Approved Textbooks for Writing Program Courses

The textbooks listed below have been approved by the Writing Program for the 2007-2008 academic year for the following courses:

English 101/102

Faigley, Lester. Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Brief Ed. Pearson Longman (ISBN 0-321-40896-9)
Memering, Dean, and William Palmer. Discovering Arguments. 2nd Ed. Prentice-Hall (ISBN 9780131895676)
Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing. 4th Ed. Longman (ISBN 0-321-29152-2)

Handbook (optional):

Blakesley, David, and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen. The Brief Thomson Handbook Thomson/Wadsworth (ISBN 978-1-4130-2733-4)
Faigley, Lester. The Brief Penguin Handbook. 2nd Ed. Pearson/Longman (ISBN 0-321-24531-8)
Lundsford, Andrea. Easy Writer. 3rd Ed. Bedford/St.Martin’s (ISBN 0-312-43309-3)

Alfano, Christine L., and Alyssa J. O’Brien. Envision: Writing and Researching Argruments. 2nd Ed. Longman (ISBN 0-321-46251-3)
Bullock, Richard. The Norton Field Guide to Writing. W.W. Norton (ISBN 978-0-393-97776-9)
Bullock, Richard, and Maureen Daily Goggin. The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. W.W. Norton (ISBN 978-0-393-92662-0)
Crusius, Timothy W., and Carolyn E. Cannell. The Aims of Argument: A Text and Reader. 5th Ed. McGraw-Hill (ISBN 0-07-320957-0)
----. The Aims of Argument: A Brief Guide. 5th Ed. McGraw-Hill (ISBN 0-07-320958-9)
Faigley, Lester. Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond. Brief Ed. Pearson Longman (ISBN 0-321-40896-9)
Mauk, John and John Metz. Inventing Arguments Thomson (ISBN 0-4130-0997-2)

Handbook (optional):

Blakesley, David, and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen. The Brief Thomson Handbook Thomson/Wadsworth (ISBN 978-1-4130-2733-4)
Faigley, Lester. The Brief Penguin Handbook. 2nd Ed. Pearson/Longman (ISBN 0-321-24531-8)
Lundsford, Andrea. Easy Writer. 3rd Ed. Bedford/St.Martin’s (ISBN 0-312-43309-3)

Behrens, Laurence, and Leonard J. Rosen. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 10th Ed. Pearson/Longman (ISBN 0-321-48643-9)
Hesford, Wendy S. and Brenda Brueggemann. Rhetorical Visions: Reading and Writing in a Visual Culture. Prentice Hall (ISBN 0131773453)
Palmquist, Michael. The Bedford Researcher. 2nd Ed. Bedford/St.Martin’s (ISBN 0-312-45860-6)
Sunstein, Bonnie Stone, and Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater. Fieldworking: Reading and Writing Research. 3rd Ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s (ISBN 0-312-43841-9)
Wysocki, Anne F. and Dennis A. Lynch. Compose, Design, Advocate. Longman (ISBN 0-321-11778-6)

Handbook (optional):

Blakesley, David, and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen. The Brief Thomson Handbook Thomson/Wadsworth (ISBN 978-1-4130-2733-4)
Faigley, Lester. The Brief Penguin Handbook. 2nd Ed. Pearson/Longman (ISBN 0-321-24531-8)
Lundsford, Andrea. Easy Writer. 3rd Ed. Bedford/St.Martin’s (ISBN 0-312-43309-3)

English 114 instructors should select their texts and submit a rationale to the Writing Program Director for approval.

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