This book is a fantastic opportunity for any student to boost his or her study skills.  The author shares the frustrations and stories about college and how he suddenly expanded his study skills overnight.  This book will take the reader on a journey of humor, intrigue and simple illustrations demonstrating the secrets behind the retention of important information.  Difficult studies can become easy, testing becomes much less stressful and confidence will follow.  As a struggling student for many years, the author had a moment when he took a tremendous jump in his achedemic abilities.  He went from just an average student to an Honors Student overnight when a Dean at a graduate school spent about 20 minutes with him and taught him the basics of how to study.  This book is the result of what he was shown, and additional tricks that he learned from other Honors Students while attending graduate school.  These are universal techniques that may be used with most subjects.  The book is short but concise with examples and principles to follow.