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Recommended Textbook List of the English Department

You may read the table of contents of a text and view companion web sites by accessing publishers' websites.  If you'd like an exam copy of any of these books, please visit the publishers site for instructions. The department encourages you to order an extra desk copy for the writing center and for the library reserve desk.

Please note also the supplements for composition classes and the handbooks listed below.

Basic Skills: (Three Levels below Freshman Composition)

• Baker, Barbara, and Catherine Baker.  Writing with Contemporary Readings.  St. Paul, MN: ECM Paradigm, 2001.  ISBN 0-7638-0209-3
• Elder, Dana C., and Mark Lester. Essential Strategies:  Integrating Reading and Writing.  NY: MacMillan, 1994.  ISBN 0-0233-2220-9
• Fawcett, Susan.  Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings.  Seventh ed.  NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.  ISBN 0-618-25658-X
• Lester, Lanny, and Judith Resnick. Text and Thought:  An Integrated Approach to College Reading and Writing.  Second ed.  San Francisco: Longman, 2003.  ISBN 0-321-08919-7
• McDonald, Stephen, and William Salomone.  The Writer’s Response:  A Reading-Based Approach to College Writing.  Third ed.  Boston:  Thompson Wadsworth, 2004.  ISBN 0-838-40776-5

 

English 98: (Two Levels below Freshman Composition)

• Anderson, Marilyn. Keys to Successful Writing: Unlocking the Writer Within.  Third ed. Francisco: Pearson Longman, 2005.  ISBN 0-321-14553-4.
• Biays, John Sheridan, and Carol Wershoven. Along These Lines:  Writing Paragraphs and Essays.  Third ed.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.  ISBN 0-13-111219-8
• Earle, Cynthia B., and Christine Zimmermann.  The Reading/Writing Connection.  San Francisco:  Longman, 2003.  ISBN 0-321-08950-2
• Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell.  Writing in Context:  Paragraphs and Essays with Readings.  NY:  Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003.  ISBN 0-312-40467-0
• Miller, Robert Keith.  Motives for Writing.  Fourth ed.  San Francisco:  McGraw Hill, 2002.  ISBN 0-7674-1683-X
• Rich, Susanna.  The Flexible Writer:  A Basic Guide.  Fourth ed.  San Francisco:  Longman, 2003.  ISBN 0-205-33185-8
• Robinson, William S., and Pam Altman. Integrations:  Reading, Thinking, and Writing for College Success.  Toronto: Thompson Heinle, 2003.  ISBN 0-155-05995-5

English 120: Fundamentals of Composition (One Level below Freshman Composition)

• Fine Clouse, Barbara.  Transitions:  From Reading to Writing.  Third ed.  San Francisco:  McGraw Hill, 2002.  ISBN 0-07-240521-X
• Kennedy, X. J., Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Jane E. Aaron.  The Brief Bedford Reader.  Ninth ed.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003.  ISBN 0-312-43318-2.
• Wyrick, Jane.  Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings.  Sixth ed.  Boston: Thompson Wadsworth, 2005.  ISBN 1-4130-0109-2
• VanderMey, Randall, et al. The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching.  NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.  ISBN 0-618-40676-X
• Robinson, William S., and Stephanie Tucker.  Texts and Contexts: A Contemporary Approach to College Writing.  Fifth ed.  Boston:  Thompson Heinle, 2003.  ISBN 0-15-506071-6

English 150: Freshman Composition

• Fine Clouse, Barbara. Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader.  Third ed.  San Francisco:  McGraw Hill, 2003.  ISBN 0-07-249378-X
• Lunsford, Andrea A., John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters.  Everything’s an Argument with Readings.  Third ed.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004.  ISBN 0-312-40724-6
• Mauk, John, and John Metz. The Composition of Everyday Life:  A Guide to Writing.  Boston:  Thompson Wadsworth, 2004.  ISBN 0-15-504307-2
• Nadell, Judith, Linda McMeniman, and John Langan.  The Longman Writer:  Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook.  Fifth ed.  San Francisco:  Longman, 2003.  ISBN 0-205-33464-4

English 151: Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking

• Barnet, Sylvan, and Hugo Bedau.  Current Issues and Enduring Questions:  A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument with Readings.  Seventh ed.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005.  ISBN 0-312-41271-1
• Fahnestock, Jeanne, and Marie Secor. A Rhetoric of Argument:  A Text and Reader.  Third ed.  San Francisco:  McGraw Hill, 2004.  ISBN 0-07-303616-1
• Jacobus, Lee.  A World of Ideas:  Essential Readings for College Writers.  Seventh ed.  NY: Bedford/ST. Martin’s, 2005.  ISBN 0-312-43444-8
• Maasik, Sonia, and Jack Solomon. Signs of Life in the USA:  Readings on Popular Culture for Writers.  Fourth ed.  NY: Bedford/ST. Martin’s, 2002.  ISBN 0-312-39784-4
• Rottenberg, Annette T.  Elements of Argument.  Eighth ed.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005.  ISBN 0-312-43126-0.
• Silverman, Jonathan, and Dean Rader. The World Is a Text:  Writing, Reading, and Thinking about Culture and Its Contexts. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.  ISBN 0-13-094984-1

Supplements to Composition Courses

• Anson, Chris M., Robert A. Schwegler, and Marcia F. Muth.  The Longman Writer’s Companion.  Third ed.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2005.  ISBN 0-321-23304-2
• Behrens, Laurence, Leonard J. Rosen, and Bonnie Beedles.  A Sequence for Academic Writing.  Second ed.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2004.  ISBN 0-321-20780-7
• Hjortshoj, Keith.  The Transition to College Writing.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001.  ISBN 0-312-14916-6
• Langan, John, and Janet M. Goldstein.  English Brushup.  Third ed.  San Francisco:  McGraw Hill, 2003.  0-07-281890-5
• Leonard, Enid.  Study Skills Simplified.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2005.  ISBN 0-321-12746-3
• Mayberry, Katherine.  For Argument’s Sake:  A Guide to Writing Effective Arguments.  Fifth ed.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2005.  ISBN 0-321-24509-1
• Mayfield, Marlys.  Thinking for Yourself:  Developing Critical Thinking Skills through Reading and Writing.  Sixth ed.  Toronto:  Thompson Heinle, 2003.  ISBN 0-8384-0735-8
• Olsen, Amy E.  Academic Vocabulary, Academic Words.  Second ed.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2005.  ISBN 0-321-14259-4
• Palmquist, Mike.  The Bedford Researcher:  An Integrated Text, CD-ROM, and Web Site.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003.  ISBN 0-312-40430-1

Handbooks

• Fine Clouse, Barbara.  A Brief Handbook: Conventions and Expectations for Writing.  Second ed.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2005.  ISBN 0-321-10444-7
• Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane E. Aaron. The Little, Brown Handbook.  Ninth ed.  San Francisco:  Pearson Longman, 2004.  ISBN 0-321-10350-5
• Hacker, Dana.  The Bedford Handbook.  Sixth ed.  NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002.  ISBN 0-312-25632-9

 

Last Update August 20, 2005

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