Search query: art of the host

Product: The Art of the Sponge: A Handbook for Hosts and Houseguests
Description: With some careful planning and adherence to a few noteworthy rules, your travel bug and vacation plans can be satisfied with nary a dollar spent on lodging. Judicious exploitation of your friends’ and acquaintances’ first, second, even third homes will ensure you a warm welcome anytime!

This tongue-in-cheek guide lays out the proper etiquette for sponging, the ancient art of getting the most out of being a guest—staying for free with almost all food and drink included. From announcing your visit in a manner that discourages the host from saying no to how to include your children and dog, these tips will equip you to enjoy fully your stay in that expensive locale or desirable vacation spot. Wary hosts will benefit as well from pointers on evading objectionable prospective guests and suggestions for what to say when it’s high time for them to head home.

Written by a connoisseur of entertaining, this irreverent offering embodies the art of the diplomatic drop-in. Whether you wish to travel internationally, take a six-week ski trip, or simply use someone else’s fine china for a change, these simple rules will turn you into a master moocher.
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Product: Talk Show Magic: How to Be an Irrestible Talk Show Host, Gain Massive Exposure, and Interview celebrities You've Always Dreamed Of!
Description: Inside this book you'll find tips, strategies and formulas that will give you that secret sauce that will display the magicyou have within and bring it out in an authentic, trusting way.
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Product: The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life
Brand: Simon & Schuster
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Product: The Art of Coming Home
Brand: Nicholas Brealey
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Product: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Brand: Riverhead Books
Color: White
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Product: Vampira and Her Daughters: Women Horror Movie Hosts from the 1950s into the Internet Era
Brand: McFarland
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Product: Platters and Boards: Beautiful, Casual Spreads for Every Occasion (Appetizer Cookbooks, Dinner Party Planning Books, Food Presentation Books)
Brand: Chronicle Books
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Product: Super Host
Description: “Get ready to smile….[A] sweet story and the perfect antidote to the chaos that’s been 2021.” –the Skimm
A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart.
Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated artist who was once a rising star. Now, at age fifty-five, his wife has left him, he hasn't sold a painting in two years, and his gallery wants to stop selling his work, claiming they'll have more value retrospectively...when he's dead. So, left with a large West London home and no income, he's forced to move into his artist's studio in the back garden and list his house on the popular vacation rental site, AirBed.
A stranger now in his own home, with his daughter, Mia, off at art school, and any new relationships fizzling out at best, Bennett struggles to find purpose in his day-to-day. That all changes when three different guests--lonely American Alicia; tortured artist Emma; and cautiously optimistic divorcée Kirstie--unwittingly unlock the pieces of himself that have been lost to him for too long.
Warm, witty, and utterly humane, Super Host offers a captivating portrait of middle age, relationships, and what it truly means to take a new chance at life.
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Product: A Great Party: Designing the Perfect Celebration
Brand: Rizzoli
Color: Multicolor
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Product: The Art of Entertaining Relais & Châteaux: Menus, Flowers, Table Settings, and More for Memorable Celebrations
Brand: Rizzoli
Color: Multicolor
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Product: Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars
Brand: McFarland & Company
Used Book in Good Condition
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Product: The Art of the Visit: Being the Perfect Host/Becoming the Perfect Guest
Brand: Running Press Adult
Used Book in Good Condition
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Product: Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
Brand: Princeton University Press
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Product: Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over
Brand: Clarkson Potter
Color: White
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Product: My Beverly Hills Kitchen: Classic Southern Cooking with a French Twist: A Cookbook
Brand: Knopf
Color: Multicolor
Used Book in Good Condition
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Product: The Art of the Host: Recipes And Rules For Flawless Entertaining
Brand: Rizzoli
Color: Multicolor
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