When i bought this book i had my reserves. I thought it might turn out to be the sort of book that puts common sense into words and disguises those as profound nuggets of wisdom. How wrong I was. Adler is an incredibly lucid voice in a world of faux-inspirational reads and pseudo-psychological literature. This book really helped me understand the different ways in which a book can be read, and which one will best suit my purpose and need. He covers how to read scientific books, poems, plays, works of old literature, classics, non-fiction, history and biography (among others). Adler also shows how there are 4 main ways to read/analyse a book, and how we are usually only taught the first two. The book is clearly structured, concisely written and brilliantly explained. I have no regrets.

This is a practical "how to" book, containing principles and rules about the art of reading well.
The aim of this book is to teach the reader how to read a book with increased proficiency, for the purpose of gaining greater understanding.
There are perhaps 4 basic assumptions underlying the purpose of this book:
1. That good books have the potential to increase our understanding greatly.
2. That there are specific skills required to extract greater understanding from good books.
3. That most people don't fully possess these skills.
4. That these skills can be learnt.
The book identifies 4 "levels" of reading skill, instructs the reader how to acquire and use these skills, and demonstrates how to apply them to different types of books.

The books are in good condition. The cheaper price may be due to the fact it has some printing defects; tilted printing, maladjusted cutting etc.

This book has tilting printing, inaccurate cutting but it is still readable and in great condition.

An OUTSTANDING educational easy read that will change the quality/content of the books you choose to read. Also how to get the most out of the material in a time effecient manor. If your a Born Again believer in Jesus Christ this will tremendously help with your Bible study and determining what theology books will most likely benefit you or be a waste of your time before investing the time in actually reading them.