01712cam a2200217 i 4500008004100000020002300041041000800064082002100072084000700093100002800100245006700128260005400195500002500249500002000274520101400294650001301308700003301321942001201354999001901366952010901385170207t20141940nyu           001 0 eng    a9780671212094c$18  aeng00a418.4223bADL/H  2CC1 aAdler, Mortimer Jerome,10aHow to read a book /cMortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren.  aNew York :bTouchstone / Simon & Shuster, c2014.  a"A Touchstone book."  aIncludes index.  aWith 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. 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 0aReading.1 aVan Doren, Charles,eauthor.  2ddccBK  c346451d346451  001040708ENGaLIBbLIBd2025-03-25l6m2o418.4 ADL/Hp515843q2026-07-21r2026-05-23s2026-05-23yBK