We think that the third edition of Reading for Results is the best ever. We believe that students will find the explanations clear and comprehensive, the exercises lively and stimulating. Above all, we are confident that our text can help students become better and more skillful readers. In preparing the third edition, we chose not to radically alter the text. As in previous editions, Reading for Results uses a step-by-step approach to teach reading comprehensive. After learning to read and analyze paragraphs, students adapt what they have learned to increasingly longer selections, with each chapter building upon the previous one. Every explanation is followed by a series of exercises designed to test student understanding of the concept or skill explained; and once again, all reading selections have been carefully chosen to stimulate student interest and discussion.