Book Lover's Guide to Great Reading

Book Lover's Guide to Great Reading
Author: Terry W. Glaspey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Best books
ISBN: 9780830823291

If you love books, you'll love this book. Follow Terry Glaspey on a tour of the great literary works of the ages. You'll be reminded of favorite classics and exposed to new treasures.

Walking with the Giants

Walking with the Giants
Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1976
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780801095788

The Great Mental Models, Volume 1

The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
Author: Shane Parrish
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0593719972

Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading
Author: Abby Marks Beale
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781592577781

Presents strategies and techniques designed to increase reading speed, and improve comprehension and retention of a variety of reading materials.

How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book
Author: Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1476790159

Investigates the art of reading by examining each aspect of reading, problems encountered, and tells how to combat them.

Lit!

Lit!
Author: Tony Reinke
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011-09-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433522292

I love to read. I hate to read. I don't have time to read. I only read Christian books. I'm not good at reading. There's too much to read. Chances are, you've thought or said one of these exact phrases before because reading is important and in many ways unavoidable. Learn how to better read, what to read, when to read, and why you should read with this helpful guide from accomplished reader Tony Reinke. Offered here is a theology for reading and practical suggestions for reading widely, reading well, and for making it all worthwhile.

How to Read People Like a Book

How to Read People Like a Book
Author: James W Williams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre:
ISBN:

Do you want to learn how to read people? Do you want to walk into a room and instantly have a good idea of what the people around you are really thinking? James has always been captivated with body language and how it affected communication. Shows like "CSI" or "The Mentalist" or "Lie to Me" have always fascinated him because these shows talk about body language, how people communicate verbally, and how knowledge of these things can lead to having a slight edge in life. You will understand how unconscious decisions of people turn into conscious predictions and conclusions by people who know exactly what to look for. It's easier than you think, and it is definitely fascinating. In How to Read People Like a Book we will go deep into exploring body language not just to understand people - but to also connect with them. After all, why do we find the need to interpret and understand what people say and do? Because we want to connect with them, create relationships, and be part of a community. How to Read People Like a Book will teach you to better understand people through verbal and non-verbal reading skills, thereby allowing you to better function as a part of a growing community. Here are some of the things you will discover: How exactly will reading body language help you, and how accurate is it really - The myths and facts so you'll know exactly what to look for going in. The different personality types and how they affect behavior - Not everyone has the same mannerisms, gestures, and characteristics when outside. You will become aware of the existence of these different personality types in order to adjust to their various temperaments. The differences between an extrovert and an introvert - The basic personality characterizations that you need to know about and will predict how you can best communicate with these people. The different communication styles and what should you be using in different settings - Remember, you always want to create just the right amount of impression when meeting someone, whether new or old. The secret factors that motivates people into doing things - This small, unseen and unfelt motivation is the primary moving factor for people's behaviors. If you can decipher that, then you can figure out the messages their behaviors are trying to tell you. Verbal communication and how to dig deeper or read between the lines. The art of thin-slicing - Allowing you to make accurate judgments based only on thin slices of a pie. Exploring YOUR personality and how YOU, uniquely, can make connections with people and forge relationships without veering away from who you really are. And much more... Being connected with people and forging strong friendships is one of the hallmarks of a successful life. This book will show you how to be able to grab life by the horns and achieve your full potential when it comes to people - forging friendships and social ties that will last for a life-time! So if you're ready, click "Buy now" and learn how YOU can read people like a book too!

Reading the Right Books

Reading the Right Books
Author: Lee Edwards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2009
Genre: Best books
ISBN: 9780891951339

The things I want to know are in books, Abraham Lincoln wrote, and so he read. Good books are rightly addictive, enticing the dedicated reader to open more books, and gain more knowledge, and come closer to wisdom. The more one reads, John Adams observed, the more one sees we have to read.Books contain the ideas, make the arguments, and preserve the history necessary for the maintenance and perpetuation of liberty.Reading the Right Books is a practical list of thoughtful and accessible books-not the classics but solidly good books-recommended to provide a general framework around which the reader can build a firmer structure of political knowledge.Edited and annotated by Lee Edwards, the Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at The Heritage Foundation, Reading the Right Books is a guide for intelligent, conservative-minded readers who want to prepare themselves for a public life of thought and action, and to seek to know more about politics, public policy and modern conservative thought, as well as literature, economics, religion, history, and statesmanship.

Elegant Complexity

Elegant Complexity
Author: Greg Carlisle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN: 9780976146537

"Elegant Complexity is the first critical work to provide detailed and thorough commentary on each of the 192 sections of David Foster Wallace's masterful Infinite Jest. No other commentary on Infinite Jest recognizes that Wallace clearly divided the book into 28 chapters that are thematically unified. A chronology at the end of the study reorders each section of the novel into a sequential timeline that orients the reader and that could be used to support a chronological reading of the novel. Other helpful reference materials include a thematic outline, more chronologies, a map of one the novel's settings, lists of characters grouped by association, and an indexed list of references. Elegant Complexity orients the reader at the beginning of each section and keeps commentary separate for those readers who only want orientation. The researcher looking for specific characters or themes is provided a key at the beginning of each commentary. Carlisle explains the novel's complex plot threads (and discrepancies) with expert insight and clear commentary. The book is 99% spoiler-free for first-time readers of Infinite Jest."--Publisher's website.