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by: Donna Barnard
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.0427
EAN: 9780321089083
ISBN: 0321089081
Label: Longman
Manufacturer: Longman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: June 23, 2002
Publisher: Longman
Sales Rank: 878661
Studio: Longman
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Product Description:
With a lively, upbeat, and forward-looking approach, this innovative reader is geared toward today's technology-savvy and media-saturated individual. Intended to spark readers' interest, challenge their assumptions, and incite their passions, essays are drawn from diverse and varied sources, on topics ranging from music and film to hunting and automobiles, hummingbirds and snakes, to war and technology. In addition to essays, Sparks includes Web links, online research, photographs for writing prompts, cartoons for analysis, and film connections - all to create a unique and complete 21st century reader. For those seeking a forward-looking reader to help develop their writing skills.
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Rating: - Trash
This book is beyond worthless. Some of the selected readings are good, but the book itself is riddled with typos and misspellings. Further, whoever wrote the questions, comments and definitions in this book simply didn't take their job seriously. For example, in one of the essays ("Extremely Cool" by A.J. Jacobs [not a good essay]), the author refers to "street lugers". The editor felt that the word "luger" needed to be defined for students, so if you follow up on it, you'll find a definition ... Read More
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