!
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The Art of the Handwritten Note: A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication
Margaret Shepherd
Broadway, 2002
I loved this book!
I really enjoyed this book & it has been helpful in starting me to write NOTES. I guess I thought that you had to fill up a whole page with "something". It is a lot easier to write a short amount on some nice note paper. Not as frightening as a full size sheet of ...
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The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Florence
Louise Fili
Little Bookroom, 2007
Bellisima!
Makes you want to hop on a plane (with a tasteful wallet full of crisp Euros) and explore the art of shopping or even just window shopping in this city with already so much to please the eye. A lovely guide with just the right tone of voice and beautiful images. The ...
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How To Raise A Lady A Civilized Guide To Helping Your Daughter Through Her Uncivilized Childhood
Kay West
Thomas Nelson, 2001
Do the World a Favor: Raise a Lady
We can't all be graduates or send the young girls in our lives to Miss Porter's School or luxurious finishing schools in Europe, but since children model their parents until they establish their own identity .... a few good manners is all it takes. A great book to help ...
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The Art of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace
Margaret Shepherd
Broadway, 2005
Extremely helpful
I really enjoyed this book and found it very useful. Margaret Shepherd addresses just about any situation one can think of. If everyone owned this book and followed these conversational guidelines, the world would be a much better place.
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Primitive Art in Civilized Places: Second Edition
Sally Price
University Of Chicago Press, 2002
Will change the way you think about "natural history"!
Sally Price makes a great point in this small, readable book -- Westerners place so-called "primitive" art (art from non-Western countries) into a different category than "Western art." This is why one must usually visit a natural history museum to see non-Western ...
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Civilized Assertiveness for Women: Communication with Backbone...not Bite
Judith Selee McClure
Albion Street Press, 2003
Who needs Dr. Phil?
I wish I'd found this book years ago. The author doesn't just tell you what to say; she also tells you why it's important. What I found most helpful is that there's a major difference between being assertive and being aggressive, as well as between being civil and ...
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How To Raise A Gentleman A Civilized Guide To Helping Your Son Through His Uncivilized Childhood
Kay West
Thomas Nelson, 2001
simple and thorough
This little pocket-sized book is a concise and thorough overview of gentlemanly behavior. A must-read for a parents of boys.
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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Robert I. Sutton
Business Plus, 2007
Die Keinearschlochregel
A**holes create a toxic work environment, destroying productivity. Sutton introduces the Total Cost of A**holes (TCA) metric. In the case of a salesman named Ethan, the cost was estimated at $160,000, including time spent by Ethan's manager, HR professionals, senior ...
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The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World
Dane Kennedy
Harvard University Press, 2007
Foundations of Burton's Thinking
One of the most remarkable men who ever lived was Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton. He was a poet, explorer, linguist, soldier, and translator, with remarkable accomplishments in each of these fields. The best biography of this astonishing and energetic man is ...
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The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Rome
Pamela Keech, Margaret Brucia
Little Bookroom, 2004
Excellent resource
This is a wonderful book for anyone to use as a "behind the main streets" guide to Rome. If you any desire to experience the real Rome rather than just falling in step with the thousands of tourists, this book will lead you to wonderful shops and experiences. Buy it ...
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Okla Hannali
R. A. Lafferty
University of Oklahoma Press, 1991
Okla Hannali
A well written and engrossing story of a society and people depicted through an account of the life and experiences of a notable and idealized prominent tribal character, Okla Hannali. The main character's experiences and views embody and illustrate the ideals and ...
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Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World (Latin America Otherwise)
Irene Silverblatt
Duke University Press, 2004
Trying to understand how “civilized” people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bureaucratic rule, racial superiority, and appeals to rationality. Modern Inquisitions takes Arendt’s insights into the barbaric ...
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The Civilized Engineer
Samuel C. Florman
St. Martin's Griffin, 1988
The Essential Florman
Samual Florman is graceful and balanced writer, as well as a very proud and sensible practicing civil engineer. All of his writing is well worth reading, especially for professional humanists wisely or foolishly spooked by technology, which is not going away, but this ...
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