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The speed reading book : read more, learn more, achieve more / Tony Buzan ; consultant editor, James Harrison, special consultant, Anne Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEssex, U.K. : Pearson Education, 2010Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 238 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781406644296 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Speed reading book : the revolutionary approach to increasing reading speed, comprehension and general knowledge
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.40019 BUZ 23 003977
LOC classification:
  • BF385 .B848 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Discover and develop your speed reading skills 1.Reading: a new revolutionary definition 2.Controlling your eye movements 3.Getting the speed reading conditions right 4.Guiding the eyes 5.Expanding your visual power pt. 2 Focus on core speed reading techniques 6.Super skimming and scanning 7.Power up your paragraphs 8.Nine ways to guided speed reading 9.Accelerating your reading rhythm pt. 3 Overcome your reading hurdles 10.Troubleshooting common reading problems 11.Improving your concentration and comprehension pt. 4 Mastermind your speed reading skills 12.The art of previewing 13.Mastermind your vocabulary 14.Speed and range reading for literature and poetry 15.Assimilating printed and online information.
Summary: "Right now vast amounts of data are being produced and transfered around the world. Each year this equates to millions of times more than the information contained in every single book ever published. To succeed in this age of information overload, we need to have skills that enable us to take in and assimilate a lot of information fast." -- Back cover.
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Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Discover and develop your speed reading skills
1.Reading: a new revolutionary definition
2.Controlling your eye movements
3.Getting the speed reading conditions right
4.Guiding the eyes
5.Expanding your visual power
pt. 2 Focus on core speed reading techniques
6.Super skimming and scanning
7.Power up your paragraphs
8.Nine ways to guided speed reading
9.Accelerating your reading rhythm
pt. 3 Overcome your reading hurdles
10.Troubleshooting common reading problems
11.Improving your concentration and comprehension
pt. 4 Mastermind your speed reading skills
12.The art of previewing
13.Mastermind your vocabulary
14.Speed and range reading for literature and poetry
15.Assimilating printed and online information.

"Right now vast amounts of data are being produced and transfered around the world. Each year this equates to millions of times more than the information contained in every single book ever published. To succeed in this age of information overload, we need to have skills that enable us to take in and assimilate a lot of information fast." -- Back cover.

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