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With an entire tabbed section for nonnative speakers of English, A Writer's Reference for Multilingual Writers offers additional exercises, study skills help, advice about meeting college expectation
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Consistently praised as the best book of its kind, Listen uses readable, enjoyable prose and the highest quality recordings to introduce students to the art of focused listening. Captivating discussio
Students are bombarded every day with media messages laden with rules: what makes our work valuable, our bodies ideal, our communities picture perfect. Acting Out Culture empowers students to use writ
When Doug Downs and Elizabeth Wardle published their article “Teaching about Writing, Righting Misconceptions” in June 2007, they challenged the field to imagine a new approach to first-year compositi
Written in Lisa Ede's accessible, supportive style, The Academic Writer is an affordable, brief guide to the essentials of academic writing and research. By framing writing situations in terms of the
This collection, skillfully edited by Michael P. Johnson, offers students the essential Lincoln in a brief and accessible format that makes this a must-assign edition for courses covering the antebell
A Writer's References is the most widely adopted college handbook ever published, so you know you can count on it for advice that's relevant, easy to find, and easy to understand. Millions of student
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Now from Bedford/St. Martin's, A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past and ties social hi
A provocative essay that challenged the superiority of civilized society and modern government, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality made him an outcast among
Covering every step of research, writing, and documentation, Writing from Sources provides a complete guide to source-based writing. The book builds from fundamental skills -- such as annotating a pas
A novel of seduction, abandonment and villainy, Charlotte Temple was initially published in England in 1791 before making its American debut in 1794. Susanna Rowson's short novel became the first bes
Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980 marked a victory for conservatism. But, as Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer point out in their introduction, once in power, conservatives discovered tha
Ann Charters has an acute sense of which stories work most effectively in the classroom and knows that writers, not editors, have the most interesting and useful things to say about the making and the
Ann Charters has an acute sense of which stories work most effectively in the classroom and knows that writers, not editors, have the most interesting and useful things to say about the making and the
From the best-selling authors of the most successful reader in America comes Practical Argument.? No one writes for the introductory composition student like Kirszner and Mandell, and Practical Argume
Ann Charters has an acute sense of which stories work most effectively in the classroom, and she knows that writers, not editors, have the most interesting and useful things to say about the making an
Adapted from the best-selling St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, Axelrod and Cooper’s Concise Guide to Writing provides streamlined versions of the acclaimed Guides to Writing for six of the most commonly
This unique collection of essays written by students around the country offers diverse and accessible models in the form of responses to writing assignments in the Guide. The chapters in Sticks and St
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How to Write Anything supports students wherever they are in their writing process. Designed to be clear and simple, the Guide lays out focused advice for writing common academic and real-world genre
This student-friendly grammar guide helps students recognize, correct, and avoid the most common and serious grammar and usage errors. The text breaks complex concepts down into simple lessons, each f
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions
Click here to find out more about the 2009?MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates.?Andrea A. Lunsford’s years of experience in the classroom and in the field have given her a unique understanding of how
Second-Language Writing addresses key issues for instructors working with multilingual writers in first-year composition. Framed with insightful introductory material, this soucebook provides both th
Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. Adapted from the best-selling "St. Martin's Guide to Writing," "Axelrod and Cooper's Concise Guide to Writing "provides
The first full-color composition reader truly to reflect visual culture, Seeing & Writing is based on a simple principle: Careful seeing leads to effective writing. Students actively and criticall
Click here to find out more about the 2009?MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates.?Elements of Argument was the first text based on the accessible Toulmin model — the model of argument that fits best wi
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Click here to find out more about the 2009?MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates.?Adapted from the best-selling St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, Axelrod and Cooper’s Concise Guide to Writing provides str
Click here to find out more about the 2009?MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates.?Many instructors prefer to teach critical reading and writing without using a full-scale rhetoric. For them, Axelrod an
Click here to find out more about the 2009?MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates.?Beginning from the premise that all academic writing is conversational — a collegial exchange of ideas, undertaken in a
Click here to find out more about the 2009?MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates.?One of the most widely adopted composition readers of all time, The Bedford Reader continues to engage and inspire stud
