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Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners
Sandi Toksvig
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Description for Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: WH; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there's a racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of life that many are no longer taught - and getting it wrong is the stuff of comedy at best and humiliation at worst. Thankfully, Sandi Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to modern manners,with tips on what to do whether you're talking to a bore, or forgot their name in the first place. (Just call them ... Read more
How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there's a racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of life that many are no longer taught - and getting it wrong is the stuff of comedy at best and humiliation at worst. Thankfully, Sandi Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to modern manners,with tips on what to do whether you're talking to a bore, or forgot their name in the first place. (Just call them ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781250334
SKU
V9781781250334
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99-5
About Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig is a well known broadcaster for both television and radio, hosts The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 and 1001 Things You Should Know on Channel 4. She has written more than twenty books including fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children,
Reviews for Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners
This little book will change your life - and that of your loved (and unloved) ones - for the better. And make you laugh.
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John Humphrys [Toksvig is a] national treasure and doyenne of Radio 4
Guardian
There are three things you immediately notice about Sandi Toksvig. Her height, her wit and her distinctive voice ... it's ... Read more