The Book of Nice: A Nice Book About Nice Things for Nice People

Nice is the secret ingredient to a better life. It makes us happy. It may even be what makes us civilizedwhen we say thank you, shake hands, send flowers, were doing the nice things that bring people together.?A compulsive and chunky book for lovers of trivia, popular history, customs, and cultureand a perfect gift to say youre niceThe Book of Nice is an entertaining, quirky compendium of those signs, traditions, and expressions that we so often take for granted, yet turn out to be quite fascinating. Its about why we cover a yawn (originally to prevent evil spirits from entering our bodies, now to hide the impression that somethings boring us). About holiday traditionsits thanks to Guy Lombardos December 31 broadcast in 1929 that we now sing Auld Lang Syne on New Years Eve. About customary offeringsthe wedding cake evolved out of the Roman use of wheat as a symbol of fertility (and its much tastier than bits of grain). And about those simple yet essential nicetieshow Thomas Edison championed an obscure term, hello (if Alexander Graham Bell had gotten his way, wed all be saying ahoy). Why not put a little nice in your day? See more