Dear Playboy Advisor: Questions from Men and Women to the Advice Column of Playboy Magazine [Paperback]

Chip Rowe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2006

The Playboy Advisor is one of the most popular advice columns in the world, with more than ten million readers in fourteen countries. It is one of the best-known and most-read features of Playboy magazine. Over the past forty-five years, the magazine's staff has responded to hundreds of thousands of questions from men and women about sex, dating and relationships, as well as on etiquette, grooming, spirits, and other elements of the good life. This essential volume includes responses to nearly eight hundred of the most entertaining and provocative questions, and its forty-four subject categories include:

Affairs

College Life

Contraception

Desire

Etiquette

The Female Body

Gaming

Getting Hitched

In the Bedroom

Kink

The Married Life

Masturbation

Online

Oral

Orgasm

Penis

Porn

Positions

Relationships

Sex Toys

The Single Life

Swingers

Threesomes

Tips and Tricks

and many more

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Humorous bedtime reading for both of you to share."
—Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, Oxygen Network

"If it weren't for the Advisor, whom would we ask the hard, embarrassing questions? Our parents? Our spouse? Dr. Laura? Dr. Phil? Even if you've lived a long, varied and strange life, you'll find questions and answers that surprise you."
—Myles Knapp, Contra Costa Times

"One of the three sexiest books of 2006." —New York Daily News

"Chip Rowe makes lively what could be dull as dishwater, primarily because he's funny. Sometimes the subject matter is R-rated, but always treated with maturity. Well, mostly."
—Rod Lott, Oklahoma Gazette

"A collection of zesty give-and-take from the column's past 10 years."
—Atlantic Monthly

"A great read, not just because of the curiouser-and-curiouser sex questions, but because Rowe’s advice is uniformly sensible, moral and admirable."
—Ybooks.com

"What questions! And all totally uncensored. The responses are not only informative, to the point and cool, they often have a wry sense of humor."
—Valerie Gibson, Toronto Sun

From the Back Cover

The Advisor, one of the best-known and most popular features of Playboy magazine, is also one of the most widely read advice columns in the world, with more than 10 million readers in 14 countries. Over the past 45 years, the magazine's staff has responded to hundreds of thousands of letters from men and women about sex, dating, and relationships, as well as those on etiquette, grooming, spirits and other elements of the good life. This essential volume includes nearly 800 of the most entertaining and provocative queries of the past decade. In chapters ranging from "Affairs: Is It Cheating? Ask Your Spouse" to "Online: Brave Nude World" to "Threesomes: When Four is a Crowd," the Advisor provides witty, well-researched responses to questions that often can't be asked, and wouldn't be answered, anywhere else.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Playboy Press (September 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586421182
• ISBN-13: 978-1586421182
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #791,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars She loved it, December 29, 2011

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This review is from: Dear Playboy Advisor: Questions from Men and Women to the Advice Column of Playboy Magazine (Paperback)

I bought this for my wife for Xmas. She reads this thing all the time. I guess it's pretty racey so if that's your thing, then you'll like this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Always worthwhile, November 1, 2011

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This review is from: Dear Playboy Advisor: Questions from Men and Women to the Advice Column of Playboy Magazine (Paperback)

I've been a Playboy subscriber for approximately 34 years, so I've read monthly the column that is digested into this book. While some of the questions and answers have always included a few of the salacious variety, many involve other issues ranging from the serious to just "useful and nice to know".

Much of this information is just good advice that people need about living and lifestyle. From personal hygiene, how to choose and use clothing accessories, selecting wine and liquors, tips on electronic equipment, how to decide if an ex is requesting friendly help or using you, tips for formal wear, tipping, travel, general etiquette ... you name it and the Playboy Advisor has done a good job of explaining it over the many long years.

You'll find a great volume of that advice collected here, and answers that are useful for both sexes (every month the advisor fields questions from ladies as well as gentlemen). I've always found the advice to be sensible and generally helpful if not always perfect. Very rarely has "the Advisor" had to reverse himself on advice, but I've always know the writers who fill that role to be ready to do so. Presumably the Q&A here stood the test of time before being selected for this publication.

At the price for which you can get used copies of this book, its a steal.