How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Adler, Mortimer J.
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Adler, Mortimer J.

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

With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most...
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Author: Mortimer J. Adler
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Language: English
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Adler, Mortimer J.

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

CHF 43.17
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Adler, Mortimer J.

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

CHF 43.17
Author: Mortimer J. Adler
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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.

A CNN Book of the Week: "Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done." -Farheed Zakaria

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.

Author: Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 09/30/2014
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781476790152

About the Author
Dr. Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, and authored more than fifty books. He died in 2001.

Dr. Charles Van Doren earned advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics from Columbia University, where he later taught English and was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research. He also worked for Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago.
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