The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises


Book Description

Includes model student research papers demonstrating four academic styles: MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE.




The Norton Field Guide to Writing


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Flexible, easy to use, just enough detail--and now the number-one best seller.




Everyone's an Author


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Students today are writing more than ever. Everyone's an Author bridges the gap between the writing students already do--online, at home, in their communities--and the writing they'll do in college and beyond. It builds student confidence by showing that they already know how to think rhetorically and offers advice for applying those skills as students, professionals, and citizens. Because students are also reading more than ever, the third edition includes new advice for reading critically, engaging respectfully with others, and distinguishing facts from misinformation. Also available in a version with readings.




Let's Talk


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"Let's Talk is a small rhetoric that covers genres of writing students are most often assigned to do. It also provides everything they need for doing research, including explicit guidelines to help them decide which sources to trust - and how to fact-check any that they question. And it includes assignable chapters on listening with an open mind and engaging respectfully with others. Students are encouraged to seek out, engage, and listen to people with viewpoints that differ from their own"--




The Norton Reader


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THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. The classic reader that has introduced millions of students to the essay as a genre--available in a concise edition.




The Little Seagull Handbook


Book Description

The Little Seagull Handbook offers the kind of succinct advice students need about grammar, punctuation, documentation, and the writing process--an in addition, it covers the kinds of writing they are most often assigned--reports, analyses, narratives, and more. The second edition includes unique help for students whose primary language is not English. Available in two versions--with and without exercises.




Back to the Lake


Book Description

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. A new take on the traditional rhetorical modes, showing how they are used in the kinds of writing college students are most often assigned--arguments, analyses, reports, narratives, and more.




Harry S. Truman


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This biography introduces readers to Harry S. Truman, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Truman's administration including World War II, the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and the Korean War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.




Reading the World, 4th Edition


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The only global great ideas reader, with new chapters on Ethics & Empathy and Visual Arguments




"They Say


Book Description

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATE. The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing--in use at more than 1,500 schools.