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The Prose Reader
Fifth Edition
by Kim Flachmann, Jane Maher,
Elizabeth H. Campbell, Nancy Johnson,
and D. B. Magee
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NEW--Contains fourteen new essays:
- Introduces new topics -- e.g., music, health chauvinism, success in life, euthanasia, family
values, working communities, advertising, the death of reading, and the educational system.
- Includes new documented essays on the history of war and the relationship between personal
appearance and legal punishment.
NEW--Includes user-friendly summary checklists at the end of each chapter introduction -- to serve as
references for students as they complete their own writing tasks.
NEW--Features a completely revised chapter on Documented Essays.
- Includes two new essays that deal with important current issues and illustrate different
documentation styles, including the 1998 MLA style and information on documenting
on-line sources.
- Barbara Ehrenreich, "The Ecstasy of War" (Modern Language Association).
- Jill Leslie Rosenbaum and Meda Chesney-Lind, "Appearance and Delinquency: A Research
Note" (American Psychology Association).
NEW--Makes an even stronger commitment to cultural and gender diversity.
- Contains more essays by women and ethnic-minority authors -- e.g., Gary Soto, Carol Carter,
Annie Dillard, Mary Pipher, Ellen Goodman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jill Leslie Rosenbaum, Meda
Chesney-Lind, and Natalie Goldberg.
NEW--Now available in a braille version!
- Contact Marketing Dept. for further details.
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