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The original, best-selling interdisciplinary composition text, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, Eighth Edition , teaches students of all majors and interests to communicate more effectively.
Hallmarks of the text include its sound writing instruction―focusing on summary, synthesis, and critique―combined with engaging, thematic readings that provide depth of coverage in each discipline-specific chapter. Expanded coverage of argumentation and writing online address issues of today's classrooms. Updated, streamlined pedagogy and class-tested new thematic chapters keep this classic exciting and current.
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WRITING AND READING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
BRIEF EDITION
Third Edition
Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen
This brief version of the best-selling cross-curricular classic retains its hallmark coverage of source-based writing skills, accompanied by five popular readings chapters. An essential text for student writers in any academic discipline, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, Brief Edition, teaches students of all majors and interests to communicate more effectively.
In this third edition, you will find compelling new units, including:
- A new chapter on marriage and family in America that explores the changing roles (and expectations) of women as “wives,” gay marriage, and “the radical idea” of marrying for love.
- A new chapter on sleep that focuses on the science of sleep and why adolescents and college students are chronically shortchanged.
- A new appendix from Longman, Avoiding Plagiarism, that helps you understand how to use source material appropriately in your college writing.
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