In todays information-laden and time-constrained world we are required to digest an increasing amount of written and printed material. Most people, in their capacity as student, job seeker, employee or leisure reader, want to be able to deal with their daily reading faster and also recall it effectively. This book gives you the means to do just that by: finding the techniques for improvement that work best for you; providing methods for increasing retention and recall; promoting flexibility - the key to reading efficiently; offering techniques for developing skim-reading; and, highlighting problem areas and suggesting ways of addressing them. The book contains exercises to facilitate your development and assesses your results throughout, ensuring that you come away reading faster and recalling more.

Are you a student who wants to accelerate your learning and reading speed? Or doing your thesis and you need to read tons of previous researches from previous theses? Or are you a professional who wants to be ahead and keep ahead of the times easier by reading more? Or are you in business, leadership, sales or marketing and you value the idea of improving yourself by reading more and learning more? Or are you longing to finish all of the self-help books you want to read and finally give yourself a big help? Or are you simply a wide reader, and you want to read more books, magazines and papers with less time? Or how about this: piles and piles and piles of magazines, news papers, books, and articles in your living room that you’d like to clear up after “having the time” to read and understand all of them? If you are one of these people, then look no further. Yes, you can read 3-4 times of how fast you read right now, if you’re the average reader. How? By utilizing the revolutionary ALPHANETICS Super Rapid Reading Program. With this six-week study program, you will be guided by 5 cassette tapes, step by step together with a workbook, a score sheet, and a practice book to increase your reading speed one pace at a time. Alphanetics is a speed reading program that will enhance your reading speed, comprehension and memory retention. You also get a course on relaxation as a bonus so you can learn this “learning sequence” easily.

You're no idiot, of course. You've probably written your share of book reports, , term papers, e-mails, and thank you notes. The rules of writing can be confusing, however, and might result in final drafts riddled with gaffes, typos, and errors The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Grammar and Style, Second Edition, will take you step by step through the basics of spelling, punctuation, and sentence formation to help you become an effective communicator of the written word In this revised and updated Complete Idiot's Guide(R), you get: Explanations of writing styles including exposition, narration, argumentation, and description.Definitions of such writing mistakes as dangling modifiers, mixed metaphors, and split infinitives-and how to avoid them.Examples of model documents such as resumes, cover letters, and thank you notes.The differences between drafting a business letter and crafting a personal one.

If you already speak English, but now would like to start speaking even better, then Speak English Like an American is for you. This book and CD set is designed to help native speakers of any language speak better English. Over 300 of the most-used American English idioms and phrases are presented in engaging dialogue, with plenty of usage examples, illustrations, and lots of exercises -- with convenient answer key -- to help you learn the material. The audio CD includes all of the dialogues. Ideal for self-study. A fun and effective way to improve your conversational English! This download is complete with 25 audio Lessons in mp3 format! --- only $14.99

BUILD FACEBOOK APPS THE FUN AND EASY DUMMIES WAY The book assumes only basic HTML and scripting knowledge, and will serve as the perfect beginner-level reference to getting up and running building Facebook applications. What the book covers: Building Facebook Applications For Dummies is a beginner-level, approachable reference on building Facebook applications. It covers the essentials of getting up and running with Facebook applications built either as a first Facebook app or extend an existing application within Facebook. Discover how to: * Work with the Facebook API * Migrate existing Web applications to Facebook * Create mobile apps for Facebook * Get your app noticed by Facebook users * Use Facebooks markup and query languages.

Looking to our elders for guidance is a time honored and wise practice that unfortunately is not played out often enough. John Izzo encourages us to go back to that tradition in his book 'The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die.' Seeking the secrets to happiness, it makes sense to look to those who have lived it. John interviewed over 200 people, all over the age of 60 and some up into their hundreds, who had been identified by their own friends and family as 'the one person they knew who had found happiness and meaning.' These people were asked such questions as: 'What has brought you the greatest sense of meaning and purpose in life?' and 'What is the greatest fear at the end of life?' They were asked to finish the sentence: 'I wish I had...' These elders came from all walks of life and acted many roles; some were authors, professors, or business owners, others were a nurse, psychologist, biologist, and a barber. Amazingly, or expectedly, their answers were quite similar. Therein are the five secrets.

This is one of the all time classics from the all-time best-selling author of memory related books. Make your brain work for you. Scientists say we use only 10% of its capacity. Get the edge. Tap into your most precious resource and unleash the natural powers within you. You will never again have to be told anything twice

This book is part of the Success in 20 minutes a Day series, a proven program, now revamped, with an eye-catching, modern design and updates throughout.This invaluable skill-building guide features:a pretest, pinpointing strengths and weaknesses; hundreds of exercises in test format for essential practice, including lessons on point of view, finding the main idea, diction, and more; a posttest to reveal progress; additional resources and tips on preparing for important tests.

Confidence is crucial to a happy and fulfilling life. And yet many of us lack confidence and self-belief. As a result, we are less adventurous and less likely to get the most out of life. This book: Is a carefully structured programme to help you become more confident Gives you tools and techniques which have worked for millions of people around the world!

The Toughest Practice Questions to Test Your Lateral Thinking, Problem Solving and Reasoning Skills Advanced IQ Tests is for puzzle lovers who are looking for a challenge. This book contains 360 of the most difficult practice questions designed to measure an advanced level of numerical, verbal, and spatial ability, logical analysis, lateral thinking, and problem solving skills. Advanced IQ Tests is useful for someone facing a graduate or managerial selection test, but it is also for those who just want to pit their skills against some of the toughest questions available!

Youre no idiot, of course. Youve read a few books and can hold your own in a room full of university professors. But when it comes to problem-solving and understanding complex theories and facts, you feel like your brain is going to explode. Dont reach for the aspirin just yet! The Complete Idiots Guide to Improving Your IQ unlocks the secrets of you brain and teaches you how to whip those sparking synapses into shape.

Powerful Techniques for Turning Every Encounter into a Mutual Win. -Become a more loved and effective boss -Gain effortless cooperation of even the most difficult people -Fascinate and influence your spouse and children -Build quick rapport that creates life long relationships -Get along with all types of people from every walk of life You can go after any job and get it, you can take the job you have and improve it, you can take any situation and make it work for you!

Lynn Allens Tips and Tricks for Using AutoCAD 2009 Shes one of the best and shes done it again providing a must have tips and tricks booklet for using the 2009 version of AutoCAD. Read a page a day and youll have yourself up to speed on AutoCAD 2009 in no time!

What people say is often very different from what they think or feel. Now, one can learn to read others thoughts by their gestures. It sounds impossible but body language is easy to pick up, and can tell you if someone is lying, or how to choose a partner and make yourself likeable.

1000 Best Wine Secrets contains all the information novice wine drinkers and experienced connoisseurs alike need to feel comfortable in any restaurant, home or vineyard.

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