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Readers

1. The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

   Thomas Cooley

   Eighth Edition

   A trusted collection of short essays arranged by rhetorical mode—with charming, practical writing instruction.More

2. Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers

   Thomas Cooley

   Second Edition

   A fresh take on the traditional modes, showing how they are used in texts of all kinds, and that they are central to all the writing, speaking, and thinking that we do.More

3. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction

   Linda Peterson, John Brereton, Joseph Bizup, Et Al.

   Thirteenth Edition

   The classic among essay readers.More

4. "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings

   Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst

   Second Edition

   The best-selling text/reader on academic writing.More

5. The Norton Mix: A Custom Reader for Composition

   Elizabeth Rodriguez Kessler, Jeffrey Andelora, Katharine Nicholson Ings, Et Al.

   A rich database lets you create the perfect reader for your composition course.More

6. The Norton Pocket Book of Writing by Students

   Melissa Goldthwaite

   A Norton anthology of student writing.More

7. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter

   Michael Austin

   Second Edition

   The only great ideas reader to offer a global perspective.More

8. The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

   Thomas Cooley

   Seventh Edition

   An outstanding collection of brief essays providing high-interest models of the rhetorical modes, along with beautifully written instruction that demonstrates its own lessons about good writing.More

9. Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers

   Thomas Cooley

   A fresh take on the modes, showing that they are used in texts of all kinds, not just in essays written for first-year composition—and that they are central to all the writing, speaking, and thinking that we do.More

10. "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings

    Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst

    "They Say / I Say" shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said ("they say") to set up one’s own argument ("I say").More

11. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction

    Linda Peterson, John Brereton

    Twelfth Edition

    Read by millions of students since it was first published in 1965, The Norton Reader is the bestselling collection of its kind.More

12. The Seagull Reader: Essays

    Joseph Kelly

    Second Edition

    A small and inexpensive reader that includes the most widely taught essays—along with some pieces that have never before been anthologized in a composition reader.More

13. Reading/Writing Canada: Short Fiction and Nonfiction

    Judith Miller

    This unique anthology provides a wide range of distinctly Canadian voices in a compact, affordable format.More

14. What's Language Got to Do with It?

    Keith Walters, Michal Brody, Shirley Brice Heath

    In the Mideast, words shoot to kill. On the pages of the New Yorker, Romeo IMs Juliet. In India, operators in customer service call centers are required to speak English with an American accent and to be able to make small talk about the Super Bowl. Closer to home, ABC News offers up a linguistic profiling quiz. And George Orwell continues to lament the state of politics and the English language.More

15. Being Human: Core Readings in the Humanities

    Leon R. Kass

    Being Human is the first humanities reader that focuses on humanity in the literal sense—what it’s like to be human.
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