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How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)

by Mortimer J. Adler Author

(From Amazon): 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.

Additional Details

Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0-671-21209-5
Print Status
In Print
Sections
25
Pages
426
Suggested Grades
7th - 12th
Publisher
Touchstone
Edition
Revised
Copyright
1972

Sections

  • 1 The Activity and Art of Reading
  • 2 Active Reading
  • 3 The Goals of Reading
  • 4 Reading as Learning
  • 5 Present and Absent Teacher
  • 6 The Levels of Reading
  • 7 The First Level of Reading
  • 8 Stages of Learning to Read
  • 9 Stages and Levels
  • 10 Higher Levels of Reading and High Education
  • 11 Reading and the Democratic Ideal of Education
  • 12 The Second Level of Reading
  • 13 Inspectional Reading 1
  • 14 Inspectional Reading 2
  • 15 On Reading Speeds
  • 16 Fixations and Regressions
  • 17 The Problem of Comprehension
  • 18 Summary of Inspectional Reading
  • 19 How to Be a Demanding Reader
  • 20 The Essence of Active Reading
  • 21 How to Make a Book Your Own
  • 22 The Three Kinds of Note-making
  • 23 Forming the Habit of Reading
  • 24 From many Rules to One Habit
  • 25

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