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How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)

By Mortimer J. Adler , Charles Van Doren

Book information

Publisher
Touchstone
Year
1972
ISBN
0671212095, 9780671212094
LCC
PN83 .A43 1972
Open Library ID
OL22126935M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4362871 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
426\440
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science. Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

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