How to Read a Book Paperback / softback - 1972
by Charles Van Doren
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- Title How to Read a Book
- Author Charles Van Doren
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Revised
- Condition New
- Pages 426
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
- Date 1972-08-15
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780671212094_inp
- ISBN 9780671212094 / 0671212095
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.18 x 6.73 x 1.08 in (20.78 x 17.09 x 2.74 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Home School
- Library of Congress subjects Reading, Lecture
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 72081451
- Dewey Decimal Code 418.4
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Summary
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.
