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 : The Little, Brown Essential Handbook for Writers (4th Edition)

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Binding: Spiral-bound
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9780321100450
Edition: 4
ISBN: 032110045X
Label: Longman
Manufacturer: Longman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: August 01, 2002
Publisher: Longman
Studio: Longman




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Brief, accessible, and inexpensive, The Little Brown Essential Handbook, Fifth Edition, answers questions about the writing process, usage, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, document design, research writing, and documentation. Minimal terminology, clear explanations and examples, and pointers for ESL writers help students at all levels. Extensive sections on research writing, source documentation, and document design support writers in all disciplines, both in and out of school. The convenient pocket size, four-color design, spiral binding, and numerous reference aids make the book convenient to carry and easy to consult.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Worth the Purchase
This handy reference tool, the Little, Brown Essential Handbook, The (5th Edition) by Jane E. Aaron, is quite the value... assuming you purchase it on sale from Amazon. Otherwise, the high cost will seem unnecessary for how often it is referred to. If you are writing papers for school; especially college, this is a must have.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Little, but essential
I have assigned an earlier edition of this book for an upper-division historical geography course that featured lots of writing. The Essential Handbook is compact, easy-to-use, and inclusive of the essential information needed by college-level writers. While there are larger, more detailed works that the continuing writer will want, this little book provides a fine initiation into the world of careful and correct writing.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Expensive
The book was expensive at my school's bookstore and I regret not buying it from here. It may be called the little BROWN book but mine is purple and I have an older version which is gray...go figure!!!



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - useful writers handbook
My school requires all students to buy copies of this book before entering high school and I do not think they could have chosen a better book to use as a basis for grammar excercises and teaching proper citing protocol. While I have only used sections of this book, it seems to be easy to use and contrary to what an earlier reviewer said, both section names and page numbers are listed in the table of contents. The book is tiny, perfect for carrying in my backback and holds a ton of information. The ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Hard to Navigate
The layout of this book is very strange, rendering it hard to use. Only a summary Table of Contents appears at the beginning of the book. Worse, it is split over two facing pages--that is, the Table of Contents is presented as one page with the book binding splitting the page in the middle. And, though the book is organized by numbered sections, the section numbers (incredibly) do not appear in the summary Table of Contents. There is a detailed Table of Contents, but it doesn't appear until the ... Read More







 






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