The Brief Penguin Handbook [with MyCompLab & eText Access Code]

by Lester Faigley

Now updated with expanded documentation, research, and writing across the curriculum coverage, The Brief Penguin Handbook continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information. The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus it is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use. With unique visual guides and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years. The Third Edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with complete new chapters on using database and Web sources, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage. New “process guides” for writing for different purposes, a new section on writing across the curriculum, and more student model documents than ever make this Third Edition the best resource for writing yet.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Language, Textbooks, Nonfiction

592 pages, Unknown Binding

First published December 1, 2002

Reviews

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to use this book for my college writing course and i actually enjoyed reading it. It helped a lot to improve my skills.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Double plus good

When I went through school all we had were drills and more drills. My participle was dangling all the time. By the time I got to college, we branched out with such things as “Aims of Discourse” and broke free of trying to force U.S. English into old Latin. Infinitives were made to be split.

But nothing in my formal education has prepared me for this animal. Yep, now we can look at writing in a new way. The first chapter gives it away as “Composing in a Visual Era.”

I looked at both the hardback and paperback versions. I found the paperback to be too unwieldy. I evaluated the book in places where I knew the information and it was confirmed. So, I feel comfortable learning added information. The book is more geared to research and documentation from the web vs. my trusty dusty library.

Even if you are a professional there are plenty of eye-openers in this book. I wish I had stumbled upon it earlier. Oh well better late than never (cliché time)

[Jenny]

This is the handbook my freshmen use, so it's on the desk, too.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like assigning readings from this for my students, that is. Reading myself ... it's not bad.