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Reading power /

Brown, James I. 1908-2002.

Reading power / James I. Brown, Vivian Vick Fishco. - 6th ed. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2002. - xvi, 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

The check-up --
Reading power: the key to personal growth --
How should you build up your vocabulary? --
The start-up --
How do you best get the facts? --
The speed-up --
How can you speed up your reading? --
Speeding by surveying --
Speeding by skimming --
Speeding by scanning --
The work-up --
Reading for meaning --
Reading words more effectively --
Reading paragraphs more effectively --
Reading entire selections more effectively --
Literature: nothing to be afraid of --
Getting better grades --
Generating new and wider interests --
The round-up --
Reading for school and life. TOC

ISBN: 061813901X 9780618139019

LCCN: 2001131481

Subjects--Topical Terms:
College readers.
Language arts--Problems, exercises, etc.
Readers--Language arts.

LC Class. No.: PE1122 / .B698 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 418.4 / BRR 2002