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The Bedford Handbook
The Bedford Handbook
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Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Category: Book

Buy New: $42.49
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 68896

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 960
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 1.1

ISBN: 0312419333
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9780312419332
ASIN: 0312419333

Publication Date: November 18, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:   Read 14 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Good Choice   October 25, 2008
this was a very nice book for the price.... *even if I did order 2 by accident.. Thanks again...


4 out of 5 stars Great textbook   September 30, 2008
This textbook has been great for my research and writing class. It allows me to interact with the book more than some older, maybe more well known books. A useful feature is that you can do the exercises online, as well as from the book.


5 out of 5 stars review   February 15, 2008
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The Bedford Handbook
I was satisfied with my order, and was delivered as it said



5 out of 5 stars good   September 4, 2007
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

i ordered it and got it in a very good condition and in time. customer service is awesome. my blessings. keep up the good work.


5 out of 5 stars Hacker lite, but not light enough   January 2, 2007
  11 out of 13 found this review helpful

Diana Hacker has an English comp book for any possible usage, she grinds them out every few years. My college requires me to use this book as a handbook. That is unfortunate.

Of course, this book provides a basic explanation of English composition, grammar, documentation, and document design and critical reading. However, the attempt in this case is to present something that is lighter than Rules for Writers, a full scale manual that is sufficient to use as the only text for a college composition course or as a full writers reference, and her Writers Reference, which is a good handy handbook that is inadequate as a full course book, but is great as a rule book to be used by students taking a course using another text.

Usuing this book, I have had to create supplements from web material for issues that I expect to be covered fully in a college handbook such as the requirements of formal writing.

To be sure there are interesting illustrations and graphics and like her other books, the text is intimately linked with the enormous online network that Hacker and her publishers have created. It is not an awful book to use, but I would prefer Rules for Writers, Jane E. Aaron's Litte Brown Handbook, or Writer's reference.



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