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essays that touch the heart

VOICES AND VALUES, 2/e

Janet M. Goldstein
John Langan
ISBN 978-1-59194-443-0
480 pages
Net price: $24.00

Forty lively and thought-provoking

essays students will want to read
READING LEVEL 913

Features of the book

l

Readings that celebrate human values

Timely, engaging, thought-provoking essays celebrate old-fashioned human values in a
style that never preaches.
For example, in the first selection, The Blind Vet, an author describes the despair and
helplessness felt by an injured veteran and the steps he took to regain his independence.
The story becomes an argument for the importance of perseverancenever giving up
despite the oddsand the need for love and compassion. Other essaysin a style that
never preachescover such values as gratitude, personal growth, fairness, responsibility,
kindness, courage, common sense, and moderation.

High-quality activities
Accompanying the selections is a series of activities that will help students improve their
reading, thinking, and writing skills. Activities include:
l freewriting

l discussion

l vocabulary

topics
questions
l reading comprehension questions

l paragraph

questions
assignments
l essay assignments

Sample topic sentences and thesis statements, along with specific suggestions for providing
support, help students to succeed on the writing assignments. Finally, fifteen additional
assignments ask students to read two of the essays and write a paper based on both.
l

Versatility
The book would be ideal for a reading/writing course. It can also be used as a core text in
a reading course or as a reader in a writing course covering paragraphs, essays, or both.

Handy supplements
An annotated Instructors Edition of the book includes answers and explanations, making
the book very easy for teachers to use. Available at TPs online Learning Center are
teaching suggestions, answers to the Vocabulary and Reading Checks, suggested answers
to the discussion questions, guided writing assignments, and five additional readings.

Changes in the Second Edition of Voices and Values . . .

l

Twenty new readings. Half of the readings have been replaced with new selections, many

taken from current newspapers and magazines. These new readings speak directly to
21st-century concerns. In addition, several of the readings from the first edition have been
updated.
l

Added questions on the writers craft. These questions, located at the end of each Reading
Check, will help students further sharpen both their reading and their writing skills.

A full-color design. Color has been carefully used throughoutnot as window dressing, but

to add clarity and readability to the different parts of each chapter in the book.
l

Appealing visuals. Because so many students today are visual learners, a photograph or
other illustration has been added to each reading to help engage students interest.

New third-person writing assignments. Half of the paragraph assignments and half of the
essay assignments are first-person; the other half of the assignments are third-person. Many
of these include suggestions for Internet research, thereby permitting students to become
familiar with using Google and other search engines to gather material for a paper.

A new unit on the research paper. Unit Six contains material on writing a research paper
with sources, as well as a sample research paper in MLA format.

Here is the
opening page
of the
first reading
in the book.

The Blind Vet

Gail Hoffman

Preview
When Nick returned home from the war in Afghanistan blinded by a bomb, he knew
his life would never be the same. In so many ways, Nick would have to start all over
again, and he wasnt certain he could do it. When Nicks friends slowly stopped
coming by to see him, Nick fell into a sadness that threatened to destroy all his hopes.
He wanted to give up. But one very special person refused to give up on Nick.

Words to Watch
rivulet (4): small stream
IED (6): improvised explosive device, a homemade roadside bomb that caused
significant casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
apprehension (8): fear
sufficiently (23): enough

When Nick boarded the bus, everyone

looked at him. A few people shook their
heads in pity. It didnt seem right that
such a young man should have so much
trouble climbing the three short steps up
to the bus aisle.
2
Why does that man have that white
stick? a small girl asked her mother
loudly.
3
Shh! the mother said quickly. Its
not polite to talk about him, honey. Hes
blind.
4
But Nick had heard the little girl. In
fact, he could feel everyones eyes on
him even though he couldnt see them.
Using his cane, Nick carefully measured
1

the height of each step. Gripping the

handrail with white knuckles, he slowly
made his way to the aisle. Then he used
his hands to feel his way. Gratefully, Nick
eased into the first set of seats reserved
for the disabled. A thin rivulet of sweat
trickled down Nicks forehead, and his
hands shook.
Okay. Relax. Nick tried to calm 5
himself down. Youll be all right. Youll
make it.
Nick, barely 22, had been blind 6
for just over a year. During a tour of
duty in Afghanistan, the vehicle Nick
had been riding in had run over an
IED. Nick remembered a bright flash, a

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Two Recent Reading-Writing Books from Townsend Press

The Reading-Writing Connection

Have you, as a reading and/or writing instructor, asked yourself
these questions:
Is there a book that will help me teach both essential reading
and essential writing skills?
Is there a book that will clearly explain the connection between
effective reading and effective writing?
Is there a book that will provide selections that students will
want to read and topics that students will want to write about?
If youve asked any of the above questions, The Reading-Writing
Connection may be the book for you.
READING LEVEL 812

John Langan
Atlantic Cape Community College
ISBN 978-1-59194-301-3
480 pages
Net price: $29.00

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: The Reading-Writing Connection
PART ONE: Reading and Writing Skills
1 Vocabulary Development for Reading and Writing
Mastery Tests
2 Main Ideas in Reading
Mastery Tests
3 Supporting Details in Reading

Mastery Tests
4 Main Ideas and Supporting Details in Writing
Mastery Tests
5 Understanding the Writing Process

Mastery Tests
6 Relationships in Reading

Mastery Tests
7 Relationships in Writing

Mastery Tests
8 More Relationships in Reading
Mastery Tests
9 More Relationships in Writing
Mastery Tests
1 0 Inferences in Reading and Writing
Mastery Tests
11 Longer Selections in Reading and Writing
Mastery Tests

PART TWO: Fifteen Selections for Readers and Writers

Introduction to the Reading Selections
1 The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill
2 Adult Children at Home Marilyn Mack
3 Rowing the Bus Paul Logan
4 All Washed Up? Sara Hansen
5 The Scholarship Jacket Marta Salinas
6 Taming the Anger Monster Anne Davidson
7 All the Good Things Sister Helen Mrosla
8 Shame Dick Gregory
9 Extra Large, Please Alice M. Davies
10 A Change of Attitude Grant Berry
11 Abusive Relationships among the Young Miriam Hill
12 A Door Swings Open Roxanne Black
13 A Drunken Ride, A Tragic Aftermath Theresa Conroy and
Christine M. Johnson
14 Migrant Child to College Woman Maria Cardenas
15 Students in Shock John Kellmayer and Alina Wyden
Limited Answer Key
Acknowledgments
Index

The Advanced Reading-Writing Connection

Featuring more advanced readings and practice materials
than The Reading-Writing Connection, this new book also
includes a model research paper and a guide to writing a
research paper using sources. Each reading in the book is
followed by four writing topicstwo paragraph assignments
and two essay assignments. Half of the assignments involve
personal experience topics and an I point of view; the
other half are objective topics that call for a third-person
point of view. All the assignments emphasize the basic
principle of clear communication: that a student make a clear
point and effectively support that point.
READING LEVEL 913

John Langan
Atlantic Cape Community College
ISBN 978-1-59194-425-6
480 pages
Net price: $29.00

CONTENTS

Preface: To the Instructor

INTRODUCTION:
The Reading-Writing Connection
PART ONE: Reading and Writing Skills
1 Main Ideas in Reading
Mastery Tests
2 Supporting Details in Reading
Mastery Tests
3 Main Ideas and Supporting Details in Writing

Mastery Tests
4 Understanding the Writing Process
Mastery Tests
5 Relationships in Reading

Mastery Tests
6 Relationships in Writing

Mastery Tests
7 More Relationships in Reading
Mastery Tests
8 More Relationships in Writing
Mastery Tests
9 Inferences in Reading and Writing
Mastery Tests
1 0 Argument in Reading and Writing
Mastery Tests

PART TWO: Fifteen Selections for Readers and Writers

Introduction to the Reading Selections
1 Growing Less Dumb Eileen Brenoff
2 College Athletes Should Be Paid Ann Kaufmann
3 Life Isnt Fair Beth Johnson
4 Managing Conflicts in Relationships Rudolph F. Verderber
5 Controlling Your Destiny Guadalupe Quintanilla
6 Forget What You Know about Good Study Habits
Benedict Carey
7 To Tony Lopez, with Love Steve Lopez
8 A Path to Marriage Jean Sutton
9 Consequences of Social Class James Henslin
10 The Ugly Truth about Beauty Dave Barry
11 Rethinking Sleep David K. Randall
12 Marijuana Today Mark Bowden
13 The Bitter Truth about Sugar Emily Carlin
14 Diamonds Arent Forever Ruth A. Rouff
15 Todays Job Crisis: What Students Need to Know
Donald Bertram
PART THREE: Writing a Research Paper with Sources
Limited Answer Key
Acknowledgments
Index

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John Langan
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724 pages
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READING LEVEL 913

John Langan

ISBN 978-1-59194-434-8
724 pages
Net price: $29.00

CONTENTS

Preface: To the Instructor

INTRODUCTION
1 How to Become a Better Reader and Thinker
2 Some Quick Study Tips
3 The Power of Reading
PART ONE Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills
1 Vocabulary in Context
Reading: All Washed Up? Sara Hansen
Mastery Tests
2 Main Ideas
Reading: How Dual-Earner Couples Cope
Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds
Mastery Tests
3 Supporting Details
Reading: Now More Than Ever: Community Colleges
Daniel Wister
Mastery Tests
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Reading: Forget What You Know about Good Study Habits
Benedict Carey
Mastery Tests
5 Relationships I
Reading: Soft Addictions
Mastery Tests

Tim Bashard

6 Relationships II
Reading: The Influence of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Ronald B. Adler and Neil Towne
Mastery Tests
7 Inferences
Reading: He Was First John Kellmayer
Mastery Tests
8 Purpose and Tone
Reading: What Causes Hearing Loss Jane E. Brody
Mastery Tests

9 Argument
Reading: Obedience: Milgrams Controversial Studies
Mary M. Gergen and others
Mastery Tests
10 Critical Reading
Reading: Managing Conflicts in Relationships
Rudolph F. Verderber
Mastery Tests
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1 The Professor Is a Dropout Beth Johnson
2 Taming the Anger Monster Anne Davidson
3 Young and Isolated Jennifer M. Silva
4 My Fathers Hands Calvin R. Worthington
5 Motivation and Needs Virginia Quinn
6 Effects of the Automobile James M. Henslin
7 Two Main Forms of Scientific Inquiry
Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, and others
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9 Better, More Affordable Colleges Start Online L. Rafael Reif
10 Into the Light Tanya Savory
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1 Relationships Tests
2 Combined-Skills Tests
PART FOUR For Further Study
1 More about Summarizing and Outlining
2 Additional Tests on Fact and Opinion
3 Three Additional Readings
4 Understanding Bias
5 Writing Assignments
Appendixes
1 Pronunciation Guide
2 Limited Answer Key

Often imitated but never equaled, Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills
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explanations of each skill, in the logically sequenced materials, and even in the care given to the
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freshened throughout.
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READING LEVEL 911

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198 pages
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Building Vocabulary Skills, 4/e

Sherrie L. Nist
ISBN 1-59194-188-1
198 pages
Net price: $11.90

READING LEVEL 79

Improving Vocabulary Skills, 4/e

Sherrie L. Nist
ISBN 1-59194-190-3
198 pages
Net price: $11.90

READING LEVEL 911

Advancing Vocabulary Skills, 4/e

Sherrie L. Nist
ISBN 1-59194-193-8
198 pages
Net price: $11.90

READING LEVEL 1113

300 words in 30 lessons

Sample Words
1. accessible
2. affirm
3. candid
4. destiny
5. elaborate
6. essence

7. fluent
8. integrity
9. lenient
10. plausible
11. stereotype
12. unique

300 words in 30 lessons

Sample Words
1. aspire
2. benevolent
3. contemplate
4. empathy
5. hypothetical
6. intrinsic

7. lucrative
8. mandatory
9. nurture
10. predominant
11. rationale
12. transcend

300 words in 30 lessons

Sample Words
1. ambiguous
2. antithesis
3. auspicious
4. emulate
5. fortuitous
6. gregarious

7. incongruous
8. juxtapose
9. lucid
10. magnanimous
11. retrospect
12. superfluous

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Short Versions of the Three Core TP Vocabulary Books

Short versions of the books on page 11 are pictured below. The short versions each teach 200
essential words. (In contrast, each main book teaches 260 words and 40 word parts.)
If class time for vocabulary study is limited, the short versions of the books provide an easier, more
manageable approach to vocabulary development. In addition, each short version book sells for a
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Building Vocabulary Skills,

Short Version, 4/e
Sherrie L. Nist
ISBN 1-59194-189-X
144 pages
Net price: $9.90

SHORT VERSION

200 words
in 20 lessons

READING LEVEL 79

Often used in basic-level reading courses.

Improving Vocabulary Skills,

Short Version, 4/e
Sherrie L. Nist
ISBN 1-59194-191-1
144 pages
Net price: $9.90

SHORT VERSION

200 words
in 20 lessons

READING LEVEL 911

Widely used in core developmental reading courses.

Advancing Vocabulary Skills,

Short Version, 4/e
Sherrie L. Nist
ISBN 1-59194-194-6
144 pages
Net price: $9.90

READING LEVEL 1113

Used in both intermediate and more advanced reading courses.

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SHORT VERSION

200 words
in 20 lessons

Three More Books in the TP Vocabulary Series

The three books pictured below are often used in basic or advanced reading and writing classes. They also are
excellent supplements to the corresponding reading books.

240 words in 30 lessons

Vocabulary Basics, 2/e

Judith Nadell / Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-235-7
258 pages
Net price: $11.90

Sample Words
1. achieve
2. benefit
3. embrace
4. emphasize
5. impossible
6. inspire

READING LEVEL 46

The most basic of the TP vocabulary books.

7. logical
8. necessary
9. occasion
10. praise
11. talent
12. value

300 words in 30 lessons

Groundwork for a
Better Vocabulary, 4/e
Beth Johnson / Janet M. Goldstein
ISBN 1-59194-223-3
262 pages
READING
Net price: $11.90

Sample Words
1. abundant
2. capability
3. characteristic
4. consistent
5. determine
6. encourage

LEVEL 58

7. essential
8. fulfill
9. fundamental
10. humane
11. respond
12. triumph

A step higher than Vocabulary Basics.

Advanced Word Power, 2/e

Beth Johnson / Janet M. Goldstein
ISBN 1-59194-226-8
198 pages
READING
Net price: $11.90
Our most advanced vocabulary book.

LEVEL 1214

SE C OND

E D ITION

300 challenging words in 30 lessons

Sample Words
1. accolade
2. assiduous
3. circumspect
4. delineate
5. discerning
6. eloquent

7. evanescent
8. fallacious
9. indefatigable
10. prodigious
11. sagacious
12. virtuoso

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a) prove

2. earnest

b) mislead

c) reach

a) serious and sincere

3. inferior

a) not proper

4. to comprehend
5. unanimous
6. the vicinity

b) illegal

b) clear

a) describe

c) enemy

b) inside

c) outside

b) expensive

c) cheap

a) goal

b) puzzle

____ 10. an objective

____ 11. a potential

a) favorite

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b) delay
b) run from

____ 18. reluctant

a) unwilling

____ 19. to coincide

a) pay

____ 20. to inhabit

d) create
d) necessary
d) proper

c) type

b) lost

b) decide

a) enter

d) question

c) unhappy

d) well-known

c) get in the way

b) live in

a) together
a) in the habit
a) give advice

d) desire
d) commit a crime

d) attract

c) suggest
c) kind
c) profitable

b) horror

____ 22. accustomed

d) supply

c) follow
c) set up

b) unclear
b) needed

____ 23. to revise

d) necessary

d) brief
d) greatest

c) refusal

b) make

a) receive
a) follow
a) missing
a) simple
a) kindness

____ 21. apparent

c) cause

b) possibility

a) discover

____ 13. to establish

____ 14. to pursue
____ 15. vague

c) get used to

b) obvious

d) happen together
d) understand

c) motherly

b) specially made
b) go back

d) prepare
d) in full agreement

d) information

c) well-known

a) forever
a) least

____ 16. suitable

d) hidden
d) inside

c) unfriendly

b) city
b) modern

8. internal
9. maximum

____ 17. a category

d) get back

c) make use of

b) animal-like

a) healthy

c) wealthy

c) poor in quality

b) understand

a) alone

a) area nearby

7. current

____
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d) welcome

c) necessary

c) change

____ 24. a contrast

a) purpose

b) choice

c) agreement

____ 25. awkward

a) forward

b) boring

c) clumsy

d) extra

d) awaken
d) difference
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The Expanded Townsend Library

Accessible, engaging paperbacksonly

$2.00 each

To encourage students to read more, TP presents a series of affordable high-interest books.

To help students develop the reading habit, each book in the Townsend Library series is available at the minimal cost
of $2.00 a copy. Many books include an afterword with information about the author and a commentary to deepen
students enjoyment of the book. At times, the style and language of a classic story have been updated to make it more
accessible to todays students, but the story itself remains intact.
All the books chosen for the Townsend Library tell compelling human stories that appeal to readers of all ages.

African
American
Stories

Brother to Brother
Black Men
Speak to
Young Black Men

Beth Johnson

A Dream Fulfilled: The

Story of Barack Obama
Tanya Savory
ISBN 1-59194-186-5
165 pages

18

Brother to Brother
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-178-4
148 pages

Sister to Sister
Black Women
Speak to
Young Black Women

Beth Johnson

Sister to Sister
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-204-7
122 pages

Narrative of the Life

of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
ISBN 1-59194-019-2
122 pages

Up from Slavery:
An Autobiography
Booker T. Washington
ISBN 1-59194-031-1
116 pages

Uncle Toms Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe
ISBN 1-59194-055-9
186 pages

Harriet Tubman:
Freedom Leader
Tanya Savory
ISBN 1-59194-101-6
119 pages

William Still and the

Underground Railroad
Kathleen Stevens
ISBN 1-59194-109-1
154 pages

Jackie Robinson:
An American Hero
Anne Schraff
ISBN 1-59194-102-4
138 pages

Incidents in the Life

of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs
ISBN 1-59194-026-5
152 pages

Foster Care Odyssey:

A Black Girls Story
Theresa Cameron
ISBN 1-59194-098-2
381 pages

Learning to Live:
A Black Womans
Journey Beyond
Foster Care
Theresa Cameron
ISBN 1-59194-108-3
278 pages

Ida B. Wells
Ruth A. Rouff
ISBN 1-59194-218-7
154 pages

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tanya Savory
ISBN 1-59194-202-0
170 pages

Rosa Parks and the

Bus to Freedom
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-288-8
67 pages

Remarkable
Personal
Stories
Note: The African
American stories on
page 18 also fall
into the category
of Remarkable
Personal Stories.

BilinguAl

Book

Maria Cardenas
My Story
uuuuuu

Mara Crdenas
Mi Historia

Beth Johnson
Maria Cardenas

BilinguAl

Book

Guadalupe Quintanilla
My Story

Rod Sutton
My Story

uuuuuu

Guadalupe Quintanilla
Mi Historia

Beth Johnson
Guadalupe Quintanilla

Beth Johnson
Rod Sutton

Maria Cardenas
A Bilingual Book
Beth Johnson and
Maria Cardenas
ISBN 978-1-59194-418-8
58 pages

Guadalupe Quintanilla
A Bilingual Book
Beth Johnson and
Guadalupe Quintanilla
ISBN 1-59194-269-1
49 pages

Rod Sutton
Beth Johnson and
Rod Sutton
ISBN 1-59194-419-8
28 pages

Making the Most of

Your Life
Various authors
ISBN 1-59194-090-7
104 pages

La Vida Real
Tanya Savory
ISBN 1-59194-179-2
120 pages

Letters My Mother
Never Read
Jerri Diane Sueck
ISBN 1-59194-036-2
199 pages

The Amazing
Harry Houdini
Tanya Savory
ISBN 1-59194-175-X
199 pages

Animal Rescue
Tanya Savory
ISBN 1-59194-107-5
153 pages

Finding Hope
and Healing in the
Face of Illness

UNEXPECTED

Blessings
ROXANNE BLACK

Unexpected Blessings
Roxanne Black
ISBN 1-59194-238-1
224 pages

Voces Latinas

READING

Hispanic Adults
Speak to
Hispanic Young People

CHANGED MY LIFE!
THREE
TRUE
STORIES

Beth Johnson

Beth Johnson

Voces Latinas
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-225-X
145 pages

Surviving Abuse
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-057-5
135 pages

It Couldnt Happen
to Me
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-049-4
98 pages

Reading Changed
My Life!
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-012-5
94 pages

Facing Addiction
Beth Johnson
ISBN 1-59194-058-3
107 pages

Ten Real-Life Stories

Various authors
ISBN 1-59194-059-1
143 pages

The Stolen Light

Ved Mehta
ISBN 1-59194-095-8
410 pages

Everyday Heroes
Beth Johnson
ISBN 0-944210-28-7
148 pages

The Story of Blima

A Holocaust Survivor
Shirley Russak Wachtel
ISBN 1-59194-051-6
133 pages

Roberto Clemente
The Story of a Champion
Jon Volkmer
ISBN 1-59194-103-2
135 pages

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Adventure
Classics

The Count of
Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
ISBN 1-59194-216-0
440 pages

The Sea-Wolf
Jack London
ISBN 1-59194-111-3
313 pages

Dracula
Bram Stoker
ISBN 1-59194-003-6
428 pages

Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN 1-59194-038-9
248 pages

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling
ISBN 1-59194-008-7
122 pages

Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
ISBN 1-59194-046-X
234 pages

Great Stories of
Suspense & Adventure
Various authors
ISBN 1-59194-000-1
182 pages

Laughter and Chills:

Seven Great Stories
Various authors
ISBN 1-59194-040-0
167 pages

Frankenstein and
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Shelley / Stevenson
ISBN 1-59194-052-4
147 pages

The Call of the Wild

Jack London
ISBN 1-59194-001-X
137 pages

White Fang
Jack London
ISBN 1-59194-007-9
282 pages

Tarzan of the Apes

Edgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN 1-59194-010-9
311 pages

The Return of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN 1-59194-020-6
298 pages

The Beasts of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN 1-59194-033-8
217 pages

Swiss Family Robinson

Johann Wyss
ISBN 1-59194-056-7
352 pages

Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
ISBN 1-59194-068-0
260 pages

Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling
ISBN 1-59194-084-2
209 pages

The Merry Adventures

of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
ISBN 1-59194-043-5
330 pages

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The Mark of Zorro

Johnston McCulley
ISBN 1-59194-071-0
311 pages

Gullivers Travels
Jonathan Swift
ISBN 1-59194-021-4
262 pages

The Hound of the

Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN 1-59194-064-8
266 pages

King Arthur and His

Knights
Howard Pyle
ISBN 1-59194-074-5
202 pages

The Virginian
Owen Wister
ISBN 1-59194-065-6
407 pages

The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper
ISBN 1-59194-032-X
375 pages

I have . . . long been disappointed with abridged books. But I compared books in the
Townsend Library to the original source text, and in each case I have been amazed at the
sensitive and precise treatment of Townsends editors. They have preserved the tension and
magic of the original stories. Nothing is lost except those things which would be obstacles
to todays students.


Daphne Bell, College of DuPage, Illinois

Many classics in the Townsend Library have been

lightly edited to make them more accessible to
todays students. Books include a background note,
an afterword, and author biography; in addition,
free teachers guides are available online.

Fantasy/Science Fiction
The Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum (208 pages)
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame (223 pages)
The War of the WorldsH.G. Wells (216 pages)
A Princess of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs (240 pages)
The Gods of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs (247 pages)
The Warlord of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs (199 pages)

History
The Deadliest WarMark Thomas (186 pages)
A Nation DividedMark Thomas (165 pages)
A Nation CreatedMark Thomas (183 pages)
John F. KennedyTanya Savory (183 pages)
Abraham LincolnTanya Savory (185 pages)

A NATION

DIVIDED

Other Classics
Ragged DickHoratio Alger, Jr. (186 pages)
PollyannaEleanor H. Porter (208 pages)
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery (269 pages)
The Prince and the PauperMark Twain (232 pages)
Timeless TalesLisa Barsky, Ed. (135 pages)
LadAlbert Payson Terhune (281 pages)
Jane EyreCharlotte Bronte (428 pages)
Tom SawyerMark Twain (180 pages)
Huckleberry FinnMark Twain (181 pages)
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott (352 pages)
Sister CarrieTheodore Dreiser (407 pages)
Ethan FromeEdith Wharton (118 pages)
The Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane (119 pages)
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne (202 pages)
The Return of the NativeThomas Hardy (138 pages)
Far from the Madding CrowdThomas Hardy (272 pages)
Silas MarnerGeorge Eliot (279 pages)
David CopperfieldCharles Dickens (426 pages)
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens (362 pages)
Oliver TwistCharles Dickens (390 pages)
Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens (384 pages)
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen (406 pages)
My AntoniaWilla Cather (346 pages)
The OdysseyHomer (272 pages)

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

MARK THOMAS

Latest
additions
to the
Townsend
Library . . .
Great Moments
in Sports
Ruth Rouff
ISBN 1-59194-270-5
132 pages

Rebounding
Kate Fagan
ISBN 1-59194-247-0
156 pages

Second Wind
Kate Fagan
ISBN 1-59194-293-4
155 pages

Creatures That
Can Kill You
Marie Noble
ISBN 1-59194-268-3
166 pages

Scary Medical Stories

Marie Noble
ISBN 1-59194-292-6
134 pages

Lost on the Mountain

Mark Thomas
ISBN 978-1-59194-305-1
138 pages

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The Bluford Series: Stories to Experience

The Bluford Series is a collection of
twenty compelling novels that speak to
the interests and concerns of todays
young adults. Praised in School Library
Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the Journal
of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, the
Bluford Series makes students want
to read.

Promises to Keep
Paul Langan
ISBN 978-1-59194-303-7
151 pages

Survivor
Paul Langan
ISBN 978-1-59194-304-4
138 pages

More than 10 million in print!

Lost and Found

Anne Schraff
ISBN 0-944210-02-3
133 pages

A Matter of Trust
Anne Schraff
ISBN 0-944210-03-1
125 pages

Secrets in the Shadows

Anne Schraff
ISBN 0-944210-05-8
126 pages

Someone to Love Me
Anne Schraff
ISBN 0-944210-06-6
162 pages

The Bully
Paul Langan
ISBN 0-944210-00-7
190 pages

The Gun
Paul Langan
ISBN 0-944210-04-X
123 pages

Until We Meet Again

Anne Schraff
ISBN 0-944210-07-4
144 pages

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Paul Langan &
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ISBN 1-59194-016-8
156 pages

Brothers in Arms
Paul Langan &
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ISBN 1-59194-017-6
152 pages

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Paul Langan
ISBN 1-59194-018-4
142 pages

The Fallen
Paul Langan
ISBN 1-59194-066-4
133 pages

Shattered
Paul Langan
ISBN 1-59194-069-9
123 pages

Search for Safety

John Langan
ISBN 1-59194-070-2
128 pages

No Way Out
Peggy Kern
ISBN 1-59194-176-8
144 pages

Schooled
Paul Langan
ISBN 1-59194-177-6
144 pages

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Karyn Langhorne Folan
& Paul Langan
ISBN 1-59194-232-2
150 pages

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Peggy Kern
ISBN 1-59194-234-9
139 pages

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Karyn Langhorne Folan
ISBN 1-59194-233-0
171 pages

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