Polite English

Winifred is blunt, opinionated, and outrageously colorful. In a community that demands domesticity, she simply doesn’t fit. When her wealthy husband suddenly dies, Winifred’s fellow society housewives no longer have a reason to play nice. Cast out entirely, Winifred throws roaring parties for the clerks and waiters that serve the town, finding the connections she’s been craving—and upsetting the gentle balance of her elite neighborhood in the process.

Polite society, poisoned from within. And the only person who can prove it is the apothecary nobody thinks to ask. Charlotte Sedgwick inherited her father’s shop three years ago, along with his trade, his account books, and the particular problem of being a woman who compounds medicines for a town that would rather trust a physician’s guess than a tradeswoman’s measure. She knows every grain and dram that passes through Sedgwick’s. So when a preparation from the respected Dr Halloway leaves a patient worse instead of better, Charlotte is the one person in Marchford equipped to ask ...

"So funny, smart, sophisticated, and captivating, you just want to spend your whole life with it."--Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians In this modern reimagining of Jane Austen's Emma, Delhi's polite society is often anything but polite. Beautiful, clever, and more than a little bored, Ania...

Education can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on “fixing” and “filling” academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ brilliance, cultural wealth, and intellectual potential. Street data reminds us that what is measurable is not the same as what is valuable and that data can be humanizing, liberatory and healing.

If you want to finally understand British slang, banter, and polite put‑downs, keep reading. Or don’t. Honestly, most Brits would prefer you didn’t. Have you ever heard a British phrase that sounded perfectly polite—yet somehow felt like a warning? Perhaps you love British TV but keep missing the subtext. Or maybe you just enjoy British humor and suspect you’re not always in on the joke. (You’re not.) If so, this book is for you. Or at least, it’s for people who think buying a book about British slang is a good idea. This isn’t a dictionary. Dictionaries are for people who ...

I never thought, after all those fantasy novels. That I would ever live through one. My name is Tobias Conner-Kyanite. And yeah. That name is still something I’m not quite used to yet. Most of this was an accident. But not a regret. Not even a little. I’d like to say, that boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl and boy marries girl. Unfortunately, or I like to think, fortunately.

Queering the Ton: The Hidden Rules of Queer Survival in Polite Society A Revelatory Look at Gender and Sexuality in Georgian and Victorian Britain Hidden desires. Scandalous affairs. The secret lives of the elite. In the glittering salons and shadowed corridors of Georgian and Victorian Britain, a hidden world of queer love and longing quietly defied the rigid rules of polite society. Queering the Ton pulls back the velvet curtain to reveal the untold stories of those who loved in secret—and sometimes, in defiance. From the flamboyant fashion of Regency dandies to the intimate letters ...

Most books about Christ tell you what he thought. This one puts him in the room and lets you ask. In twenty-five structured dialogues — conducted in the tradition of the Jewish beit midrash, where argument is reverence and silence is sometimes the most honest answer available — the author sits across from Christ and refuses to leave until the real question has been asked. Not the polished version. The one serious believers carry in silence and serious skeptics use as evidence that faith is a form of avoidance. Why Auschwitz? Why do children suffer before they can speak? What does Christ...

England, 1926. Just days before Lord Darriby-Jones is scheduled to enlighten the world at the Annual Limacology Symposium, his secretary unceremoniously bids adieu to her employment. It's now up to Lady Darriby-Jones to find a replacement. In a twist of fate, she stumbles upon a commoner from a neighboring town willing to accept the role, despite the slug-dismantling duties that await him. He's positively thrilled at the chance to rub elbows with true aristocrats, even if his job involves less glamorous endeavors.

The brutal world of human trafficking. Underage children bought, sold, and sexually abused by their deviant owners. Victims traded, used up, and spit out as if their lives were meaningless. A lethal adversary approaching The Divine Devils with a proposition. Locate and free her sister from the tortured, abusive shackles of being trafficked. Hiring The Divine Devils to assist in tracking her down. Hunter and his team fighting for those who can't fight for themselves. Infiltrating the heart of the intricate web this organization has created.

Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. With his Single God binding his knights to chivalric oaths, intent on wiping out idolatry and pagan worship, they will have to carve out a new kingdom on this mysterious continent that has for centuries been ravaged by warlords competing for supremacy and mages channeling the mystic powers of the elements, and unite the continent under godly rule.

October 23 isn’t just a date. It’s exposure — the day the mask drops, the balance tips, and whatever has been building finally has to show its face. One seemingly ordinary day turns into a 24-hour collision of revolutions, technological pivots, devastating consequences, doctrinal certainty, public grief, structural change, and the deeply human realization that truth often arrives only after the pretense becomes too expensive to maintain. October 23 has a particular gift for revelation — for the instant a crowd takes to the streets, a policy comes home, an industry gets outpaced, or ...

The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers 'The Polite Act of Drowning is a beautiful and captivating novel, lyrical and sensuous, a precise and faithful evocation of the tumult and trauma of family life, and of emergence into adulthood, and the confrontation of truths...

Discipline is a vital part of child-rearing, but many parents misunderstand how to use it and attempt to control their child's behaviour via a combination of punishment and motivation. Yet while this traditional approach may appear to produce quick results, it can potentially damage the child and, in the long term, leave parents with a far worse problem than they had initially. The Gentle Discipline Book analyses common discipline techniques and explains why so many are ineffective.

A fresh and fascinating look at politeness and the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives, from professor and pioneer of Politeness Theory, Louise Mullany 'Fascinating and insightful. I'm grateful to have read it, and pleased to have learnt so much in the process. I would -...

When Saying What You’re Really Thinking Simply Won’t Do We’ve all been there. Someone says something so unexpected, inappropriate, peculiar, or simply outrageous that your mind goes blank. You can’t agree. You shouldn’t argue. And apparently, you’re expected to say something. 20 Tidy Sentences for Awkward Occasions is a wickedly funny little collection of ready-to-use responses for life’s most uncomfortable conversational moments. Unwanted opinions. Astonishing revelations. Dubious advice. Questionable decisions. Determined oversharing. Gifts you are expected to admire. And ...

Bill Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit program Politically Incorrect, in which he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that garnered him a loyal following. In his popular and long-running HBO television show, Real Time with Bill Maher, his reputation for being a hilarious provocateur continues. One particular segment of the show—"New Rules"—strikes a chord with viewers every week. In this collection, Maher brings these brilliantly conceived riffs to audio, along with some singularly Maher-ian "editorials".

In this dazzling debut, Taylor M. Polites crafts a Southern gothic novel that mines classic literary archetypes while shaping them in new ways. Set in Reconstruction-era Alabama, The Rebel Wife opens with Augusta Branson losing her husband to a terrible blood fever. Now she and her son must fend for themselves in a community being destroyed by violence.

How do you handle jerks—politely, strategically, and without losing your cool? They’re everywhere. The loudmouth at work who dominates every meeting. The sarcastic relative who always has a cutting remark. The impatient driver who honks before the light even turns green. Jerks show up in every corner of life—and too often, they drag us into their chaos. Most people either fight back, wasting energy in pointless battles, or retreat, letting the jerk win by default. Neither works. But what if there was a smarter way?

We were always taught to mind our manners and be polite. That is important…to a point. Why being too polite could make you vulnerable to manipulation.