GENTLE READER: Using books as decoration is hardly new. But gone are the days when those books were displayed to show off the intellect and interests of their owners -- and with it, the pretense, at ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad. I keep waiting for one of the hosts to realize that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad. I keep waiting for one of the hosts to realize that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad. I keep waiting for one of the hosts to realize that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad. I keep waiting for one of the hosts to realize that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am appalled at the current practice on TV home decor shows of placing books with their titles to the wall. It is a huge fad. I keep waiting for one of the hosts to realize that ...

Led by newcomers Marni Duggan and Galaxie Clear, Molly Manners' “Extra Geography” finds humor in feminine angst and youthful ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m pleased that our daughter is teaching her children (ages 4 and 7) about thank-you notes. My question concerns the e-card version of this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The book, published by Bedford Square, is her sixth, and the third memoir from the British aristocrat who only began writing at ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My parents invited my family over for New Year’s Day to celebrate. As I like to cook, I prepared two entrees to be reheated when we got there. I put in time and effort to prepare a ...