Ageless Memory: Simple Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young-Foolproof Methods for People Over 50 [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Harry Lorayne (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2007

Harry Lorayne has been honing and teaching his memory systems for more than 40 years. Ageless Memory is the culmination of his life s work, specially geared to our needs as we age. Completely practical and easy to use, Lorayne s methods can be put into practice immediately for a better memory the very same day you start to listen!

With this one audiobook, you will learn to remember anything you see, read, or hear the very first time you see, read, or hear it and retain it for as long as you like. You ll be able to recall names and faces, even years later; never miss an appointment or misplace keys, glasses, or valuables; give speeches without notes; learn english and foreign words and phrases easily; excel at card and other games; memorize long lists of items, huge numbers, quotations, Bible verses, all kinds of facts and figures; and (most important) regain the confidence that comes with having a sharp, active mind.

Ageless Memory includes special Mind-Power exercises in each chapter to help keep your mind in tip-top condition, sharpen your creativity, and improve your concentration. And they re fun! Lorayne s down-to-earth style and encouraging step-by-step instructions put super-power memory in reach of everyone enabling you to learn new languages, go back to school, and beat out the younger competition at work.

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Harry Lorayne has been honing and teaching his memory systems for more than 40 years. Ageless Memory is the culmination of his life's work, specially geared to our needs as we age, and encompassing all of the many ways we can use a better memory every day.

Completely practical and easy to use, Lorayne's methods can be put into practice immediately—for a better memory the very same day you open the book and start to read! It's no longer necessary to accept poor or waning memory or "senior moments" as inevitable results of growing older—Harry Lorayne proves it.

With this one book, you will learn to remember anything you see, read, or hear—the very first time you see, read, or hear it—and retain it for as long as you like. You'll be able to recall names and faces, seen years later; never miss an appointment or misplace keys, glasses, or valuables; give speeches without notes; learn English and foreign words and phrases easily; excel at card and other games; memorize long lists of items, huge numbers, quotations, Bible verses, all kinds of facts and figures; and (most important) regain the confidence that comes with having a sharp, creative mind.

Diet and exercise are great—but what good is a great body if you don't have the mental capabilities to go along with it? Ageless Memory includes special "Mind-Power" exercises in each chapter to help keep your mind in tiptop condition, sharpen your creativity, and improve your concentration. And they're fun!

Lorayne's down-to-earth writing style and encouraging step-by-step instructions put superpower memory in reach of everyone. As he puts it, "My memory-training technique is the only art or skill I know of that you can start applying now, immediately. Applying it is your practice, and before you know it, applying my systems, tricks, and strategies will be automatic."

Harry Lorayne has taught his systems to everyone from corporate CEOs and celebrities to stroke patients and school children. His foolproof techniques will help keep your mind sharp for as long as you live—enabling you to learn new languages, go back to school, and beat out the younger competition at work. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Harry Lorayne is the world s foremost memory-training specialist and the author of The Memory Book, a New York Times bestseller for 46 weeks. His other books include Super Memory, Super Student; How to Develop a Super-Power Memory, Remembering People; Memory Makes Money; and Harry Lorayne s Page-a-Minute Memory Book. He has appeared on national television numerous times, including many appearances on The Tonight Show. He lives in New York City and Westhampton Beach, New York.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Random House Audio (December 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739328913
• ISBN-13: 978-0739328910
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 5.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,741,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Harry Lorayne is the world's foremost memory-training specialist and the author of The Memory Book, a New York Times bestseller for 46 weeks. His other books include Super Memory, Super Student; Remembering People, Memory Makes Money, and Harry Lorayne's Page-a-Minute Memory Book. He has appeared on national television many times, including 40 appearances on The Tonight Show, and has made hundreds of personal appearances, teaching seminars at major corporations, schools, and other organizations. His instructional 'Memory Power Package' of DVDs has sold thousands of copies on TV and the Internet. He lives in New York City.

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harry Lorayne's newest book, "Ageless Memory", March 14, 2008

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G. Cary "Lloyd W. Cary" (Holgate, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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I became a Harry Lorayne fan ever since he published his first book, "How To Develop A Super Power Memory." His easy-to-learn memory systems became indispensable at the work place. Teaching Mr. Lorayne's systems are one of the greatest lifelong GIFTS you can give your children. (I taught it to my sons and they almost felt as though they were "cheating" in tests, since they could "see" the answer right there in their minds.)

I have, as I recall, gotten every memory book Mr. Lorayne has written since 1957, but "Ageless Memory" is, without doubt, his best. It may well prove to be his "legacy."

"Ageless Memory" is well-written in non-technical, numerous, encouraging style. He doesn't waste your time with a lot of techo-talk or theories. He just teaches you shows how your memory naturally works and HOW to develop a "push-button" memory from the git-go. His book is results-oriented. I consider it to be his BEST book on memory because it covers SO MANY AREAS by showing you step-by-step how to apply his systems to YOUR own personal memory problem.

He covers, e.g., however to remember names, faces, numbers, dates, shopping lists, appointments, spelling, trivia, vocabulary, foreign vocabulary, stocks, history, playing cards, Morse code, speeches, remembering what you read, computer shortcuts, medications, how to cure absent-mindedness, even remembering Bible verses! He even teaches you how to easily perform a 400-digit memory feat. At the end of each chapter is a special "Mind Power" exercise that is equivalent to doing "mental pushups."

I would heartily recommend Mr. Lorayne's latest book, "Ageless Memory" to ANYONE who wants to improve his or her memory. All you have to lose, when all is said and done, is your forgetful memory.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worked Well, too many stories, February 6, 2009

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I would recommend this book. It helped me and I am well over 50. However, I agree with other reviewers. The author should have left out a few stories.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Memory exercises, May 25, 2008

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Harry Goldstein (Israel) - See all my reviews
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I had read a Harry Lorayne book as a teenager many many years ago and found the techniques useful then.

This book allowed me to revisit his lessons as an elder retired physician and is helping me to cope with the usual senior moments that we all encounter.

Highly recommended.