Choose Civility Adult Booklist at Howard County Library

Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress /

Author: Dai, Sijie,
ISBN: 037541309;0385722206
Year: 2001
Date added: 10/25/2001
Subjects: China - Boys - Fiction. - History - 20th century - Friendship - Fiction
Call number: F DAI

The beautiful things that heaven bears /

Author: Mengestu, Dinaw,
ISBN: 9781594489402;9781594482854
Year: 2007
Date added: 03/07/2007
Subjects: Ethiopians - United States - Fiction. - Washington (D.C.) - Race relations
Call number: F MEN

Brooklyn : a novel /

Author: Toibin, Colm,
ISBN: 9781439138311;1439138311
Year: 2009
Date added: 05/07/2009
Subjects: Irish - United States - Fiction. - Women immigrants - Love stories. - Ireland - History - 20th century - Psychological fiction. - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Call number: F TOI

Bullying : how to deal with taunting, teasing, and tormenting /

Author: Winkler, Kathleen.
ISBN: 0766023559
Year: 2005
Date added: 03/15/2006
Subjects: Bullying.
Call number: 371.58W

The case for civility : and why our future depends on it /

Author: Guinness, Os.
ISBN: 9780061353437
Year: 2008
Date added: 03/31/2008
Subjects: Conduct of life. - Courtesy - United States.
Call number: 177.1G

Cheating at canasta /

Author: Trevor, William,
ISBN: 9780670018376
Year: 2007
Date added: 10/25/2007
Subjects: Short stories.
Call number: F TRE

Choosing civility : the twenty-five rules of considerate conduct /

Author: Forni, Pier Massimo
ISBN: 0312281188;0312302509
Year: 2002
Date added: 05/08/2002
Subjects: Etiquette.
Call number: 395F

The civility solution : what to do when people are rude /

Author: Forni, Pier Massimo
ISBN: 9780312368494;0312368496
Year: 2008
Date added: 06/16/2008
Subjects: Courtesy. - Etiquette.
Call number: 395F

The cost of bad behavior : how incivility is damaging your business and what to do about it /

Author: Pearson, Christine M.
ISBN: 9781591842613
Year: 2009
Date added: 07/13/2009
Subjects: Consumer satisfaction. - Courtesy. - Work environment.
Call number: 658.314S

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time /

Author: Haddon, Mark.
ISBN: 0385509456;1400032717;9781400032716;0385512104
Year: 2003
Date added: 07/24/2003
Subjects: Autism - Fiction. - Savants (Savant syndrome) - England
Call number: F HAD

Cutting for stone : a novel /

Author: Verghese, A.
ISBN: 9780375714368;9780375414497
Year: 2009
Date added: 02/11/2009
Subjects: Brothers - Fiction. - Physicians - Fiction - Bronx (New York, N.Y.) - Fathers and sons - Ethiopia
Call number: F VER

Digging to America : a novel /

Author: Tyler, Anne
ISBN: 0307263940;9780345492340
Year: 2006
Date added: 04/26/2006
Subjects: Iranian Americans - Fiction. - Women immigrants - Assimilation (Sociology) - Intercountry adoption - Iranian American women - Baltimore (Md.) - Psychological fiction. - Domestic fiction. - Friendship - Fiction - Widows
Call number: F TYL

Don't give me that attitude! 24 rude, selfish, insensitive things kids do and how to stop them /

Author: Borba, Michele.
ISBN: 0787973688
Year: 2004
Date added: 02/09/2006
Subjects: Electronic books. - Child rearing. - Attitude change in children.
Call number: ELECTRONIC BOOK

Ellen Foster : a novel /

Author: Gibbons, Kaye,
ISBN: 1565122054;0912697520;067972866;0375703055
Year: 1987
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.
Subjects: Southern States - Fiction. - Girls - Fiction
Call number: F GIB

Excuse me, but I was next-- : how to handle the top 100 manners dilemmas /

Author: Post, Peggy,
ISBN: 0060889160;9780060889166
Year: 2006
Date added: 03/06/2007
Subjects: Etiquette.
Call number: 395P

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society /

Author: Shaffer, Mary Ann.
ISBN: 9780385341004;9780385340991
Year: 2008
Date added: 07/30/2008
Subjects: Women authors - Fiction. - Epistolary fiction. - London (England) - History - 20th century - England - Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Call number: F SHA

Handle with care : a novel /

Author: Picoult, Jodi,
ISBN: 9780743296410;9780743296427;0743296419
Year: 2009
Date added: 02/27/2009
Subjects: Medical care, Cost of - Fiction. - Physician and patient - Moral and ethical aspects - Mothers - Psychology - Wrongful life - Osteogenesis imperfecta - Parents of children with disabilities
Call number: F PIC

Healing together : how to bring peace into your life and the world /

Author: Jampolsky, Lee L.,
ISBN: 0471236853
Year: 2002
Date added: 12/04/2002
Subjects: Peace of mind. - Spiritual life.
Call number: 155.93J

The help /

Author: Stockett, Kathryn.
ISBN: 9780399155345;0399155341;9780425245132
Year: 2009
Date added: 09/01/2009
Summary: In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters-
Subjects: African American women - Fiction. - Jackson (Miss.) - Historical fiction. - Civil rights movements
Call number: F STO

Home /

Author: Robinson, Marilynne.
ISBN: 0374299102;9780374299101
Year: 2008
Date added: 09/05/2008
Subjects: Domestic fiction. - Conflict of generations - Fathers and daughters. - Fiction. - Reminiscing - Clergy - Iowa - Christian fiction. - Children of clergy
Call number: F ROB

Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel /

Author: Ford, Jamie.
ISBN: 9780345505330;9780345505347
Year: 2009
Date added: 01/23/2009
Subjects: Seattle (Wash.) - Fiction. - Historical fiction. - Fathers and sons - Widowers - Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Call number: F FOR

The house on Fortune Street : a novel /

Author: Livesey, Margot.
ISBN: 9780061451522;9780061451546
Year: 2008
Date added: 05/13/2008
Subjects: Love stories. - Fortune - Fiction. - Psychological fiction.
Call number: F LIV

The housekeeper and the professor /

The how rude! handbook of family manners for teens : avoiding strife in family life /

Author: Packer, Alex J.,
ISBN: 1575421631
Year: 2004
Date added: 02/07/2005
Subjects: Etiquette for children and teenagers.
Call number: 395.123P

I know why the caged bird sings /

Author: Angelou, Maya.
ISBN: 0375507892;0553279378;0394429869;9780345514400
Year: 1969
Date added: 12/31/1969
Subjects: Autobiography. - Entertainers - Biography. - Angelou, Maya. - Authors, American - 20th century
Call number: B ANGELOU

Just too good to be true /

Author: Harris, E. Lynn.
ISBN: 9780385492720;9780385492737
Year: 2008
Date added: 07/11/2008
Summary: Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football play
Subjects: African American college athletes - Fiction. - Family secrets - Football stories. - Mothers and sons - Fiction - Celibacy
Call number: F HAR

Little Bee /

Author: Cleave, Chris.
ISBN: 9781416589648;1416589635;9781416589631
Year: 2009
Date added: 02/13/2009
Subjects: Nigerians - England - Fiction. - Identity (Psychology) - Young women - Emigration and immigration
Call number: F CLE

The little giant of Aberdeen County : a novel /

Author: Baker, Tiffany.
ISBN: 9780446194204;0446194204
Year: 2009
Date added: 01/12/2009
Summary: "A spellbindingly woven tale about a girl who grows physically and emotionally beyond her small town's wildest expectations"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Tall women - Fiction.
Call number: F Bak

Miss Manners : a citizen's guide to civility /

Author: Martin, Judith,
ISBN: 0609801589
Year: 1999
Date added: 04/05/2002
Subjects: Etiquette.
Call number: 395M

Miss Manners' guide to excruciatingly correct behavior /

Author: Martin, Judith,
ISBN: 0393058743
Year: 2005
Date added: 05/17/2005
Subjects: Etiquette.
Call number: 395M

My father's tears and other stories /

Author: Updike, John.
ISBN: 9780307271563
Year: 2009
Date added: 05/29/2009
Subjects: United States - Social life and customs - 20th century - Fiction. - Short stories.
Call number: F UPD

The new basic black : home training for modern times /

Author: Bates, Karen Grigsby.
ISBN: 0385516266
Year: 2006
Date added: 04/07/2006
Subjects: African Americans - Conduct of life. - Etiquette - United States.
Call number: 395.089B

A new earth : awakening to your life's purpose /

Author: Tolle, Eckhart,
ISBN: 0452287588;9780452289963;0525948023
Year: 2005
Date added: 10/24/2005
Subjects: Spiritual life.
Call number: 204.4T

The no asshole rule : building a civilized workplace and surviving one that isn't /

Author: Sutton, Robert I.
ISBN: 0446526568;9780446526562
Year: 2007
Date added: 04/23/2007
Subjects: Courtesy. - Psychological abuse. - Organizational behavior. - Work environment. - Bullying in the workplace.
Call number: 650.13S

Olive Kitteridge /

Author: Strout, Elizabeth.
ISBN: 9780812971835;9781400062089
Year: 2008
Date added: 03/20/2008
Subjects: City and town life - Maine - Fiction. - Retired teachers
Call number: F STR

Out stealing horses /

Author: Petterson, Per,
ISBN: 9781555974701
Year: 2007
Date added: 09/18/2007
Subjects: Social isolation - Fiction. - Norway - Fiction
Call number: F PET

People of the book : a novel /

Author: Brooks, Geraldine.
ISBN: 9780670018215
Year: 2008
Date added: 01/04/2008
Subjects: Books - Conservation and restoration - Fiction. - Judaism - Prayers and devotions
Call number: F Bro

Pride and prejudice /

Author: Austen, Jane,
ISBN: 0486284735;0141439513;0451525884;0743487591;0679601686;0553213105;1561381713;0679405429;0701112360;9780141439518;9780143036234;0140430725;9780143036234;0143036238;9780141439518
Year: 1983
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
Subjects: Love stories. - Sisters - Fiction. - Domestic fiction. - Courtship - England - Social life and customs - 19th century - Young women - Social classes
Call number: F AUS

The remains of the day /

Author: Ishiguro, Kazuo,
ISBN: 0679731725;0394573439
Year: 1989
Date added: 12/31/1969
Subjects: Butlers - Great Britain - Fiction. - Love stories. - Country homes - Household employees - Historical fiction. - England
Call number: F ISH

Sarah's key /

Author: Rosnay, Tatiana de,
ISBN: 9780312370848;0312370849;9781250004345
Year: 2007
Date added: 03/19/2009
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - France - Anniversaries, etc. - Fiction. - Women authors - Americans - Historical fiction. - History - German occupation, 1940-1945 - Family secrets - Jews - Paris (France)
Call number: F ROS

Sea of poppies /

Author: Ghosh, Amitav.
ISBN: 9780374174224;0374174229
Year: 2008
Date added: 10/17/2008
Subjects: Travelers - Fiction. - Sailors - Social classes - India - Schooners - Social conditions - 19th century - Historical fiction. - Voyages and travels - Opium trade - History.
Call number: F Gho

Season of life : a football star, a boy, a journey to manhood /

Author: Marx, Jeffrey,
ISBN: 0743269748
Year: 2004
Date added: 09/09/2004
Subjects: Gilman School (Baltimore, Md.) - Football. - Autobiography. - Football coaches - Maryland - Baltimore - Biography. - Marx, Jeffrey, - Ehrmann, Joe.
Call number: 796.332M

The secret life of bees /

Author: Kidd, Sue Monk.
ISBN: 0670894605;0670032379;9780142001745;0142001740;9780143036401;0143036408
Year: 2002
Date added: 02/12/2002
Summary: Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fier
Subjects: African American women - Fiction. - Teenage girls - Sisters - South Carolina - Domestic fiction. - Beekeepers - Race relations
Call number: F KID

Send : the essential guide to email for office and home /

Author: Shipley, David,
ISBN: 9780307263643
Year: 2007
Date added: 04/20/2007
Subjects: Interpersonal communication. - Business communication. - Communication in management. - Electronic mail messages.
Call number: 658.0546S

Shanghai girls : a novel /

Author: See, Lisa.
ISBN: 9781400067114;9780812980530
Year: 2009
Date added: 05/27/2009
Summary: Two sisters leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles in this fresh, fascinating adventure.
Subjects: Immigrants - United States - Fiction. - Chinese - Domestic fiction. - Historical fiction. - Family secrets - Sisters
Call number: F SEE

The speed of dark /

Author: Moon, Elizabeth.
ISBN: 9780345447548;0345481399;0345447557
Year: 2003
Date added: 01/23/2003
Subjects: Autism - Patients - Fiction. - Medical novels.
Call number: F MOO

Still Alice : a novel /

Author: Genova, Lisa.
ISBN: 1439116881;9781439102817;1439102813;9781439116883
Year: 2009
Date added: 02/17/2009
Subjects: Women college teachers - Fiction. - Alzheimer's disease
Call number: F GEN

The story of Edgar Sawtelle : a novel /

Author: Wroblewski, David.
ISBN: 9780061768064;9780061374227;0061374229
Year: 2008
Date added: 06/19/2008
Summary: A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's de
Subjects: Wisconsin - Fiction. - Human-animal relationships - Speech disorders - Fratricide
Call number: F WRO

Talk to the hand : the utter bloody rudeness of the world today, or, Six good reasons to stay home and bolt the door /

Author: Truss, Lynne.
ISBN: 1592401716
Year: 2005
Date added: 12/13/2005
Subjects: English wit and humor. - Popular culture. - Courtesy. - Etiquette. - Conduct of life.
Call number: 395T

Taste : acquiring what money can't buy /

Author: Baldrige, Letitia.
ISBN: 0312351739;9780312351731
Year: 2007
Date added: 06/11/2007
Subjects: Aesthetics - United States. - Success - Conduct of life. - Etiquette
Call number: 395B

Tea time for the traditionally built /

Author: McCall Smith, Alexander,
ISBN: 9780375424496
Year: 2009
Date added: 04/16/2009
Subjects: Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character) - Fiction. - Botswana - Social life and customs - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) - Mystery fiction - Women private investigators
Call number: M MCCA

Testimony : a novel /

Author: Shreve, Anita.
ISBN: 9780316059862
Year: 2008
Date added: 10/20/2008
Summary: At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, w
Subjects: Suspense fiction - Boarding schools - Fiction. - Teenage girls - Scandals
Call number: F SHR

That old cape magic /

Author: Russo, Richard,
ISBN: 9780375414961;9781400030910
Year: 2009
Date added: 08/07/2009
Subjects: Married people - Fiction - Cape Cod (Mass.) - College teachers - Fiction. - Midlife crisis - Domestic fiction. - Reminiscing
Call number: F RUS

Three Junes /

Author: Glass, Julia,
ISBN: 0375421440;9780385721424;0385721420;0375422412
Year: 2002
Date added: 05/21/2002
Subjects: Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction. - Domestic fiction. - Scots - Psychological fiction. - Gay men - Scotland - Fathers and sons - Fiction
Call number: F GLA

To kill a mockingbird /

Author: Lee, Harper.
ISBN: 0895774356;9780061120084;006017322;0446310786;9780446310789;0397001517
Year: 1960
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Subjects: Race relations - Fiction. - Fathers and daughters - Trials (Rape) - Southern States - Adolescence - Fiction
Call number: READING LIST L

Unaccustomed earth /

Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa.
ISBN: 9780307265739;9780307278258
Year: 2008
Date added: 04/01/2008
Subjects: Bengali Americans - Fiction. - Bengali (South Asian people) - United States - Short stories.
Call number: F LAH

What would Jackie do? : an inspired guide to distinctive living /

Author: Branch, Shelly.
ISBN: 1592401902;9781592402717
Year: 2005
Date added: 01/17/2006
Subjects: Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, - Women - Life skills guides. - Conduct of life. - Home economics. - Etiquette. - Fashion. - Interpersonal Relations.
Call number: 646.7B

When the emperor was divine : a novel /

Author: Otsuka, Julie,
ISBN: 0375414290;9780385721813
Year: 2002
Date added: 10/17/2002
Subjects: War stories. - Domestic fiction. - World War, 1939-1945 - California - Fiction. - Concentration camps - Historical fiction. - Fiction - Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Japanese American families
Call number: F OTS

Why manners matter : the case for civilized behavior in a barbarous world /

Author: Holdforth, Lucinda,
ISBN: 0399155325;9780399155321
Year: 2009
Date added: 03/17/2009
Subjects: Etiquette.
Call number: 395H