How to Learn Any Language Hardcover – 1 Aug. 2002

I read this book upon the recommendation of a polyglot (multi-language speaker) and found it very informative and helpful. The author talks about how he became interested in languages and how he managed to learn them so quickly. He also explains ways of remembering difficult words and tells you which languages to learn next by showing you how closely related they are to each other. I like this book because the author doesn't babble on taking up too many pages. He relates a story, shows you what he learned from that experience, cuts away the rubbish and presents to you absolute nuggets of information for learning a language quickly.

This book is very superficial in its content most of which is common sense and probably already familiar to most language students. I was hoping for just one or two nuggets of inspired technique but alas nothing worthy of a second glance. In summary not worth buying unless you are a compulsive bibliophile.