How Reading Changed My Life24 reviews
Anna Quindlen

Ballantine Books, 1998

"...reading while they played."

+ So true
+ Thoughtful, fun, and quick
+ Enjoyable read, great gift for booklovers
+ Quindlen Understands.
  
  











  



  
The Art of Study: The Sorbonne Method2 reviews
Edmond Bordeaux Szekely

I B S Intl, 1973

Very Powerful Tools Of Learning

+ Ingenious Knowledge

Edmond Bordeaux Szekely has written a masterpiece. The author's reason for writing this book is to present the method of study he learnt at the Sorbonne in Paris. The result is a concise book that presents a powerful method of "studying" a book and not just reading it. He presents laws of ...
  
  











  



  
The Library of Babel (Pocket Paragon)9 reviews
Jorge Luis Borges, Erik Desmazieres, ...

David R. Godine Publisher, 2000

Books Omnipotent, Illustrated and Magical

+ A Must for Borges Fans
+ Borges Magic

"The Library of Babel" is one of Borges' finest short fictions -- a meditation on the possible, the infinite, the nature of hope and the creation of meaning. The Library contains all possible books, all possible combinations of the 25 orthographic symbols in all possible languages, and therefore ...
  
  











  



  
How to Read a Book103 reviews
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren

MJF Books, 1997

Must Read!

+ How to Read a Book
+ Good, but fairly obvious.

This book has greatly helped me. I think this should be required reading in any school, be it home or public. I will certainly have my new born read it (well, once she is old enough). Now I have so many more tools available to me while reading. You will not read the same after reading this book. If ...
  
  











  



  
The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life34 reviews
Steve Leveen

Levenger Press, 2005

Delicious Insights for Book Lovers & Readers!!

+ Short but powerful
+ Read to enhance your life!
+ great book, very helpful ideas
+ Finding Time and Space to Read More Books!
  
  











  



  
How to Read and Why57 reviews
Harold Bloom

Scribner, 2001

Bloom: To Know How Is To Know Why

+ Close, but not quite right.
+ Literacy Guide

For those who purchase Harold Bloom's HOW TO READ AND WHY, they probably expect a companion piece to HOW TO READ A BOOK by Mortimer Adler. With Adler, there is truth in advertising; his focus is indeed on the how. He emphasizes the more traditional skills of main idea, inference, conclusion, and ...
  
  











  



  
How to Read and Why57 reviews
Harold Bloom

Scribner, 2001

Bloom: To Know How Is To Know Why

+ Close, but not quite right.
+ Literacy Guide

For those who purchase Harold Bloom's HOW TO READ AND WHY, they probably expect a companion piece to HOW TO READ A BOOK by Mortimer Adler. With Adler, there is truth in advertising; his focus is indeed on the how. He emphasizes the more traditional skills of main idea, inference, conclusion, and ...
  
  











  



  
The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life34 reviews
Steve Leveen

Levenger Press, 2005

Delicious Insights for Book Lovers & Readers!!

+ Short but powerful
+ Read to enhance your life!
+ great book, very helpful ideas
+ Finding Time and Space to Read More Books!
  
  











  



  
How to Read a Book103 reviews
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren

MJF Books, 1997

Must Read!

+ How to Read a Book
+ Good, but fairly obvious.

This book has greatly helped me. I think this should be required reading in any school, be it home or public. I will certainly have my new born read it (well, once she is old enough). Now I have so many more tools available to me while reading. You will not read the same after reading this book. If ...
  
  











  



  
The Art of Study: The Sorbonne Method2 reviews
Edmond Bordeaux Szekely

I B S Intl, 1973

Very Powerful Tools Of Learning

+ Ingenious Knowledge

Edmond Bordeaux Szekely has written a masterpiece. The author's reason for writing this book is to present the method of study he learnt at the Sorbonne in Paris. The result is a concise book that presents a powerful method of "studying" a book and not just reading it. He presents laws of ...
  
  











  



  
How Reading Changed My Life24 reviews
Anna Quindlen

Ballantine Books, 1998

"...reading while they played."

+ So true
+ Thoughtful, fun, and quick
+ Enjoyable read, great gift for booklovers
+ Quindlen Understands.
  
  











  



  
The Library of Babel (Pocket Paragon)9 reviews
Jorge Luis Borges, Erik Desmazieres, ...

David R. Godine Publisher, 2000

Books Omnipotent, Illustrated and Magical

+ A Must for Borges Fans
+ Borges Magic

"The Library of Babel" is one of Borges' finest short fictions -- a meditation on the possible, the infinite, the nature of hope and the creation of meaning. The Library contains all possible books, all possible combinations of the 25 orthographic symbols in all possible languages, and therefore ...