Because composition students will major in a wide variety of disciplines, Fields of Reading draws on the major divisions of the curriculum -- arts and humanities, social sciences and public affairs, and sciences and technologies -- to present well-crafted and high-quality writing from these fields. Chosen by five editors who are all distinguished teachers and writers, the selections are organized in each division by writing purpose (reflecting, reporting, explaining, and arguing) in order to show how writing must be suited to a particular situation in order to be effective. Students are thus exposed to important readings by key voices in contemporary intellectual life -- the kind of thought-provoking pieces one expects to encounter in college. The unique dual organization by academic discipline and rhetorical purpose helps students to understand how subject, intent, and audience influence the form and style of their own writing.

Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing

Education & Teaching

Sommers, Nancy

Comley, Nancy R.

Scholes, Robert

Klaus, Carl H.

HAMILTON, DAVID

Schools & Teaching

St Martins Pr

Fields of Reading

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Bedford/St.Martin's

Fields of Readings 7e and Bedford Researcher with CD-Rom

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Because composition students will major in a wide variety of disciplines, Fields of Reading draws on the major divisions of the curriculum -- arts and humanities, social sciences and public affairs, and sciences and technologies -- to present well-crafted and high-quality writing from these fields. Chosen by five editors who are all distinguished teachers and writers, the selections are organized in each division by writing purpose (reflecting, reporting, explaining, and arguing) in order to show how writing must be suited to a particular situation in order to be effective. Students are thus exposed to important readings by key voices in contemporary intellectual life -- the kind of thought-provoking pieces one expects to encounter in college. The unique dual organization by academic discipline and rhetorical purpose helps students to understand how subject, intent, and audience influence the form and style of their own writing.

Fields of Reading 8e & Writer's Reference 6e

Hacker, Diana

The Bedford Handbook

The Bedford Handbook carries on the Hacker tradition by responding to student writers’ needs and to the way students need their handbook to work. Still a full-size handbook that doubles as a reference, the Handbook features clear, straightforward advice, hand-edited sentences, a user-friendly index, and a handy format. The eighth edition combines classic Hacker usability with a next-generation focus on academic writing and research and new navigation that helps students pull together advice and models for each assignment. Developed with the help of students and teachers at more than 35 colleges and universities, the new edition reflects the ways students write and revise in their composition course and beyond. What’s more, The Bedford Handbook remains a portable size; it’s still a comprehensive reference that’s as easy to consult as it is to carry.

Used by nearly a quarter million students each year, A Pocket Style Manual is a straightforward, inexpensive quick reference, with content flexible enough to suit the needs of writers in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health professions, business, fine arts, education, and beyond. Its slim format, brief length, and spiral binding make it easy for students to keep A Pocket Style Manual with them for every writing assignment, in any class. With its signature Hacker handbook quick-reference features€”hand-edited sentences, color-coded documentation coverage, user-friendly index entries, and a clean, uncluttered design€”A Pocket Style Manual has always provided fast, effective answers to writing and research questions. In the Hacker tradition, new coauthor Nancy Sommers has crafted solutions for the challenges today€™s college students face. The new edition provides even more help with research writing and supp

A Pocket Style Manual

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Book by Hacker, Diana, Sommers, Nancy

Strategies for Online Learners: A Hacker Handbooks Supplement

This version of America's best selling college handbook addresses the needs and questions of online students, a growing population, by offering study tips, time management strategies, and other tools for success. Topics include how to be an active participant in an online course, how to navigate the learning space, how to communicate appropriately with peers and instructors, and how to seek academic and technical help. Charts and illustrations provide practical models. 
Strategies for Online Learners is also available in a packageable, stand-alone booklet (ISBN: 978-0-312-54370-9). Contact your sales representative or sales_support@bfwpub.com for a copy.

A Writer's Reference with Strategies for Online Learners

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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