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| The Bedford Reader, Ninth Edition | 
| Authors: X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Category: Book
Buy New: $1.05
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7252
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 9th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 784
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312433174
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780312433178
ASIN: 0312433174
Publication Date: May 18, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
One of the most widely adopted composition readers of all time, The Bedford Reader continues to engage and inspire students with remarkable selections, outstanding instructional material, and a unique "Writers on Writing" feature in which 50 of the book?s writers comment on their process and their work. Thorough coverage of critical reading, effective writing, and working with sources guides students, now more than ever, through their own academic writing. And an exciting visual dimension shows that rhetorical methods apply to both images and text. The Bedford Reader is a favorite of students for the Kennedys? clarity and wit, of instructors for the flexible and realistic view of the rhetorical methods, and of both for the superior selections and perceptive commentaries by writers worth reading.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 The Bedford Reader December 24, 2008
The book condition was new just like how was stated in the seller plofile. I will look foward to buy more items from this seller. I wish every sellers would be like him/she.
TERRIFIC December 22, 2008
This is exactly what I needed for my class. Beyond that, I cannot say whether or not this is a good book. I suppose it depends on if you like textbooks. However, as far as textbooks are concerned, the way this one is written is engaging and entertaining. Well done to the writers/editors/publishers.
Good essay book September 27, 2007
This is my secondary textbook for my college english course. But there are some essays and stories that I could see people reading just to read.
 A college instructor's perspective... August 6, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As an English instructor at a community college, this collection as a text for essay writing offers great appeal with its diversity in voices, cultures, topics, and points of view (though the explanation of POV needs greater scope). In addition to the writer's bio before each story, one of my favorite features is the writer's shared insights afterward about his or her story, writing process, personal background, or career development (students enjoy this feature, too); and, there are discussion questions with "Suggested Journaling ideas," and suggestions for rewriting "Journals into Essays," that help students who always ask "What do I write about?" Story length as reading assignments are manageable for time-crunched, back-to-schoolers with already-full plates--juggling jobs, kids, and classes--and little time for 400-page novels. It may not be my text of choice for teaching argument and research, but as an introduction, it works.
 I was coerced into buying this November 26, 2006
13 out of 38 found this review helpful
What sort of psycho would ever buy a book like this if they weren't forced to, and where do these sadists get off charging this much for this load of crap? You can buy a handsome boxed set of the Iliad and Odyssey, Don Quixote, The Tain and Penguin's collection of the Norse sagas and still pay less than you would for the Bedford reader . Do you think the bedford reader comes close to being a fraction as significant, worthwhile, enlightening or entertaining as any of those books? Neither do I, but the ego-maniacal swine who publish this would apparently beg to differ with you.
About the book's contents? It's a bunch of watery, PC, multiculti crap. Do you think your fatuous, lefty professor would assign you anything that wasn't? I didn't learn a friggin thing from it, and I resent every second I had to spend skimming through it. The only reason I resold it instead of burning it at the end of the course (which I got an A in) was that the company that publishes it made one less sale thereby.
In summary, I assume that if you're looking at this book it's because it's been assigned to you. Poor you.
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