The Houghton Mifflin College Reading Series, Book Three, second edition, is designed to help you improve your reading skills and strategies and prepare you for your academic reading workload - all at an affordable price. The readings included in the text come from a wide variety of contemporary sources, ensuring that you enjoy what you are reading while you master your reading skills. Features: affordable price: this textbook offers you the same content and exercises as other books on the market for roughly one-third of the price; Real readings: selections are taken from sources you will encounter in your daily life, such as newspapers, magazines, and textbooks; Take charge of your own learning: chapter objectives are stated clearly so that you can focus your attention on the essentials; Focus on academic achievement: tips and selected readings for studying and for succeeding in school are integrated throughout the text; Test your knowledge: there is ample opportunity for self-assessment with the chapter Test Yourself sections, in-chapter exercises, chapter Tests, and Combined Skills Tests; Hone your critical thinking skills; and Enhance your vocabulary: every chapter covers a particular vocabulary concept, and footnotes define many of the more difficult words that appear in exercises, examples, and readings. - Back cover.