How To Read Better & Faster by Norman lewis

Reading is a vital skill considered mandatory for improving knowledge and enhancing wisdom. However, like other skills, the skill of reading can also be improved and honed to maximize the benefits. The book, ‘How to Read Better and Faster’ provides its readers various techniques on how to improve reading and also discusses different aspects in detail. This book received positive responses from various institutes across the world. It has been recommended by several top universities, the Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force. Authored by Norman Lewis the book has been published by Goyal publications in India. The focus of this book is on the essential features of reading that includes effects of retention, basics of reading speed, concentration skills, enhancing word vocabulary, improving efficiency and time management. The author tries to answer pressing questions like how to get more out of books, magazines and newspapers; how to retain more of what we read, how to glance at a page and absorb the main ideas, how to complete a light novel in a single sitting and improve the reading speed by manifolds, how to build reading vocabulary and increase the powers of concentration. The book has been divided into fourteen chapters which focus on every single aspect and provide various ways through which we can improve our reading skills. It stresses on the fact that rapid reading does not mean simply skimming through pages. Effective reading deals with interpreting words without wasting much time and making connections as quickly as possible. About the author Norman Lewis was an English writer, a grammarian and teacher who had vast experience when it comes to teaching English. He started publishing his articles from the age of eleven and moved on to complete his Master’s Degree in English from Columbia University. He taught English at the City College of New York, New York University and Rio Hondo College in California over a span of more than three decades. He was also the