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Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed--and greater understanding; shine in the classroom--and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more.

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While we were working on the covers of the repackaged mass market edition, I was intrigued
to see that one of the authors was an ex-New York Knick from one of the great championship
teams of my youth. I read Jerry Lucas's introduction with some curiosity and was hooked
immediately. I, too, had spent a great deal of my childhood inventing alphabetical and
numerical games. (As a result, I can still recite the phone numbers of a dozen or so elementary-school friends from thirty years ago!) I realized that I still used some of these tricks, but that there were even more ways I could use letters, numbers, and symbols to retain information. The techniques are interesting and ultimately fun. Oh, and let's not forget helpful.

Laurie Kahn, Associate Managing Editor --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks to this book...I memorize whatever I want..., May 31 2004

By	Joanna Korneluk "Shiloh Clancey" (Vancouver Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Thank you Harry that you changed my life.
I remember when few years ago I have read this book translated to my original language. Now after few years of research I am Memory Development Specialist teaching others how to memorize...

I remember when I was young and memorizing new words from English was soo difficult and time consuming. When I applied Harrys systems (which are ancient to be truth) my life has changed for much easier, safer and better.
I am an actor, and also I was the only Polish Ventriloquist...
It is nightmare to forget your lines on the stage! But now I can remember them forwards and backwards and recall as easy as ABC.

Harry is a good teacher. Old methods taught professionally by Harry.
There are of course some things you will learn only if you work with yourself.
This book is a key to open the door... the gate to Gemius Inside!
I have met some guys telling that this system does not work...but to be truth- they DID NOT work! They even did not apply the system to check it!
This system if does not work- WORKS!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable techniques, Nov 12 2003

By	Maureen A. Blake (Purcellville, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book definately requires work. It is a "How To" guide which will only be effective if the reader is committed to putting in the work of practicing the techniques explained. I think one of the most interesting aspects of this is that good memory, like many other things, can be a LEARNED skill.
I found this book after searching specifically for a helpful one to improve my poor memory. In particular, I went from being a very good law student who was a capable researcher and writer and preformed well on essay exams in school, and even won a competitive moot court competition based on advocacy skills, to a JD who failed the BAR Exam multiple times due to an inability to remember details and jargon. After time with every legal study aid possible, I turned to resources to improve my memory. While I unfortunately can't yet say I have passed the BAR exam, I can say that I have noticed a significant improvement in my relationship with my husband and others as I have become more attentinve to remembering details and with the techniques in this book thus have become a more dependable person. In the past when he or anyone else asked me to do things, though I was well intentioned and sincere in my "Yes", I had a serious problem with follow up due to inattentiveness and poor memory skills. This book was most helpful as an aid to overcoming those limitations and assisited me in becoming a more responsible and less absentminded irritating person to be around.
As a serious, logical, pragmatic person, this book was helpful in specificallly giving me the prompt to think of silly associations with the specific intent of remembering items. That would be something I wouldn't have ever NATURALLY done on my own! In discussing it with others I have found that many people ALREADY utilize many of the memory techniques described, and they were surprised these were new to me. This book is most helpful for those of us who just haven't gotton into those habits. As someone who NEVER could even remember any of those numonics throughout school it was a relief to discover that there are other techniques which are more effective for me. The book also discusses how memory and intelligence are distinct, and that the problem of poor memory, and in particular absentmindedness is one of not being fully consious in the moment. It is helpful in identifying the source of many memory problems is simply not being in the habit of focusing on the mundane with full attention. Making that ASSUMPTION that something is "simple" and "easy" and therefore doesn't require much time and attention is a trap I more consiously avoid after employing the techniques of this book. The disctinction between intellegence and memory is one which I feel is helpful as it validates those of us who have great capacity to understand things easily, but little capacity to recall. That distinction made me as reader feel more empowered to use memory as a TOOL, and I believe offers needed encouragement to anyone who has struggled in either work, school or their personal life due to poor memory skills.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best for the average person, Jul 27 2003

By	M. Gray "GrayGhost" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For a person with average who has little concept of the power of imagination and creativity, and who generally views it as being something childish, this is a great book. For a person with above average control and understanding of imagination and creativity, this is a sorry adaptation of 'The Art of memory'.
For the average person this is a great book. It helps build imaginative power and a little creativity as well. It describes that the best way to remember things is to build a mental image of interaction between the various facts you're required to remember. It recommends that the more ridiculous the image, the easier it is to remember which is true (and should only be applied in special situations), but if taken to seriously then with every new image you create you'll constantly be trying to 'out-do' the previous image you created to remember something else. You'll be forced to imagine images that are so out landish that it'll cense to trigger your memory. That's how I see it and like everything in your life, a word of caution can be said that you shouldn't take it to seriously and try to remain grounded. This book takes no effort in helping you to understand what it is you're remembering. For the best I suppose because that isn't the purpose of the book (for an easy method of understanding, read my review of The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's...). I do compliment them for their complete lack of fluff or Anthony Robbins b.s.. They are straight forward and don't attempt to sell you anything. They certainly don't try to motivate you or make you believe that all of life's problems can be solved if only you had a better memory. A great memory is a tool, not a solution for life. For the person with above average imaginative abilities you're better off reading the more in depth 'Art of Memory' which is literary classic and is everything but a light read. The 'Art of Memory' is far more complicated and in-depth in it's description and style of memory techniques (better might I add). But to use 'The Art of Memory' techniques requires a high amount of visual processing by the mind eye and a good deal of discipline, but worth it. It is not for the faint of heart. But if you're looking for a read that is quick and fast and has little or no historical back ground (not necessary a bad thing I'm only stating that facts), then this is your book. If you're a busy person and time is money, then this is your book. I do believe that the technique that is describes is the best. Everything else is probably new age [stuff]. Final analysis: All though weak in it's description of the technique in comparison with is predecessor, it's content is far more accurate and use ability than is peers. In short: the best of it's kind.

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1.0 out of 5 stars the memory book
#1 ok lets go/ to start you have to be a rocket scienist to do this program.#2 if you want to merorize basketbal or football plays or all 50 states (im canadian i could care... Read more

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1.0 out of 5 stars ridiculous
This is the most obnoxious book I have every attempted to read. You have to remember what the associations are before u remember what u want to remember. Read more

Published on Jun 26 2004 by merrill-60

5.0 out of 5 stars classic
If I were to recommend a book for getting a great introduction to increasing memory, I would recommend this book. A classic in the field. Read more

Published on Jun 23 2003 by J. Reich

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I'd ever read!
This is my story! I was pretty much a failure in school. i was a D student and only got the D's because the teachers felt pity on me. Read more

Published on May 20 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Great memory techniques -- could use minor improvements
This classic by Lorayne and Lucas is worthy of recommendation to any new student of memory systems. I do, however, wish that the authors had covered the power of the Loci system... Read more

Published on Oct 8 2002 by MCSD for Microsoft .Net

5.0 out of 5 stars A very important book -- especially for ADHD and Dyslexics!!
The 2nd chapter of this book starts out with what I believe is the most important key to improving memory: Association. Read more

Published on Jul 22 2002 by George Stancliffe

5.0 out of 5 stars The basic fundamentals of how to memorize anything.
This book was an absolute joy to read. The book contains information on mnemonics, pegs, etc. This information is not particularly new, or unique to this book. Read more

Published on Mar 23 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars For those of us who don't remember something the first time
Sherlock Holmes used to always say to Watson, "You see, but you do not observe." These guys would agree. Read more

Published on Nov 28 2001 by Rob Taylor

5.0 out of 5 stars 30 yrs later
I first read and studied this book in 1974 after getting out of the USAF. I attended a college in '75 where the first week was entirely freshman, over 500 of them. Read more

Published on Sep 19 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!!!
I have been using this book for three days and is amazing. I can recall information that took me days to learn in just a couple of minutes, using the techniques in this book. Read more

Published on Feb 1 2001

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