A Writer's Reference [Plastic Comb]

Diana Hacker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0312450257 | ISBN-13: 978-0312450250 | Publication Date: November 23, 2006 | Edition: 6th

A Writer’s Reference is the most widely adopted college handbook ever published. The new edition is available in a classic version that provides more help with academic writing, serves a wider range of multilingual students, and lends more support for college research — all in an easy-to-use quick-reference format. Now for all the ways you teach your course, you can choose the classic version or choose from among 4 additional versions with varied content.

• A Writer’s Reference with Exercises is tailor-made for classroom use or for additional grammar practice with 86 integrated exercise sets.
• A Writer’s Reference with Writing in the Disciplines provides help for college writing beyond composition with advice and models in six academic disciplines.
• A Writer’s Reference with Writing about Literature includes an entire tabbed section on interpreting and writing about works of literature, with two annotated student essays.
• A Writer’s Reference with Extra Help for ESL Writers includes an entire tabbed section for nonnative speakers of English; it offers targeted advice and strategies for college writing and research.

 

 

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

DIANA HACKER's handbooks, used at almost half of the colleges and universities in the country, are the most widely adopted in America. A member of the English faculty at Prince George's Community College in Maryland for almost 35 years, Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students. Diana Hacker's other handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin's, include The Bedford Handbook (2006); Rules for Writers (2004); andA Pocket Style Manual (2004).

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
NANCY SOMMERS, Sosland Director of Expository Writing at Harvard University, has also taught composition at Rutgers University and at Monmouth College and has directed the writing program at the University of Oklahoma. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well-known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles "Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers" and "Responding to Student Writing" are two of the most widely read in the field. Her recent work involves a longitudinal study of undergraduate writing. Nancy Sommers is coauthor of Fields of Reading (2007) and tudent Writers at Work: The Bedford Prizes, both published by Bedford/St. Martin's.

TOM JEHN teaches composition and directs the writing across the disciplines program at Harvard University. A recipient of numerous teaching awards both at Harvard and at the University of Virginia, he also leads professional development seminars on writing instruction for public high school teachers through the Calderwood Writing Fellows Project.

JANE ROSENZWEIG, a published author of fiction and non-fiction, teaches composition and directs the writing center at Harvard University. She has also taught writing at Yale University and the University of Iowa.

MARCY CARBAJAL VAN HORN, assistant professor of English and ESL at Santa Fe Community College (FL), teaches composition to native and nonnative speakers of English and teaches the Advanced ESL Writing course. She has also taught university-level academic writing and critical thinking at Instituto Technológico y de Estudios Superiores in Mexico.

 

EDITORIAL ADVISERS:

Of the more than 500 experienced composition instructors who reviewed the new edition, a core group served as an editorial advisory board — carefully reviewing all new material in depth, making sure the book would work as well for their students as it always had.

Joanne ADDISON
University of Colorado, Denver

 

Derick BURLESON
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

 

Paige BYAM
Northern Kentucky University

 

Elizabeth CANFIELD
Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Richard CARR
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

 

Michele CHEUNG
University of Southern Maine

 

Jon CULLICK
Northern Kentucky University

 

David ENDICOTT
Tacoma Community College

 

Lin FRASER
Sacramento City College

 

Hank GALMISH
Green River Community College

 

Nancy GISH
University of Southern Maine

 

Jacqueline GRAY
St. Charles Community College

 

Barclay GREEN
Northern Kentucky University

 

Karen GROSSWEINER
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

 

D. J. HENRY
Daytona Beach Community College

 

Kandace KNUDSON
Sacramento City College

 

Tonya KROUSE
Northern Kentucky University

 

Tamara KUZMENKOV
Tacoma Community College

 

Cheryl LAZ
University of Southern Maine

 

Lydia Lynn LEWELLEN
Tacoma Community College

 

Jeanette LONIA
Delaware Technical and Community College

 

Walter LOWE
Green River Community College

 

Michael MACKEY
Community College of Denver

 

Tammy MATA
Tarrant County Community College

 

Holly MCSPADDEN
Missouri Southern State University

 

Liora MORIEL
University of Maryland, College Park

 

Patricia MURPHY
Missouri Southern State University

 

Melissa NICOLAS
University of Louisiana, Lafayette

 

Diane Allen O’HERON
Broome Community College

 

Sarah QUIRK
Waubonsee Community College

 

Ann SMITH
Modesto Junior College

 

Steve THOMAS
Community College of Denver

 

Nick TINGLE
University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Terry Myers ZAWACKI
George Mason University

 

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 512 pages
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; 6th edition (November 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312450257
• ISBN-13: 978-0312450250
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Desktop Must Have, January 4, 2011

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This book was ordered as a requirement for a class and now I will not part with it. It has saved me more times than I can count. I keep it close-by and use it regularly.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Reference Book, June 28, 2010

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This book is a must have for anyone attending college that has to write papers. It will guide you through citing your references correctly. I would have been lost without it. I was happy that this book was cheaper on Amazon versus our bookstore, and other retailers in the area.

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I STILL HAVE THIS BOOK. ONCE YOU BUY IT, YOU WANT TO KEEP IT. IT WILL HELP YOU AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION AND NEED TO WRITE PAPERS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO STUDENTS AND PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN ENGLISH 101 AND 102. IT WILL ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR TEENS IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TOO.