Contemporary Reader

The Contemporary Reader, Ninth Edition Gary Goshgarian Success starts here. With a wide-ranging collection of over 90 contemporary readings50 of them new to this edition, and 90 percent of them written within the last five yearsthis best-selling anthology is an unbeatable resource for learning how to understand today's issues and arguments and how to write effectively in the college classroom and beyond. You won't want to miss Emilio Dabul on why the terrorists on the T.V. show24are generally Arabs, or Al Gore on global warming (or a blogger on why he's just really tired of hearing about the whole subject), or essays about topics such as the corporate hours (and dollars) that go into designing lunchboxes and princess paraphernalia for America's children, and how violent video games affect our lives.The Contemporary Readerbrings you all this and more! Critical new material available only in this edition Three new chaptersonclimate change(Does it exist? Can we survive it?),the American university system(Who gets in, and who doesn't? Who should get in?), andimmigration(Does the United States have a special relationship to immigrants? What does that mean?)bring you face to face with major scientific, ethical, and political arguments. Reading the Blogposts throughout the book bring online debatesthe reality of our contemporary communicationinto the genre mix. Culture Shockfeatures offer ads, cartoons, maps, and other images and, by asking pointed questions, help you discover the meanings hidden in the "visual assault" that we cope with every day. Visit us as www.ablongman.comGoshgarian, Gary is the author of 'Contemporary Reader ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780205568222 and ISBN 020556822X.