New to This Edition

• Six new reading selections from recent textbook and popular sources:
• "Making It Happen: Creating Positive Change to Become a Peak Performer"
• "Fighting Terrorism in a Global Age"
• "Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media's Message Matter?"
• "America's Most Popular Drug: Caffeine"
• "E-Commerce? It's E-Normous!"
• "Poverty in America and Improving Social Welfare through Public Education"
• New and enhanced charts, tables, graphs, and visuals, including new coverage in the section on interpreting graphic material.
• Expanded definitions and explanations, with comprehensive coverage of author's writing patterns.
• New and Revised Appendices, including
• Glossary of Key Reading and Study Skills Terms
• A List of Word Parts: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
• World Map, United States Map, and List of World Capitals
• New List of Reading Selection Vocabulary from the Vocabulary-in-Context Exercises within each Reading Selection
• Updated World Wide Web Activities: The section "Read More about This Topic on the World Wide Web," which follows each reading selection, has been updated with current websites and suggested keywords to encourage students to discover more about each topic on their own.

Proven features

• Chapter Review Cards: This popular feature hones students' ability to create their own summary of each chapter, encouraging the active application of key concepts and skills.
• The Look of a REAL Textbook: Professional-looking and in full color, Opening Doors looks like a typical college textbook, and all of the selections come from widely-used, current college textbooks and other materials that students are likely to encounter in college.
• Systematic Development of Skills: Vocabulary, comprehension, critical reading and thinking, and essential study skills are all covered with depth and focus.