Author Description

<p>The phenomenon returns! Originally published in 1987, <i>The Book of Questions</i>, a <i>New York Times</i> 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.</p><p><br>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.</p><p><br>The revised edition includes more than 100 all-new questions that delve into such topics as the disappearing border between man and machine—<i>How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer?</i> The challenges of being a parent—<i>Would you completely rewrite your child’s college-application essays if it would help him get into a better school?</i> The never-endingly interesting topic of sex—<i>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?</i> And of course the meaning of it all—<i>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?</i></p><p><i><br></i></p><p><i>The Book of Questions</i> may be the only publication that challenges—and even changes—the way you view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own.</p>