Social Speeches:
  A Book of Example Speeches
  by G Williams and A Armitage

Here are 60 plus example speeches for every imaginable kind of occasion from Weddings (bride's father, groom or best man) through Christenings to Anniversaries and Votes of Thanks.

Just take the speech, personalise it and pepper it with jokes, quotations and witticisms, of which over 600 are to be found later in the book.

And there you are!

Everyone is sure to need this book at some time.

  Universal Letter Writer:
  What to Say and How to Say it
  by Andrew Elliot

"Nobody can write letters any more!"

This is often said - but it isn't true. Anyone can write a super letter. It's just a case of knowing where to begin and finding the right words.

This book covers business correspondence (an art in itself), especially publicity and sales letters, and includes presentation, layout and formalities. On the social side, special attention is paid to 'difficult' letters - letters of bad news or apologies, letters of sympathy or complaint, love letters and letters to officials. Dozens of examples are given.

It's the perfect introduction to letter writing in the English-speaking world.