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Power Reading
by Phyllis Mindell
from Not Avail
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Power to the Readers! 
Within the first half-hour of opening Power Reading, I found ways to save time on the endless documents I have to read each day as part of my job. Thank you, Phyllis Mindel. Time translates to money and your book is worth its price ten times over. I had thought I was an efficient reader prior to picking up this user-friendly book, well-organized book, but I found dozens of ways to increase my productivity with Power Reading.
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Excellent techniques but overpriced book. 
Although I fully subscribe and practice the techniques expounded in Ms. Mindell's work and painfully learned over 20 years, I found the book highly overpriced for its content. Many magazine and newspaper articles are printed on page after page, pushing the book over 200 pages. This is pricey stuff ... This is not a "speed reading" technique rather an effective reading management system (prioritizing, and then information gleaning techniques). The book is 1/5 the price of many "speed reading" courses or... more info
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Outstanding program for literate professionals
As an adult and former teacher who reads widely and takes courses,I require an intelligent approach to efficient reading:I`ve got to get through huge amounts of books,articles,journals,and email with good comprehension.Power Reading overcomes the shortcomings of every reading system I`ve ever seen.The unusual "structural" approach holds the key to speeding through any kind of material and understanding just what you need.The excellent chapter on "Reading in the Twenty-first Century" gives really practical... more info
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Overpriced, overcomplicates reading 
The basic concepts in this book are good: preread, understand the author's thesis, then read more detail as it suits your purpose. But this overpriced book (a thin hardback that is priced like a college textbook) goes into a little too much detail with many examples from magazines and journals for practice. That is really my only real complaint, that she tries to give too many examples of every possible way to, for example, find the topic sentence. I think you can learn some excellent strategies to improve... more info
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