The sixth edition offers students insightful, engaging, contemporary selections that to challenge them and to make them want to turn the page. The book’s subtitle, Contemporary Readings for College Students, reflects the nature of the book. In addition to acquiring skills, students will learn something about the world as they read.

In addition to the readings, the book includes a wide variety of practice exercises to reinforce good reading skills and to help students develop a college-level vocabulary. This basic principle—high-interest contemporary readings and useful exercises—has accounted for the book’s success in the past and remains the guiding principle for this edition....

In Tandem: Reading and Writing for College Students is an innovative new text that helps students examine both reading and writing, together in one volume. Throughout the book, students are introduced to reading techniques to ensure thorough comprehension of the material; they are then given thorough instruction in the techniques of writing analytical and argumentative essays. In Tandem recognizes the inseparable nature of reading and writing, and their potential to enhance the learning experience as one, leaving students doubly prepared for the college experience....