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Power Reading : The Best, Fastest, Easiest, Most Effective Course on Speedreading and Comprehension Ever Developed! Paperback – January 1, 2001

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Power Reading is the best, fastest, easiest, most effective speedreading and comprehension course ever developed! Most people see amazing results in the first few days of the 30-day Power Reading course. Included in this unique speedreading course are the most effective techniques for comprehension improvement, study, note taking, test taking and retention in school, work or pleasure materials.

Rick Ostrov has spent years teaching, working with and researching the top speedreading programs from around the world. Throughout his more than 30 years of instructing and research, personally teaching thousands of professionals, students, educators and families, he has distilled the most effective techniques into his Power Reading course.

Power Reading is totally different than any other program because it teaches you in your own material while you actually study or read for school, work or for your own enjoyment!

The Power Reading course focuses on increasing comprehension and study and technical reading skills, as well as teaching people how to read faster. Emphasis is placed on understanding and being able to use information as well as speedreading. Included are the most up to date and effective techniques for study, note taking, test taking, presentation and retention.

Power Reading, as thousands of successful students have discovered, is the most effective speedreading and comprehension course ever developed!

"The Power Reading course is also available in a book and CD package edition (ISBN 0960170642) - please check "All Editions."

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240 pages
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The Education Press
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January 1, 2001
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6 x 0.55 x 9 inches
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9780960170616
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"I am extremely pleased with the results. I enthusiastically recommend 'POWER READING' to any teacher or student." -- Dr. Joachim Vogeler, Professor, Louisiana State University, November 6, 2000

"I really enjoyed POWER READING. It improved my comprehension and speed immensely and helped with my classes and grades." -- D. Kawasawa, Student

"This course definitely works. I have significantly increased my reading speed and comprehension. In addition, my concentration has improved." -- A. Satello, M.D.

"This increase in my comprehension is as important to me as the increase in my reading speed. Definitely recommend it." -- J. Morabe, Executive

"This is simply the best book I've ever read on speed-reading! It's really, really good." -- Klaus Dahl, Internet Product Developer, September 3, 2001

About the Author

Power Reading has been developed by Rick Ostrov, the reading instructor who has been seen by more people than any other in history. For years he has been seen on television in every major city in the United States and many foreign countries.

Rick's students read like a list of executives from Americas largest companies - IBM, AT&T, GM - and so on. In addition, he's taught scientists, doctors, lawyers, teachers, secretaries, blue collar workers and thousands of and students.

He is most famous for the documentary done on his class where he taught the entire engineering faculty - 63 Ph.D.'s-full professors - of the University of Texas in Austin. This documentary was used by the world's largest private reading improvement company of which Rick was the top instructor. This was the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics company. For years Rick was also the star in their television commercials.

Rick left them to pursue his research for more effective methods in reading practical, technical and study type materials. He felt that a heavy emphasis on skimming and scanning in relatively easy materials was conventional but not effective enough for practical, technical and study applications. After years of research and development, Rick created Power Reading: The best, fastest, easiest, most effective course on speedreading and comprehension ever developed!

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0960170618
Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Education Press; 3rd edition (January 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780960170616
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0960170616
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.55 x 9 inches

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John Noodles

Pretty Good, and No Hype

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2005

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I own a few speed reading books, and all but one of them (the snake-oily "PhotoReading") are responsible, and instruct you in pretty much the same way. Once you realize what your bad habits are as far as reading goes--re-reading, sub-vocalization, etc.--it is a pretty simple matter to rid yourself of them and notice a sudden dramatic increase in reading speed. At least I did. Getting crazy-fast, though, is another horse entirely, though.

This leads me to what I like about this book. Ostrov doesn't make wild claims about the sort of improvement you will notice, and is very straightforward about the sort of limitations the vast majority of readers will encounter. But he does present a sound system for improving speed and comprehension--and like other systems, it involves (very basically) getting an overview of the material, reading it, organizing information.

My favorite book on the subject is still probably Breakthrough Rapid Reading (Peter Kump). I like the detailed, graduated lesson plans. But there are only so many ways to skin a cat, and Ostrov's little book does it just fine.

27 people found this helpful

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Dave Clark

It really works

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2002

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It truly did work for me -- I read twice as fast as before I took the course! How? By point out bad habits I'd developed (e.g., subvocalization) and giving me exercises to correct them.
So, what about comprehension and retention? I actually think mine are better than before. Not only am I reading more and enjoying it more, I've learned to adjust my pace according to what I'm reading. Not everything should be read for speed, and formulating a plan in advance is an important part of the program. While I wouldn't read poetry this way, I have been able to increase the quantity of material I read in newspapers, technical, and business publications.
Finally, I was delighted to find the book relatively free of the nonsense I normally expect to see in self-help books.

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Same old, same old

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2004

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After reading all the reviews, I was eager to get this book. All the blurbs suggested a new approach. This is the old Evelyn Wood system of hand scanning repackaged, where you use a crutch (finger, pencil, etc) to increase your speed. The trouble is that such a method actually slows down your progress in the long run. I wish I had known this was just another hand-scanning methodology. I'd have passed on it. I liked "Triple Your Reading Speed" by Wade Cutler better.

18 people found this helpful

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Ed T.

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2016

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It's interesting ; time will tell

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M. Davis

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2017

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Ok book, but nothing new.

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This is super stuff!

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2002

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I had gone through umpteen books on speed reading before laying my hands on this one. Recently, i completed the "Norman Lewis reading and comprehension course" 'n boy...was i disappointed. I began at 250 wpm and finished at 260.
I completely lost hope that i could ever push my reading speed beyond 260 words pm. I always wondered how could people read at 800 or 1000 wpm. Was it really possible for a book or course to make a person read at this level or was it just a gimmick to sell stuff??
This book has changed my whole preception of speed reading and comprehension.
This book is basically a 4 week course. I've already completed 2 weeks and am cruising around 500 to 550 words per minute with super comprehension and guess what?? the best part is yet to come!

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Eric Macharia

Everything was as it was advertised and the book was delivered on time

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2012

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Everything was as it was advertised and the book was delivered on time. The book is great I have really enjoyed reading it and my reading skills have really improved from reading the book

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Tekalegne

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015

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Great book

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K. Khan

Helped me focus

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2018

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Good book

Jay

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2017

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This has helped my reading and improve on my speed.

Felipe Bomfim

Seminal

Reviewed in Brazil on August 17, 2017

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Fantástico, eu comprei esse livro pois estava fazendo 23 no ACT Reading (escala de 0 a 36), passei a fazer 34, mas o livro foi muito além. Mudou todos os meus hábitos e métodos de leitura. Todos devem ler esse livro.

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Quest

Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada on November 7, 2016

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I purchased this book in order to increase my reading speed ,but was disappointed that most of them are giving the example how to study instead of talking more on the speed reading.

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よく書かれている

Reviewed in Japan on January 8, 2003

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３〇日のトレーニングで本を読むスピードと理解力を向上させるという本です。所謂速読のテクニックを教えるものではなく、本の読み方を工夫して時間と内容理解の効率をあげましょうというものです。丁寧に書かれているので、英語で書かれていてちょっとなあという方にも全く問題なく読めると思います。米国のアマゾンドットコムでの評判もいいようで、この方法の実践で、どの程度効果が出るのか、楽しみです。３〇日という長いトレーニングなので、飽きて挫折をしないようにと自分を戒めているところです。

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