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Literature	Statue of Books on Literature
From the hour of the invention of printing, books, and not kings, were to rule the world. Weapons forged in the mind, keen-edged, and brighter than a sunbeam, were to supplant the sword and battle-axe. --Edwin Percy Whipple, Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 386.

Textbook: "Electronic Literature Collection" Volume 1 (2006)

Authors: N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, Stephanie Strickland, editors
Textbook URL: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/
Reviewer: Frances Lord - Adjunct Instructor of English, Lake Tahoe Community College www.ltcc.edu

*Average of all chapters. Maximum rating is 5.0

	Reviewer's Comments
	Although I would not suggest the use of the Electronic Literature Textbook Volume One as the primary text for a community college English class, I do think that some of its chapters could be a worthwhile supplement. As the nature of text is ever-changing in our world of continual technological advances, many chapters bring a fresh perspective to what is relevant reading in our world.

Textbook: "Outline of American Literature" (2006)

Author(s): Kathryn VanSpanckeren
Textbook URL: http://www.america.gov/publications/books/outline-of-american-literature.html
Reviewer: Susan Amper - Assoc. Professor of English, Bronx Community College

*Average of all chapters. Maximum rating is 5.0.

	Reviewer's Comments
	I recommend this textbook. It stresses the importance of communication as it pertains to daily skills. It is an organized and informative step-by-step approach to understanding information and communicating it effectively. The end result is a portfolio that showcases a student's written, oral and visual forms of communication.