With 300 fascinating and conversation building questions, plus blank cards on which to write your own questions, this game is for everyone. The only knowledge needed to successfully contribute to The Art of Conversation is your own life experiences, interests and ideas. When time is short, a proper conversation is often the first commodity to be cut from our to-do lists. Yet it is necessary to understand each other and build our relationships. As well as helping people learn how to talk, The Art of Conversation places equal emphasis on learning how to listen. 106 cards and instruction booklet. First published 1995

Louise Howland, a former psychiatric nurse, and Keith Lamb, developed the embroidery business Rajmahal, which now has 500 outlets in Australia and many others in North America, Europe, New Zealand and Africa. Last year, with the success of Rajmahal as a foundation, the two developed the game of TAOC.