Book
How to read a book
Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476790152
- ISBN: 1476790159
- ISBN: 9780671212094
- ISBN: 0671212095
- Physical Description: xiii, 424 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Touchstone hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
- Copyright: �1940
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Touchstone book." Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-353) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one. 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 -- Part two. 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 -- Part three. 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 -- Part four. The ultimate goals of reading. The fourth level of reading: syntopical reading -- Reading and the growth of the mind. |
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| Subject: | Reading. Reading. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| APLS | 418.4 ADL | 31291002932620 | Stacks | Available | - |
