LB Brief: The Little, Brown Handbook Brief Version

by Jane E. Aaron

Book Overview

LB Brief offers the authority and currency of its best-selling parent, The Little, Brown Handbook, in two briefer, spiral-bound formats (one with tabs and one without tabs) at affordable prices. As in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205530591
• ISBN13: 9780205530595
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 585 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great little compact...

Easy to use tabs. Provides everything you need to know if you are writing upper-level academic essays and more. Purchased mine for graduate business school so the APA Style information is especially helpful.

helpful little book

It's a very handy tool for writing a paper in the electronic age. It gives you examples, not just a list of rules on how to cite electronic sources, punctuation, grammar. It's very useful.

The Little Brown Compact Handbook

This book is indispensable in helping the student create quality and error-free formal class papers. The LBCH is easy to read, divides aides by category, and gives examples of the help the student is searching for. I recommend this book to any new student entering college.

A great resource

I ordered this book because it was on a list of required texts for a class I am currently enrolled in. I wish I had this book years ago; it would have helped a great deal in high school and in the time since then in college and even in helping my younger brother to write his reports. Not only does it give the basic mechanics of writing but it also completely explains the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles of documentation. Each section has a thumb tab and an index for ease in finding needed info.

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The LITTLE, BROWN COMPACT HANDBOOK is one of those essential resources that no writer, email user, student, or English speaker should be without. This current edition in particular is designed to be useful, both in its compact overall size as well as in its plastic comb binding which allows any page to be opened flat upon the desk alongside a keyboard while typing. In addition to its clearly-written and comprehensive treatment of grammar rules and punctuation, the LITTLE, BROWN COMPACT HANDBOOK contains highly useful sections on formatting and citation styles (MLA, APA, etc.), research methods, and methods for effective and persuasive argument formation. All sections are conveniently tabbed for quick access to the information you need. I highly recommend this excellent reference for anyone looking to improve the quality of their writing. Jeremy W. Forstadt