Customer Reviews
possibly the most useful book you will ever read! - By: vanquish, 21 May 2008 
I have to say i am extremely impressed with this book, unlike other memory books it summarises every essential memory technique into a quick, easy read manual, u may even say it cuts the crap & gets down to it! after doing some of the exercises i was literally like, "WOW"
aside from the advanced domonqiue technique which may take a few hours to complete (still working on it), the main bulk of the book can be read & the tasks completed within around 4 hours, like a previous reviewer said, some of the techniques are just re-itterated to make up numbers so there is 52 techniques to fill the year! but apart from that it is truely an awsome book.
it is insane how such a simple method can improve your memory so muchin an instant. for example i learned & still remember the first 15 elements of the periodic table within about 2 minutes, & remembering 20 digit long numbers is a breeze...i am still working on the domonic technique & will be curious to see how large a numbers i can remember, as i was scoring nearly 100% every time with the tasks given.
Domonic O'Brien is a true master when it comes to memory training, & i only wish i had read this book before i went through the torture of college & University exams!
The best memory book and so cheap! - By: pizzacake, 03 May 2008 I've bought a couple of memory books from various authors including a few from Dominic O'Brien. I agree with the other reviewer this book gives you all the techniques you'll ever need to improve your memory. I also agree that Dominic is the best teacher on memory techniques because he emphasises the importance of location as well as association & imagination. The book is also beautifully designed & would make a wonderful gift. At £4.49 I'll take two!
Summed up in one - By: Chris, 06 Jul 2007 Unlike all the other books by O'brien, this one has every single memory technique of his. It's odd this has received no reviews, clearly being the best book of the lot.
Every other one of O'Brien's books are very clearly the same material used over & over again. In short, memory is very subjective, so it is hard to objectively say if this book will be easy to use, simply that it did for me & and as a student has reduced things like revision massivelyin ease & time.
In other words, Dominic when he wants to be appears to be the best memory teacher there is, & being his best book, this should be the only one you need. However, I should warn, clearly to make up '52' he has included some truly awful ones (only a few) which he must have known no-one would try when writing (I am particularly thinking about the one about films).
