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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play Paperback – August 27, 1996

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Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed--and greater understanding; shine in the classroom--and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more.

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While we were working on the covers of the repackaged mass market edition, I was intrigued
to see that one of the authors was an ex-New York Knick from one of the great championship
teams of my youth. I read Jerry Lucas's introduction with some curiosity and was hooked
immediately. I, too, had spent a great deal of my childhood inventing alphabetical and
numerical games. (As a result, I can still recite the phone numbers of a dozen or so elementary-school friends from thirty years ago!) I realized that I still used some of these tricks, but that there were even more ways I could use letters, numbers, and symbols to retain information. The techniques are interesting and ultimately fun. Oh, and let's not forget helpful.

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Paperback: 237 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (August 27, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345410025
ISBN-13: 978-0345410023
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
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A life-long experience in a book to enhance memory

ByMr J.Consterdineon October 30, 2014

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The book that makes you go through the experience of the author and how he learns to improve himself in the memorizing aspect is just mind blowing. Harry Lorayne has the experience of expanding his memorization potential over time and the techniques mentioned in here are also that he applied to his brain expansion. This book "The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play" is just one of the phenomenal books if you are really serious in boosting up your memory.

Then when I searched for the book that not only make me increase my memory but in reality gives the control of my mind to me, I also came to know about this excellent book Maximizing Brain Control : Unleash The Genius In You. You can increase the memorization power with different tips and tricks but taking full control so that there remains no door unlocked for your memory to be enhanced, you can always go through this book to add up to your memorizing skills.

Harry Lorayne has proven himself to be the master at increasing mind's potential. The thing is that there is no way that you would master any trick overnight but with the techniques he share with you that he have used for all his life and have benefit from them up till today. It is your time to get on with learning the techniques and get the boost in your memory while you study, play or even when you are hanging out with friends. The only thing that would make your memory perfect is how much you dedicate yourself to them.

The author has taught with his experience that how he step by step mastered the techniques and how you can become proficient at them too so that you can get the grasp on your memory. This book is worth having especially if you are tired of looking around for memory improving books. Just commit yourself to the memory techniques present in here for you and get the success graph go through the roof.

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A Great Primer On Memory

ByBradley BeversVINE VOICEon July 13, 2012

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I read Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything about a year ago and purchased this book, among many others, to start learning memory techniques. I started with this book because it seemed simpler and more accessible than the other I picked up, and I was not disappointed.

It's a great book and will introduce you to a variety of memory techniques quickly. Some of the more interesting things you will learn how to do:

* Memorize lists of ten items or less instantly, for as long as you like. Simple, easy to implement.
* Names and faces memory. Memorize a roomful of names and faces. Extremely easy to do.
* Memorize 50 digit number with the Major system. Some ideas for how this is useful - license number, credit card number, important dates, etc.
* The link system for memorizing lists of any link, frontwards and backwards.
* The loci system - very brief overview, but you can pick up enough to learn it.
* The peg system - built on the Major system, this will allow you to memorize lists frontwards, backwards, and by number. ex. Presidents in order and who the 17th President was
* Memorize a deck of cards
* Many applications, from public speaking to sports to party tricks

Not the last book on memory I will read, but a good place to start for anyone. You will learn enough very quickly, and there is much more to study and build on should you want to. Highly Recommended. Other books on memory I would recommend:

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It

Memorize the Faith! (and Most Anything Else): Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters

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A Classic On Memory

ByJoseph Oliveron October 25, 2016

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If you are interested in memory improvement, this book is foundational and possibly the only memory book you will need. Harry lays the basics for mnemonics, pegs, and other basic aspects of memorization techniques. Reread value is incredibly high, as this book is intended for memory mastery. It has a conversational aspect which makes it easy to read.

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just search for ron white on youtube.

ByH. Y. khanon June 20, 2016

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i didn't find this to be an easy read. all this material is much better explained in ron white youtube vids or udemy "superlearner". acutally just youtube search for memory related topics and you'll find a lot that you can watch at 1.5x or 2x speed and see explained with pictures which i personally find easier. good luck! this book was probably awesome pre-internets.

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This can help you remember names, topics, school work.

ByT. J. Hermanon November 13, 2016

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This is technics I have read about for years. I was hoping for newer material. It is not bad , but old.

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The Memory Book is a Classic!

ByB. Terrillon May 16, 2013

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I saw Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas on the Johnny Carson show and they memorized the entire audience's names and addresses and could name them back to Johnny given a short fragment of the name or address. I was in high school at the time and I thought this book would be handy for school. It took me a some time practicing to use all the techniques in the book, but after I understood it and used it in all my classes, I was pretty good at memorizing anything from history to fluid dynamic equations. Once I memorized a text book or some equations, I found that for quizzes, midterms and finals, all I had to do was a quick review of the silly associations to strengthen the associations and then I was good to go. The up front investment of using this memory system was well worth it, because the studying for the downstream tests was fast. My test scores were usually the highest in any class and I graduated in the top 1% of high school, college and graduate school. I would say this book's technique made it easier for me to achieve this.

Forty years later, schools still do not teach memory techniques, which amazes me. I bought this book to share with my ten year old grandson, with the logic being similar to learning a foreign language as a child: the younger you learn this technique, the easier it is for you as an adult. I totally recommend this book for not only school, but everyday life.

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Fun and effective memory systems that will dramatically improve your memory

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I think that it has no new information but it has a very good summary of all techniques in a very clear way.

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There are quite a few dated references (circa 1974), and the techniques are shown with painfully lengthy examples, but the ideas are basic enough to get the first time through,...Read more

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Reading this book has opened my mind to truly incredible feats of memory and learning! I am very happy with my purchase of this book. Highly recommend it.

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