Author Stanley Longman has crafted eight tales about the nearly-forgotten but wildly important notion of Civility. Lower Piddlington has more than its fair share of archetypal characters: a strident Doomsayer marching the streets prophesying the End Times, a passionate couple who fights all the time, often in public, Lugubrious Louie, who walks around in a constant funk, and others. See how simple acts of kindness turned their lives around. Think about how you could do the same.