This Starting Off Strong set includes: 30 student books containing four short selections—"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros; "The Moth and the Star" by James Thurber; "State of Affairs" (from Robinson Crusoe) by Daniel Defoe; and "Boar...

Designed for ninth-grade students, this series features outstanding fiction from classic and contemporary masters. Readings are chosen for their ability to encourage the enjoyment of reading and interpretation of literature. Miriam Truman Capote Zoo...

The Leader's Guide for Introduction to Great Books First Series includes recommended approaches for working with fiction and nonfiction, prereading questions, interpretive questions for discussion, note-taking activities, suggested passages for textual...

Perfect for those new to the world of Great Books, this first volume in our Introduction to Great Books Series contains mid-length readings and broad discussion questions that will help guide first-time Shared Inquiry™ participants. Also available...

The Leader's Guide for Junior Great Books Series 9 includes interpretive actitives for each student reading, including Prereading Questions, Directed Notes, Interpreting Words, interpretive questions for Shared Inquiry discussion, and post-discussion...

The Leader's Guide for Introduction to Great Books Third Series includes recommended approaches for working with fiction and nonfiction, prereading questions, interpretive questions for discussion, note-taking activities, suggested passages for textual...

Perfect for those new to the world of Great Books, the third volume in our Introduction to Great Books Series contains mid-length readings and broad discussion questions that will help guide first-time Shared Inquiry™ participants. Also available...

Great Conversations 1, an anthology of 15 classic and contemporary selections, is ideal for book discussion groups and college humanities courses. Biographical headnotes and discussion questions accompany each selection, and a thematic guide offers...

Great Conversations 2, an anthology of 15 classic and contemporary selections, is ideal for book discussion groups and college humanities courses. Biographical headnotes and discussion questions accompany each selection, and a thematic guide offers...

Great Conversations 3, an anthology of 15 classic and contemporary selections, is ideal for book discussion groups and college humanities courses. Biographical headnotes and discussion questions accompany each selection, and a thematic guide offers...

Great Conversations 5, an anthology of 15 classic and contemporary selections, is ideal for book discussion groups and college humanities courses. Biographical headnotes and discussion questions accompany each selection, and a thematic guide offers...

Great Conversations 6, an anthology of 15 classic and contemporary selections, is ideal for book discussion groups and college humanities courses. Biographical headnotes and discussion questions accompany each selection, and a thematic guide offers...

This expanded edition of Citizens of the World is a comprehensive anthology for readers interested in how the concept of human rights has developed throughout history. Selections ranging from memoir and fiction to legal and historical documents help...

The Civically Engaged Reader assembles more than 40 provocative and diverse readings that range across literature, philosophy, and religion. These selections invite reflection on all kinds of civic-minded activities—from giving and serving to...

The 18 stories collected in Immigrant Voices highlight the complex relationships of immigrants in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century with their families, friends, new surroundings, and home countries. The authors themselves...

The selections in Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Visions illustrate the best and worst of what can happen when we attempt to mold the complex communities in which we live into our vision of a perfect state. All 23 selections in this anthology...

Edited by seasoned teachers and published poets, this anthology is ideal for courses in American literature, poetry, or creative writing. Each group of poems is preceded by thoughts from the poet on the art of poetry, as well as biographical information...

“How did life begin? How is it changing? How are human beings related to other forms of life? What are the ethical implications of studying or altering life?”—From the introduction to the new edition This new edition of our popular...

“How did life begin? How is it changing? How are human beings related to other forms of life? What are the ethical implications of studying or altering life?”—From the introduction to the new edition This new edition of our popular...

With 21 selections from key thinkers in ecology, biology, economics, public policy, sociology, history, philosophy, and literature, Keeping Things Whole draws on writers who have influenced the way we think about our place in the natural world. The...