How to Read a Book (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of How to Read a Book Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of How to Read a Book Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Mortimer J. Adler:
• 2 : Charles Lincoln Van Doren:

Shelfari edited the contributors of How to Read a Book Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Charles Lincoln Van Doren: (Primary AuthorNone)

Shelfari edited the contributors of How to Read a Book Friday, July 17 2009.

• Added a contributor: Mortimer J. Adler: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Charles Lincoln Van Doren: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of How to Read a Book Friday, July 17 2009.

• This is a book for readers and for those who wish to become readers.