The Contemporary ReaderA best-selling popular culture reader, The Contemporary Reader offers over 70 reading selections focused on current cultural issues and organized around ten engaging, provocative topics that engage students to read and write critically. This reader includes more contemporary selections than any other popular culture reader on the market with over 90% of the readings written in the last five years. The text s ten tightly focused thematic chapters cover a range of writing on interesting issues familiar to students and relevant to our times. |
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... couples sponsored by a consor- tium of universities , has found that eight out of ten couples surveyed planned to marry . " I was out in the field all of the time , interviewing low - income single moth- ers , " Kathy Edin , the ...
... couples sponsored by a consor- tium of universities , has found that eight out of ten couples surveyed planned to marry . " I was out in the field all of the time , interviewing low - income single moth- ers , " Kathy Edin , the ...
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... couples , time spent together lowered the blood pressure of the at - risk spouse . In unhappily married couples , however , even small amounts of extra togetherness led to increases in blood pressure for the at - risk spouse . For ...
... couples , time spent together lowered the blood pressure of the at - risk spouse . In unhappily married couples , however , even small amounts of extra togetherness led to increases in blood pressure for the at - risk spouse . For ...
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... couples compared with non - married couples ? CRITICAL READING 1. Identify the primary points of argument Sullivan uses to support his case . Make a list of his reasons , and respond to each one . How do you think Jacoby would respond ...
... couples compared with non - married couples ? CRITICAL READING 1. Identify the primary points of argument Sullivan uses to support his case . Make a list of his reasons , and respond to each one . How do you think Jacoby would respond ...
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How to Read and Write Critically | 1 |
Determining the Nature of Charley Reese | 3 |
The Images We Project | 43 |
Copyright | |
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