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  2. Complete Idiot's Guides - Wikipedia

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    Complete Idiot's Guides. The Complete Idiot's Guides (" The Idiot's Guide to ..." series) is a product line of how-to and other reference books published by Dorling Kindersley (DK). The books in this series provide a basic understanding of a complex and popular topics. The term "idiot" is used as hyperbole, to reassure readers that the guides ...

  3. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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    One such strategy for improving reading comprehension is the technique called SQ3R introduced by Francis Pleasant Robinson in his 1946 book Effective Study. [ 28 ] Between 1969 and 2000, a number of "strategies" were devised for teaching students to employ self-guided methods for improving reading comprehension.

  4. The Big Short - Wikipedia

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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis about the build-up of the United States housing bubble during the 2000s. It was released on March 15, 2010, by W. W. Norton & Company. It spent 28 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list, and was the basis for the 2015 film of the same name.

  5. Readability - Wikipedia

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    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  6. For Dummies - Wikipedia

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    dummies .com. For Dummies is an extensive series of instructional reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. The series has been a worldwide success with editions in numerous languages. The books are an example of a media franchise, consistently sporting a distinctive ...

  7. Simple view of reading - Wikipedia

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    Literacy. v. t. e. The simple view of reading is that reading is the product of decoding and linguistic comprehension. In this context, “reading” refers to “reading comprehension”, “decoding” is simply recognition of written words [ 1] and “linguistic comprehension” means understanding language, whether spoken or written.

  8. List of contract bridge books - Wikipedia

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    The Complete Book Of Takeout Doubles. 1996 – Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty Bergen; 1996 – Kantar, Edwin. Kantar Lessons III (Teaching Book). 1997 – Advanced Book: Hall-Hall. How The Experts Win At Bridge. 1997 – Basic Book: Kantar, Eddie (1997). Bridge for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA ...

  9. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy - Wikipedia

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    Schumpeter devotes the first 56 pages of the book to an analysis of Marxian thought and the place within it for entrepreneurs. Noteworthy is the way that Schumpeter points out the difference between the capitalist and the entrepreneur, a distinction that he claims Karl Marx would have been better served to have made (p. 52).