Textbook List
of the English Department
Fall 2009 through Spring 2011

Chaffey College

In an effort to create more consistency in the curriculum, English instructors will be required to order from a standard core group of texts.  A reader, a handbook, a style sheet, a dictionary or one book-length work of literature (preferably the college book) may accompany these texts if needed. You can review the table of contents of a text and view companion web sites by accessing publishers' websites.  If you'd like an exam copy of any of these books, please contact the book rep directly.  For your convenience, you may download a more recent MS Word version of this list.

• Please select one textbook for the course you will be teaching. Most books listed below are a combined rhetoric/reader.
• In some cases, there is the option to choose a separate rhetoric and reader (two books per course).
• Approxmiate prices are listed to help you choose which books to pick.

College Book Selection for 2009-2010

Three Cups of Tea – ISBN 9780143038252
Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader’s Edition) – ISBN 9780142414125

(Please contact Mary Thomas for a desk copy if you will be using the college book for your class)

English 500

Discoveries: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Paragraphs and Essays. Kate Mangelsdorf and Evelyn Posey. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006. ISBN 9780312390655 (~$40)

Focus on Writing: Paragraphs and Essays. Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN 9780312434236 (~$46)

Integrations: Reading, Thinking, and Writing for College Success. William Robinson and Pam Altman. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2003. ISBN 9780155059955 (~$85)

The Writer’s Way. 7th edition. Jack Rawlins. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. ISBN 9780618958429 (~$70)

Writing First with Readings: Practice in Context. 4th edition. Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN 9780312487584 (~$56)

English 550

Along These Lines: Writing Paragraphs and Essays. 5th edition. John Sheridan Biays and Carol Wershoven. Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 9780205649297 (~$84)

Insightful Writing. David Sabrio and Mitchel Burchfield. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. ISBN 9780618870264 (~$66)

Keys to Successful Writing: Unlocking the Writer Within. 4th edition. Marilyn Anderson. Pearson Longman, 2007. ISBN 9780205519415 (~$72)

The Reading/Writing Connection. Cynthia B. Earle and Christine Zimmermann. Longman, 2003. ISBN 9780321089502 (~$78)

A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process. 5th edition. Barbara Fine Clouse. McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN 9780073533186 (~$34) If you select this text, choose one of these readers:

*Patterns Plus: A Short Prose Reader with Argumentation. 10th edition. Mary Lou Conlin. Houghton Mifflin, 2010. ISBN 9780495802525 (~$58)

*We Are America: A Thematic Reader and Guide to Writing. 6th edition. Anna Joy. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008. ISBN 9781413030372 (~$87)

*The Writer’s Selections: Shaping Our Lives. 5th edition. Kathleen McWhorter. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. ISBN 9780618973866 (~$61)

English 450

The Confident Writer. 5th edition. Carol Kanar. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. ISBN 9780618958467 (~$90)

Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings (2009 MLA Update). 8th edition. Jean Wyrick. Wadsworth, 2011. ISBN 9781428292055 (~$103)

Student’s Book of College English (2009 MLA Update). 12th edition. David Skwire and Harvey Wiener. Longman, 2009. ISBN 9780205741786 (~$86)

The Writer’s World: Essays (2009 MLA Update). Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke. Pearson, 2009. ISBN 9780205735587 (~$86)

Writing Analytically with Readings. David Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008. ISBN 9781413013498 (~$71)

Essays At a Glance. 4th edition. Lee Brandon. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. ISBN 9780618957637 (~$27)
If you select this text, choose one of these readers:

*The Brief Bedford Reader. 10th edition. X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy Kennedy and Jane Aaron. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. ISBN 9780312472078 (~$44)

*The Short Prose Reader. 12th edition. Gilbert Muller and Harvey Wiener. McGraw-Hill, 2009. ISBN 9780073533148 (~$51)

*Visions Across the Americas. 7th edition. J. Sterling Warner and Judith Hilliard. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2010. ISBN 9781428263772 (~$73)

English 1A

The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing (2009 MLA Update). 3rd edition. John Mauk and John Metz. Wadsworth, 2009. ISBN 9780495802037 (~$105)

Discovering Arguments: An Intro to Critical Thinking and Writing with Readings. 3rd edition. William Palmer. Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 9780136026464 (~$77)

Everything’s an Argument with Readings. 5th edition. Andrea Lunsford, John Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010. ISBN 9780312538613 (~$64)

The Longman Writer. 7th edition. Judith Nadell, John Langan, and Eliza Comodromos. Longman, 2009. [Includes New MLA Citation Guidelines] ISBN 9780205739974 (~$87)

The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. W. W. Norton, 2007. ISBN 9780393926620 (~$48)

Remix: Reading + Composing Culture. 2nd edition. Catherine Latterell. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010. ISBN 9780312536121 (~$48)

The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. 9th edition. Rise Axelrod and Charles Cooper. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 20010. [includes handbook] ISBN 9780312536121 (~$80)

Concise Guide to Writing (2009 MLA Update). 5th edition. Rise Axelrod and Charles Cooper. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. ISBN 9780312606077 (~$42) If you select this text, choose one of these readers:

*Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers. Thomas Cooley. W. W. Norton, 2009. ISBN 9780393925081 (~$52)

*Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader. 5th edition. Barbara Fine Clouse. McGraw-Hill, 2009. ISBN 9780073533155 (~$51)

*The Presence of Others: Voices and Images That Call for Response. 5th edition. Andrea Lunsford and John Ruszkiewicz. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN 9780312464394 (~$57)

English 1B

Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument with Readings (2009 MLA update). 8th edition. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007. ISBN 9780312606237 (~$63)

Elements of Argument (2009 MLA update). 9th edition. Annette Rottenberg. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN 9780312606152 (~$65)

A Rhetoric of Argument: A Text and Reader. 3rd edition. Jeanne Fahnestock and Marie Secor. McGraw Hill, 2004. ISBN 9780073036168 (~$30)

Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers. 6th edition. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN 9780312478124 (~$50)

Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings. 8th edition. John Ramage, John Bean and June Johnson. Longman, 2009. ISBN 9780205648368 (~$76)

A World of Ideas (8th ed) / Custom Structure of Argument (6th ed) [bundle]. Jacobus/Rottenberg. Bedford/St. Martin’s. ISBN 9780312607371 (~$88)

A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. 8th edition. Lee Jacobus. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. ISBN 9780312385330 (~$55)