In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond argues that both geography and the environment played major roles in determining the shape of the modern world. This argument runs counter to the usual theories that cite biology as the crucial factor. Diamond claims that the cultures that were first able to domesticate plants and animals were then able to develop writing skills, as well as make advances in the creation of government, technology, weaponry, and immunity to disease
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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.
Dominic O'Brien won the title of World Memory Champion two years in a row, and also holds two Guinness records for memory. How does he do it? In this book, Dominic reveals his system and explains how it can help readers to remember names, faces, telephone numbers, learn languages and pass exams.
Finding information is one thing: working out what information is required in the first place, knowing where to look for it, how to recognize it when it is discovered, how to get hold of it, and then what to do with it are equally necessary.
This book works through the skills and tools required by the researcher to achieve these ends. It deals mainly with electronic services and resources, although other formats are included.
The content is built on the following framework:
• deciding what information is required
• finding details of what is available
• obtaining the required information
• managing and using that information
The building blocks for information seeking are explained and a controlled, logical approach to information gathering is expounded.