Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Catagory (Shelf Label)
Bibliographies & Encyclopedias
Description
Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.
Library's review
With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and
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.
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and
Show More
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.
Show Less
Similar in this library
Publication
Touchstone (1972), Edition: Revised, 426 pages
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
426 p.; 5.31 inches