How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
Language: English
Published by MJF Books September 1992, 1992
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.Burke's Book Store
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Condition: Used - Very good
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- Title
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
- Author
- Mortimer Jerome Adler
- Publisher
- MJF Books September 1992
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1567310109
- ISBN 13
- 9781567310108
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Printing
- Reprint
- Seller catalogs
- 13-BOOKS ON BOOKS
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. Readers will learn when and how to “judge a book by its cover,” and also how to X-ray it, read critically, and extract the author’s message from the text.
Also included is instruction in the different techniques that work best for reading particular genres, such as practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science works.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests you can use measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension, and speed.
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Review
"It shows concretely how the serious work of proper reading may be accomplished and how much it may yield in the way of instruction and delight." (The New Yorker)
"'There is the book; and here is your mind.' Adler and Van Doren's suggestions on how to connect the two will make you nostalgic for a slower, more earnest, less trivial time." (Anne Fadiman)
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Burke's Book Store
Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
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Burke's Book Store has been in business since 1875. We buy, sell, and trade new, used and rare books. We specialize in Southern History and Literature.
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