THE BRIEF WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Seventh Edition, provides students with extensive coverage of rhetorical concerns, the writing and research process, writing and researching with computers, and other topics essential for twenty-first-century student writers. This versatile and proven text is a uniquely effective guide to help students develop the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills they need to become successful communicators in college and beyond. Practicing teachers and collaborative writing partners throughout their careers, Kirszner and Mandell bring an "in-the-trenches" pragmatic understanding of instructor and student needs to every page of this seventh edition.