Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages--all self-taught--runs the
largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis
is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to
finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages.
Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any
Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast
language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or
"the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of
long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners
as children.