Behrens (U. of California, Santa Barbara) and Rosen (Bentley U.) offer undergraduate students in various subjects a brief edition of their text, pared down to present five of the most popular chapters and an abbreviated rhetoric section that covers the summary, critique, synthesis, and analysis writing types. It does not include the longer text's chapters on introductions, conclusions, and theses. The first part leads students through the process of writing papers based on source material and how summaries, critiques, syntheses, and analyses can be created from readings. The text then offers articles and essays by literary critics, sociologists, psychologists, lawyers, political scientists, journalists, and specialists in other fields on specific topics in sociology, economics, business, and public policy, with practice questions for typical college writing assignments. This edition has about 40 new readings on work, green power, and other topics; an updated chapter on advertising; a new transition section on "tiger moms" meant to give students practice before trying the more complex readings and writing assignments; a new chapter on analyzing rumors; a revised and reorganized chapter on analysis, with a new example; new student model papers in the critique and analysis sections; search terms for online searches; and new video links. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)