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Chemistry and Media Companion CW Pkg. (3rd Edition)

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First of all, this is one of the most in-depth, well-written, and thorough general chemistry (GenChem) books around! If you're looking at this version of the book, you're probably interested in it as a value option instead of having to buy the newest edition for class.
I have not only used this edition and later editions of this book myself in class, but also as a Teaching Assistant (TA). And one nice thing I've found as that each edition is nearly identical. So those students who buy the latest edition for over $150.00 are probably wasting their money when they can pick this book up and get it for nearly nothing! In fact, of all the editions of this book I used as a student and TA, this is the only version I kept and still refer to as a senior with a chem major. So in short, even if you're not sure if you can get away with using this older version exclusively, go ahead and grab it for less than 3 bucks and you can even buy the newest one and compare. If you find you don't need the newest one, return it or sell it and still come out way ahead.
All in all, this is a superb book!
P.S. Also try and get the solutions manual (better than the selected solutions manual/student solutions manual because it has the answers to all problems). And since the authors don't change many of their problems, you can use the full solutions manual (just called "solutions manual") to answer any homework Q's from newer versions.