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Get (Almost) Any Book For Free: 100+ (Kosher) Sites Offering Great Literature for Download. 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library by The Telegraph - The Greatest Books. Lists of Bests. SPEED. Speed-Reading Techniques By Keith Drury, Associate Professor, I was a college student when one of our chapels featured a guest speaker who taught us how to speed-read. At the time I didn't need the skill since most collateral reading assignments in my courses were under 500 pages.

Just the same I started practicing for the fun of it—sort of like a private parlor game. Treating speed reading lightly ended when I wound up in graduate school at . Step one: Get rid of the Myths MYTH 1: is linear. MYTH 2: True reading is word-for-word. MYTH 3: is a laborious task which takes a long time. MYTH 4: All parts of a book are of equal value. MYTH 5: faster will reduce retention. So, having banished the reading myths about reading, what are the actual steps toward rapid reading? Step one: Get Ready to Read Rapid reading is serious work and you must get ready for it just like you’d prepare for racing in the 500. SECOND: Ask, what is my purpose? THIRD: Do a quick pre-read. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What Should I Read Next? Book recommendations from readers like you.

90+ Free Audiobooks About Religion. 15 Science Fiction Books You Must Read | Geek 24: Gadgets, Technology and Geek. It's been a while we have been geeking so it's no wonder then that we often get asked, which are our favorite geeky books, movies and stuff like that that we would recommend. So, that's what we will be doing off and on for the next few weeks to come. We are starting the series with the list of top 15 Science Fiction books that are our favorites and we recommend you read: 1. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy by Douglas Adams 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C.

Clarke 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Contact 12. 13. 14. 15. The list is not in any particular order, just the way they are in our bookstack, so don't kick us for that :) What do you think, is your favorite science fiction book on this list? 325 Free eBooks: Download Great Classics for Free. Download 800 free eBooks to your Kindle, iPad/iPhone, computer, smart phone or ereader. Collection includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including works by Asimov, Jane Austen, Philip K. Dick, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Neil Gaiman, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf & James Joyce.

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