Textbook Recommendations: 2013-2014
English 103
Bloom, Lynn Z. and Louise Z. Smith, eds. The Arlington Reader. 3rd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s,
2011. ISBN
978-0-312-60565-0 ($33)
Derrrick, Kate and Danielle Warchol, eds. Cultural Identity in America, Wadsworth, Cengage
Learning,
2013. ($22)
Fryling, Andrea, ed. Y1Writes: A Collection of Student Essays, Fountainhead, 2012. ($18)
Kirzsner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell, eds. Patterns for College Writing. 12th ed.
Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2012. ISBN 978-0-312-67684-1 ($50)
Ousborne, Jeff, ed. Reading Pop Culture. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4576-0602-1
($25)
Patel, Eboo. Acts of Faith. Beacon Press, 2007. (NIU Common Reading Experience) ISBN 9780807006221 ($15)
Shrodes, Caroline, et al. The Conscious Reader. 12th ed. Pearson, 2012. ($66)
104/105 ($ = print / e-version)
Blair, Kris, Robin M. Almjeld, and Jen Murphy. Cross Currents: Cultures, Communities,
Technologies. Cengage, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-285-07241-8 ($68 / $43)
Comley, Nancy, et al. Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing. (10th ed.) Bedford/St. Martin’s,
2013. ISBN: 978-1-4576-2382 ($69 / n/a)
Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology. (2nd
ed.) Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. ISBN: 1-4576-2237-8 ($69 / $33)
Ousborne, Jeff. Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. ISBN:
978-1-4576-1012-7 ($35 / n/a)
Rottenberg, Annette T., and Donna Haisty Winchell. The Structure of Argument. (7th ed.)
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-312-65069-8 ($53 / $27)
Various. Longman Thematic Readers. (Topics include American Dreams, Business, Chicanos,
College Culture, Eater Reader, Education, Hip Hop, Imagery, International Views, Laughing
Matters, Law and Order, Legend – Lore – and Lies, Religion, Science, Sports Talk, and Youth
Subculture.) Pearson/Longman. (Please see website for more topics and ISBN numbers:
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/series/Longman-Topics-Series/10562.page
($26 / n/a)
Wysocki, Anne Frances, and Dennis A. Lynch. Compose Design Advocate. (2nd ed.) Pearson,
2013. ISBN: 978-0-205-69306-1 ($86 / $55)
Supplemental
Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say, I Say: Moves that Matter in Academic Writing.
(2nd ed.) Norton, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-393-93361-1 ($28 / n/a)
Howard, Rebecca Moore, and Amy Rupiper Taggart. Research Matters. McGraw Hill, 2012.
ISBN: 978-0-07-340594-0 ($59 / $42)
Miller-Cochran, Susan K., and Rochelle L. Rodrigo. Wadsworth Guide to Research. (2nd ed.)
Cengage, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8400-3090-0 ($50 / $41)
Ruszkiewicz, John J., and Jay T. Dolmage. How to Write Anything. (2nd ed.) Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-312-64212-9 ($74 / $37)
105
Cooley, T. The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition. (8th ed.) Norton, 2013. ISBN:
978-0-393-91946-2 ($52 / $22)
Escholz, Paul, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. Language Awareness: Readings for College
Writers. (11th ed.) Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4576-1078-3 ($69 / $35)