UID:
kobvindex_INT0000767
Umfang:
xiii, 424 pages ;
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21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Ausgabe:
Revised and updated edition, reprint.
ISBN:
9780671212803 (hbk.)
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067121280X (hbk.)
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9781439510261 (hbk. : reprint)
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1439510261 (hbk. : reprint)
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9780671212094 (pbk.)
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0671212095 (pbk.)
Inhalt:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE:
"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."
Anmerkung:
EDITORIAL NOTE: 1st edition: ©1940.
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EDITORIAL NOTE: this revised edition originally published: 1972.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE:
Preface --
THE DIMENSIONS OF READING :
The activity and art of reading --
The levels of reading --
The first level of reading : elementary reading --
The second level of reading : inspectional reading --
How to be a demanding reader --
THE THIRD LEVEL OF READING : ANALYTICAL READING :
Pigeonholing a book --
X-raying a book --
Coming to terms with an author --
Determining an author's message --
Criticizing a book fairly --
Agreeing or disagreeing with an author --
Aids to reading --
APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF READING MATTER :
How to read practical books --
How to read imaginative literature --
Suggestions for reading stories, plays, and poems --
How to read history --
How to read science and mathematics --
How to read philosophy --
How to read social science --
THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF READING :
The fourth level of reading : syntopical reading --
Reading and the growth of the mind --
APPENDIX :
A recommended reading list --
Exercises and tests at the four levels of reading --
Index.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Handbooks and manuals
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