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The Bedford Handbook is an essential writing resource with everything you need to write well in all of your courses-all at an affordable price.

Writing well in college requires time and lots of practice. The Bedford Handbook is a practical tool, worth holding onto, that will help your writing suceed no matter the class.

Based on surveys with more than 1,000 first-year college students, Bedford Handbook fosters good habits for college writers as well as providing extensive support for college reading and writing.

If you haven't looked at The Bedford Handbook in a while, look again: This edition has everything your students need to become stronger writers--in a briefer book. This reimagined Bedford Handbook takes a fresh "essentials" approach to the familiar coverage of writing, research,... Read Full Overview

Built on Diana Hacker's vision and developed with the help of expert composition teachers, the seventh edition of "The Bedford Handbook" is the indispensable classroom and reference tool it always was -- only better. Now with the strongest coverage of research writing in a full-sized... Read Full Overview