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Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e
Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College

Designed to help students become jazzed about reading, this intermediate reading text provides motivating and engaging readings selected to grab the reader's attention. Beautifully designed, Reading and All That Jazz also features clear explanations and a wide variety of well-developed practice exercises designed to provoke genuine thinking, interpretation, and even some improvisation on the part of the students and the instructor. The theme of jazz emphasizes a positive, exciting, personally involved approach to reading and learning.

This new edition offers textbook selections as well as readings from Tom Brokaw, Ann Landers, Art Buchwald, Maya Angelou, Bill Bryson, and George W. Bush.

This complete Online Learning Center supports Reading and All That Jazz with opportunities for students to work online to hone their skills with new exercises, new activities, and additional resources. Furthermore, many reading selections within the text now incorporate Internet reading and research.