Product Description

The most comprehensive brief handbook available, THE BRIEF WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Sixth Edition, provides students with extensive coverage of rhetorical concerns, the writing and research process, writing and researching with computers, visual rhetoric, and other topics essential for 21st-century student writers. This versatile and proven text is a uniquely effective guide to help students develop the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills they need to become successful communicators in college and beyond. Practicing teachers and collaborative writing partners throughout their careers, Kirszner and Mandell bring an "in-the-trenches" pragmatic understanding of instructor and student needs to every page of this Sixth Edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135633 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 607 pages

Review
"The Brief Wadsworth Handbook delivers in every conceivable aspect given the brevity of the text and what it helps students accomplish."

"I am pleased with the easily accessible format of the Brief edition, which contains the most essential and important information in a compact design."

"It's easy to use—students can find what they need."

About the Author
Laurie Kirszner is a bestselling author and a practicing teacher who is well known nationally. Kirszner, together with coauthor Stephen R. Mandell, has written bestsellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any handbook author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from Developmental to Literature.

Stephen Mandell is a bestselling author and a practicing teacher who is well known nationally. Mandell, together with coauthor Laurie G. Kirszner, has written bestsellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any handbook author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from Developmental to Literature.

Customer Reviews

The Brief Wadsworth Handbook - 5th Edition
This was a required book for an ENC 1101 class, and it is well written as well as easy to follow. It is a book that I would recommend keeping, to refer to when writing future papers.

The Brief Wadsworth Handbook
I expected the handbook to be completely grammatical with no help on anything else. However, it also helps the user with different formats, with actually writing essays and how to do research for them. The handbook is a tremendous help with helping people teach themselves grammar (for those of us who didn't get taught it in grade school). I would recommend this book to any college student- even if it's just a reference to fall back on.

Best EASY Reference Book
Everything is spelled out in easy to understand language, with many examples. Papers cannot help but be written in correct format when one utilizes the information within this book! A must have and a keeper!