| Open Questions: Readings for Critical Thinking and Writing | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chris Anderson, Lex Runciman
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 7271
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 752
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312416350
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.0427
EAN: 9780312416355
ASIN: 0312416350
Publication Date: February 11, 2005
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Interesting and captivating January 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Open Questions certainly does ask the reader quite a bit. Upon every passage, there are a list of questions at the end. However, that is not the gem of this book. Rather, the collection of stories that it is composed of is what makes this book one of the better collections of essays and writings I have ever read. From subjects ranging from SUVs, to donor eggs, many of these questions will allow yourself to question your own decisions. More importantly, they will allow you an insight into various areas that previously never have attracted interest to you. Many of the pieces are interesting and fun to read. Because the subjects are all so distant from one another, one will rarely feel that they are being forced down into one subject.
This is not the books fault, however, some of the essays/stories found may find themselves dramatically much too long. Some of the essays go up to 30 odd pages, which, at times, if you are stuck with a subject you may not like, find it unbearable. However, you are always free to change essays, as there is quite a plentiful amount to offer.
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