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The Book of Questions: Revised and Updated
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The phenomenon returns! Originally published in 1987, The Book of Questions, a New York Times bestseller, has been completely revised and updated to incorporate the myriad cultural shifts and hot-button issues of the past twenty-five years, making it current and even more appealing.
This is a book for personal growth, a tool for deepening relationships, a lively conversation starter for the family dinner table, a fun way to pass the time in the car. It poses over 300 questions that invite people to explore the most fascinating of subjects: themselves and how they really feel about the world.
The revised edition includes more than 100 all-new questions that delve into such topics as the disappearing border between man and machine—How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer? The challenges of being a parent—Would you completely rewrite your child’s college-application essays if it would help him get into a better school? The never-endingly interesting topic of sex—Would you be willing to give up sex for a year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you now have? And of course the meaning of it all—If you were handed an envelope with the date of your death inside, and you knew you could do nothing to alter your fate, would you look?
The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges—and even changes—the way you view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own.
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Good for teaching free conversation classes. Some of the vocabulary is a bit complex for non-native speakers, but the issues are issues we all deal with all of the time.
I like the premise of this book, there are some great questions in there, they really make you think.
Good set of questions to use as discussion starters at dinner and/or parties. Sample question: "If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about any one thing about yourself, life, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know, and why?"
I really liked this book. I didn't expect to find as many questions that I didn't know the answer to as I did. They were all 'what if's or 'what would you do's and I thought I knew myself quite well but was both pleased and surprised to find that many of the questions posed required some thought.
A small volume from the late 80s consisting entirely of questions designed to provoke thought, discussion, or self-examination. Most of them are based on hypothetical scenarios. Some semi-random examples: "If you could use a voodoo doll to hurt anyone you chose, would you?", "Would you be willing to have horrible nightmares every night for a year if you would be rewarded with extraordinary wealth?", "What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?" There's lots of moral dilemmas and artificial choices, and questions about what you would trade for wealth or money or love or fulfillment.I bought this at a library sale something like twenty years ago, and it sat on my shelves all that time until I finally decided to pick it up and read through it. Alas, I think that long, long delay was unfortunate, because this sort of exercise is surely much more interesting, enlightening, and useful when you're college-age and still figuring out who you are and what you value. Coming to it in my 40s, though... Well, for most of the questions either I already had an answer I'd worked out years ago, or the questions just seemed kind of stupid.
Very good 291 questions!!! A lot of them keep you thinking and observing your first answers
I have had this book since the early 1990s and has provided the basis for many conversations! If you find a copy of this book at a used bookshop, I would suggest picking it up and taking it home.
This book does not hide what it is, the title says it all. A great book to get ideas for provocative questions to spring on unsuspecting souls when the conversation dulls.
This book is just fun to have around if you are going to have a couples' gathering where you need some games or entertainment. I highly recommend pulling some questions from this book to ask a potential mate too. I used it to get to know my current boyfriend better since we met online. It contains many thought provoking questions that are intended to get the conversation going in a new direction. I really enjoy it, and still find myself using it from time to time.
Some of the questions are a great way to get insight into family and friends. Others just make me go "WTF-I am never going to have to make that decision." We skip those.