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Fully revised and updated-with Jeanne Martinet's trademark wit and practicality, The Art of Mingling hands you the keys to feeling at ease in any social situation Does the idea of going to a large party make your mouth go dry? Are you more comfortable on Facebook than face-to-face? You're not...

Fully revised with 40% new material—presented with Jeanne Martinet's trademark wit and practicality—The Art of Mingling provides you with everything you need to help you thrive at any in-person gathering. Does the idea of going to a party make your mouth go dry? Are you more comfortable on...

A practical and amusing book of advice and wisdom from Miss Mingle, who answers a variety of questions about social situations. "Relax," says Miss Mingle. It's easy to avoid the 'Hell' in "Hello," deflect the unwanted greeting kiss, feel okay when you're dressed all wrong, solve modern dilemmas such as meeting same-sex couples, and much more.

It’s not the end of the world. That’s what 39-year-old Tess Eliot has to remind herself after losing her newspaper column ("Tess Knows Best") and being dumped by her boyfriend for a younger woman (a feng shui expert? Really?). Then Tess is hired to write an etiquette guide preparing readers for the Ancient Mayan doomsday of December 21, 2012, and she has to ask herself: Could the world really be coming to an end? At first, Tess fakes her way through chapters like "Boundaries in the Bunker" and "Cannibalism: Yes or No?" But after uncovering a secret plot for world destruction, she is forced to embark on a life-changing odyssey.

In Life Is Friends, Martinet focuses on at-home entertaining-the dinner parties, cocktail parties, and informal get-togethers that are the key to creating lasting, fulfilling interpersonal bonds. So hear what Martinet has to say. And then, go ahead: Invite people over.

From the bestselling author of The Art of Mingling, an essential how-to for navigating today’s conversational minefields. We are living in a new social era: The Powder Keg Era. These days almost every subject leads straight to politics, and the conversation goes straight to hell. In a...