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Expanding Horizons : Short Readings and Images from Unusual Topics
by Thurman, Susan SommersEdition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780321276698
ISBN10:
0321276698
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Pub. Date:
6/15/2006
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Longman
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Summary
Expanding Horizons is a thematic, off-beat collection of essays, articles, poems, stories, and images certain to stimulate the imagination while improving both reading and writing skills. The readings-selected for their ease of readability-take unusual spins on everyday "pop culture" topics such as urban legends, food, money, work, family and friends, ethics, and censorship. The "Expanding Horizons" feature encourages students to look beyond the given world, helping them develop the analytical skills they need to forge their own connections with reading, writing, and thinking based on what they have already learned.
Table of Contents
| Preface for the Instructor | xv | ||||
| Introduction: An Invitation to the Reader | xix | ||||
| CHAPTER 1 URBAN LEGENDS, HOAXES, SUPERSTITIONS, AND OTHER FICTIONS | 2 | (28) | |||
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| CHAPTER 2 POPULAR CULTURE: WHAT'S HIP AND WHAT'S HOPPED-AND WHO CARES | 30 | (26) | |||
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| CHAPTER 3 IDENTITY; YOU ARE UNIQUE, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE | 56 | (20) | |||
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| CHAPTER 4 FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD | 76 | (24) | |||
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| CHAPTER 5 MONEY MATTERS | 100 | (24) | |||
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| CHAPTER 6 EMPLOYMENT: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | 124 | (22) | |||
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| CHAPTER 7 SIMPLICITY: IS IT TOO COMPLICATED? | 146 | (26) | |||
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| CHAPTER 8 FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND PARENTHOOD | 172 | (24) | |||
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| CHAPTER 9 ETHICS, OR "DO THE RIGHT THING" | 196 | (28) | |||
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| CHAPTER 10 CENSORSHIP: SAY THE RIGHT THING- OR DON'T | 224 | (20) | |||
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| CHAPTER 11 AMERICA: RECOVERING AND REMEMBERING | 244 | (31) | |||
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| Appendix A Writing ModelS | 275 | (10) | |||
| Appendix B Research and Documenting Sources for College Papers | 285 | (8) | |||
| Credits | 293 | (2) | |||
| Index | 295 |
