Required Anthologies, Handbooks, and Workbooks

Fall 2005

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Blinn College
Brenham Campus
English

Not Updated: Languages

Philosophy

Not Updated: Communications


English 0100 The Official TASP Test Study Guide 
(recommended, but not required) 


English 0320
 
 

 

 Long Elizabeth Cloninger.  Resources for Writer, with Readings. Boston: Pearson,
         2005.

The Mercury Reader: A Custom Publication [ for Blinn College English 0320/0321].
          Boston: Pearson, 2005.

Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron.  The Little, Brown Handbook.  9th ed.  New 
         York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 0321
 
 

Langan, John.  College Writing Skills with Readings.  5th ed.  New York: McGraw-
         Hill, 2001. 

The Mercury Reader: A Custom Publication [ for Blinn College English 0320/0321].
          Boston: Pearson, 2005.

Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron.  The Little, Brown Handbook.  9th ed.  New 
         York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 1301
 
 

 

Neuleib, Janice, Kathleen Shine Cain, Stephen Ruffus, Nad Maurice Scharton, eds.  
          The Mercury Reader: A Custom Publication [ for Blinn College English 1301].
          Boston: Pearson, 2005.

Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron.  The Little, Brown Handbook.  9th ed.  New 
         York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 1302
 
 

 

Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell.  Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing.
           5th ed.  Boston: Thomson-Wadsworth, 2004.  1-4130-0801-1.

Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron.  The Little, Brown Handbook.  9th ed.  New
          York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2307
 
 

 

Burroway, Janet.  Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft.  5th ed.  New York: 
         Lomgman, 2000.   0-321-02689-6.

Cassil, R. V.  The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction.  Shorter 5th ed.  New York: 
         Norton, 1995.



English 2308
 
 

 

Wallace, Robert, and Michelle Boisseau.  Writing Poems.  6th ed.  New York: 
         Longman, 2004.

Smith, Philip, ed.  100 Best-Loved Poems.  Dover Thrift Editions.  New York:
         Dover, 1995. 



English 2311
 
 

 

Markel, Mike.  Technical Communication.  6th ed.  Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's,
         2002 (updated).  0-312-40067-5.

Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown Handbook.  9th ed.  New 
         York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2322
 
 

 

Abrams, M. H., et al., eds.  The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  7th ed. 
         Vol. 1.  New York: Norton, 2000.

Highly recommended: Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown
         Handbook.  9th ed.  New York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2323
 
 

 

Abrams, M. H., et al., eds.  The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  7th ed. 
         Vol. 2.  New York: Norton, 2000.

Highly recommended: Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown
         Handbook.  9th ed.  New York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2327
 

 

Baym, Nina, et al., eds.  The Northon Anthology of American Literature.  6th ed.
         Vol. 1.  New York:  Norton, 2002.  0-393-97793-5.

Highly recommended: Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown
         Handbook.  8th ed.  New York: Longman, 2000.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2328
 
 

 

Baym, Nina, et al., eds.  The Northon Anthology of American Literature.  6th ed. 
         Vol. 2.  New York:  Norton, 2002.  0393-97794-5.

Highly recommended: Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown
         Handbook.  8th ed.  New York: Longman, 2000.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2332
 

 

Wilkie, Brian, and James Hurt, eds.  Literature of the Western World.  5th ed. 
         Vol. 1.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Highly recommended: Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown
         Handbook.  9th ed.  New York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.



English 2333
 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Wilkie, Brian, and James Hurt, eds.  Literature of the Western World.  5th ed. 
          Vol. 2.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Highly recommended: Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown
         Handbook.  9th ed.  New York: Longman, 2004.  0-321-10350-5.


French 1411 
     and 
French 1412
Valette, Jean-Paul, Rebecca [M.] Vallete.  Contacts: Langue et culture françaises
         6th ed.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 

Valette, Jean-Paul, Rebecca M. Vallete.  Contacts: Cahier d'activitiés.  6th ed. 
         Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 



French 2311
     and 
French 2312
Valette, Jean-Paul, Rebecca M. Vallete.  Á votre tour! Intermediate French
         Lexington, MA: Heath, 1995. 

Antoine, Marie-Claire, and Sophie Masliah.  Workbook/Lab Manual: Á votre
         tour!  Lexington MA: Heath, 1995.



Spanish 1411
     and
Spanish 1412
Caycedo Garner, Lucía, Debbie Rusch, and Marcela Domínguez.  ¡Claro que sí! 
         5th ed.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.  0-618-35711-4.

Caycedo Garner, Lucía, Debbie Rusch, and Marcela Domínguez.  ¡Claro que sí!:
         Activities Manual.  5th ed.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.  0-618-19035-X.. 



Spanish 2311 Valette, Jean-Paul, Rebecca M. Valette, and Teresa Carrera-Hanley. Situaciones:
         Intermediate Spanish.  Rev. ed.  Lexington MA: Heath,  1994.  0-669-31365-3.


Spanish 2312
 
 

.. . . . . . . . .  Valette, Jean-Paul, Rebecca M. Valette, and Teresa Carrera-Hanley. Situaciones:
         Intermediate Spanish.  Rev. ed.  Lexington MA: Heath, 1994.  0-669-31365-3.

Yates, Donald A. and John B. Dalbor.  Imaginación y fantasía: Cuentos de las
         Américas. 5th ed.  New York: Harcourt, 1989. 


Philosophy 1301 Solomon, Robert.  Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings.
         8th ed.  New York: Oxford UP, 2005.  0 19 517462-3


Philosophy 2303 Hurley, Patrick J.  A Concise Introduction to Logic.  9th ed.  Belmont, CA: 
         Wadsworth, 2005.  0534585051


Philosophy 2306 Rosenstand, Nina.  The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics.  4th ed. 
         Bosto: McGraw, 2003. 


Philosophy 2321
 
 

. . . . . . . . . .. Armstrong, Karen.  A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity
         and Islam.  Rpt. ed.  New York: Ballantine, 1994.  0345384563

Rowe, William L.  Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction.  2nd ed.  Belmont, 
         CA: Wadsworth, 1993.

Smith, Huston.  The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions.  Rev. ed.
         San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.


Communications 1307 Biagi, Shirley.  Media Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media.  6th ed.
         Belmont CA: Wadsworth, 2003.

Communications 1129/2129
 
 
 
 

 

Goldstein, Norm, ed.  The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
        Rev. ed.  Cambridge: Perseus, 2002.

Harrower, Tim.  The Newspaper Designer's Handbook.  5th ed.  McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Kessler,  Lauren, and Duncan McDonald.  When Words Collide: A Media Writer's
         Guide to Grammar and Style With Infotrac.  6th ed. Thompson, 2004.

Kessler, Lauren.  When Words Collide: Exercises.  6th ed.  Thompson, 2004.



Communications 2311
 
 
 

 

Goldstein, Norm, ed.  The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
        Rev. ed.  Cambridge: Perseus, 2002.

Kessler,  Lauren, and Duncan McDonald.  When Words Collide: A Media Writer's
         Guide to Grammar and Style With Infotrac.  6th ed. Thompson, 2004.

Kessler, Lauren.  When Words Collide: Exercises.  6th ed.  Thompson, 2004.



Communications 2315
 

 

Goldstein, Norm, ed.  The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
        Rev. ed.  Cambridge: Perseus, 2002.

Rich, Carole.   Writing and Reporting the New with Infotrac: A Coaching Method
        4th ed. Thompson, 2003.


   
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                                                                                                                           updated 19 May 2005    Mark Bernier