Beyond Words with NEW MyCompLab -- Access Card Package

by John J. Ruszkiewicz, Daniel Anderson, Christy E. Friend

<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN . Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID , provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--> Beyond Words is a highly visual, thematically-organized reader intended for use in introductory composition courses. Including over 200 color images in a wide variety of media and genres and over 70 readings, Beyond Words offers strategies for reading and responding to texts - verbal and visual texts - and practice in informative, analytical, and persuasive writing. 0321846109 / 9780321846105 Beyond Words with NEW MyCompLab Student Access Code Card 3/e Package consists of 0205211216 / 9780205211210 Beyond Words 020589190X / 9780205891900 NEW MyCompLab - Valuepack Access Card

560 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2005

Reviews

[Deja Bertucci · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you teach Freshman composition or anything like unto it, I simply cannot recommend this book highly enough. I've read it cover to cover, and that wasn't nearly as painful a task as it could have been. It makes ME want to do the assignments.

The best part about it is the broad net it casts over media, history, and contemporary science and technology. It engages the ethics of Second Life and myspace. It asks students to think critically about text messaging and Obama's tactics for getting the youth vote President Bush's visits to wounded soldiers. It's full of provacative images of everything from an arial view of a New Orleans residents during Katrina to a still from a South Park episode.

It's brilliant. Check it out.

[Xuân Quỳnh · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Digital media and technology have altered the way we interact with the world. Many of us now take devices such as smartphones and iPods for granted; routinely converse with friends via instant messages; share our lives on Facebook; amuse ourselves with video games; pull weather information we need off the Internet; and track political and cultural events via blogs and YouTube. We download music to our computers, take photographs with cell phones and do much academic work online. But being immersed in new media is not the same as comprehending all its messages or knowing how to respond to them critically. For centuries, people were considered literate if they could just read and write. And that’s still the case. But reading and composing sure look different today".

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this textbook for its strong visual content and appealing topics. I used the 1st edition and loved that too.

However, if your Pearson/Longman rep tells you there is an ebook version available in MyCompLab, do not believe them, because no such thing exists, at least in my set-up.

The MCL annoyance is not what cost it a star. I just docked it a star for being so expensive (abt $80, I think).

Why is it so hard to find a first-year comp textbook that is engaging and inexpensive? Why do the cheap ones have to seem so cheap?

Yeah, this review has rambled off-topic now.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

3rd edition is smaller, lighter, and has more explicit writing instruction: an actual improvement.