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About the Author

Harry Lorayne is the world's foremost memory-training specialist and the author of the Memory Book, a New York Times bestseller for 46 weeks. His other books include: Super Memory, Super Student; Remembering People; and Memory Makes Money. He lives in New York City.

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Obras por Harry Lorayne

Page-a-Minute Memory Book (1985) 152 exemplares
Close-Up Card Magic (1962) 68 exemplares
Secrets of Mind Power (1818) 68 exemplares
The Magic Book (1977) 58 exemplares
Memory Makes Money (1988) 40 exemplares
Harry Lorayne's best of friends (1982) 19 exemplares
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel (1978) 17 exemplares
Deck-sterity (1967) 17 exemplares
Apocalypse, Volumes 1-5 (2000) 14 exemplares
Apocalypse, Volumes 6-10 (2000) 14 exemplares
BEST OF FRIENDS: Volume II (1985) 14 exemplares
My Favorite Card Tricks (1965) 13 exemplares
Quantum Leaps (1979) 13 exemplares
Rim Shots (1973) 12 exemplares
Afterthoughts (1975) 12 exemplares
Memory Power (1980) 12 exemplares
Reputation-Makers (1971) 10 exemplares
Trend Setters (1990) 9 exemplares
Personal Secrets (1964) 7 exemplares
The Classic Collection Vol. 2 (2011) 7 exemplares
Instant Mind Power (1980) 7 exemplares
The Classic Collection (2005) 6 exemplares
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop (1997) 6 exemplares
Best of Friends, Vol. 3 (2007) 6 exemplares
Improve Exam Results in 30 Days (1992) 5 exemplares
Fell's Super Power Memory (2001) 5 exemplares
The Great Divide 5 exemplares
Personal Collection (2001) 5 exemplares
The Epitome Location (1976) 5 exemplares
Memory Mastery (2011) 5 exemplares
P. S. Personal Secrets (1964) 4 exemplares
Good Memory Good Student (1972) 4 exemplares
How to Remember Names and Faces (1998) 4 exemplares
Jaw Droppers! 3 exemplares
Meir Yedid's Card Animations (2010) 3 exemplares
Supermälu (1993) 3 exemplares
And Finally! 3 exemplares
Jaw Droppers! Two 3 exemplares
Special Effects (2011) 3 exemplares
More Jaw Droppers! (2020) 2 exemplares
Only My Apocalypse 2 exemplares
Before I Forget (2015) 2 exemplares
Teach-In 1 exemplar
Apocalypse 1-5 1 exemplar
Develop your Memory Power (1969) 1 exemplar
Memoria sin Edad (2012) 1 exemplar
Sviluppare la memoria (1986) 1 exemplar

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Worlds of If Science Fiction 42, October 1957 (Vol. 7, No. 6) (1957) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Lorayne, Harry
Data de nascimento
1926-05-04
Data de falecimento
2023-04-07
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York, USA
Ocupações
magician
Prémios e menções honrosas
The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize (2016)

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I read it in college and found it really stimulating. I've tried to apply some of the methods, sometimes with good success.
 
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kslade | 5 outras críticas | Dec 8, 2022 |
Quite good introduction into memory techniques that teaches standard stuff in a very hands-on fashion - a short introduction of theory and then endless supply of examples. While examples are of course important in the introductory book, I've found it really overdone, especially in the second part - instead of more advanced matter the authors just keep listing examples endlessly (and they get quite dull and repetitive). In my opinion the book should have been either much shorter or more versatile and nuanced, for example they didn't even mention Memory Palaces (Method of Loci), which is the cornerstone of all memory techniques.

Probably worth reading, if only for the sheer amount of real life examples, but I suspect that one can find all the information in few articles and forum posts because the book does not really deliver any extra value - narrative, continuity, history etc.
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fm4d | 5 outras críticas | Oct 24, 2019 |
I enjoyed the Mind Power exercises at the end of each chapter. I'd rather have those exercises constitute the content of a book. At 65, I have memory issues and have tried a few techniques (like association as described in the book) to remember names and information. I'm sure this is a useful book based on the other reviews I see on Goodreads but just not for me.
 
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writemoves | 1 outra crítica | Jun 17, 2019 |
It's pretty good. Contains most of the memory systems that I have heard of before, but adds ways to apply them to all sorts of situations.

Quite useful for a number of things. The only problem with it is that it seems to be targeted to people that are older than I am at present (29), so a lot of the stuff didn't apply, but it is still useful to me.

The only sticking point for me is the phonetic alphabet used to remember long numbers and the basis of the peg system. I guess I just don't care enough to learn it...… (mais)
 
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Floyd3345 | 1 outra crítica | Jun 15, 2019 |

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Obras
124
Also by
1
Membros
2,519
Popularidade
#10,189
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
11
ISBN
104
Línguas
7
Marcado como favorito
1

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