How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York A Touchstone Book 2014ISBN:

9780671212094

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DDC classification:

801.95

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	Book;Non-Fiction;Book Warehouse (LRC B)	801.95 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	TKB033425
Books	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	Book;Non-Fiction;Book Warehouse (LRC B)	801.95 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	TKB033427
Books	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	Book;Non-Fiction;Book Warehouse (LRC B)	801.95 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	3	Available	TKB033428
Books	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	MDIS Tashkent Learning Resource Center	Book;Non-Fiction;Book Warehouse (LRC B)	801.95 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	4	Available	TKB033429

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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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