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TP Reading Series

Widely adopted in high schools and colleges across the country, the Townsend Press Reading Series is a sequence of textbooks that grow more popular with each passing year. Each book presents ten key skills that help students become more effective readers. The books can be used as part of a sequential reading program, or any one book can be used independently of the others.

Groundwork for College Reading with Phonics, 4/e (1-59194-086-9) $24.00
Groundwork for College Reading, 4/e (1-59194-085-0) $24.00
Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills 4/e (1-59194-037-0) $24.00
Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills, 5/e (1-59194-099-0) $24.00
Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills, 4/e (1-59194-004-4) $24.00
Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills, 4/e (1-59194-023-0) $24.00
Ten Steps to Advanced Reading (1-59194-079-6) $24.00

TP Vocabulary Series

The problem is a familiar one: students don't know enough words. TP's sequence of vocabulary books provides a solution to this problem. This series of outstanding texts will help students master the words they need to read and write effectively.
Vocabulary Basics (0-944210-40-6) $9.40
Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary, 3/e (1-59194-014-1) $9.40
Building Vocabulary Skills, 3/e (0-944210-12-0) $9.40
Improving Vocabulary Skills, 3/e (0-944210-13-9) $9.40
Advancing Vocabulary Skills, 3/e (0-944210-14-7) $9.40
Advanced Word Power (0-944210-46-5) $9.40
 
Short Versions
Building Vocabulary Skills, Short Version, 3/e (0-944210-15-5) $8.40
Improving Vocabulary Skills, Short Version, 3/e (0-944210-16-3) $8.40
Advancing Vocabulary Skills, Short Version, 3/e (0-944210-17-1) $8.40

TP Library and Bluford Series

TP Library
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1-59194-029-X) $1.00
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1-59194-025-7) $1.00
Animal Rescue (1-59194-107-5) $1.00
The Beasts of Tarzan (1-59194-033-8) $1.00
Black Beauty (1-59194-046-X) $1.00
The Call of the Wild (1-59194-001-X) $1.00
Captains Courageous (1-59194-084-2) $1.00
Dracula (1-59194-003-6) $1.00
Ethan Frome (1-59194-047-8) $1.00
Everyday Heroes (stories only, no activities) (0-944210-28-7) $1.00
Facing Addiction: Three True Stories (1-59194-058-3 ) $1.00
Foster Care Odyssey (1-59194-098-2) $1.00
Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1-59194-052-4) $1.00
The Gods of Mars (1-59194-062-1) $1.00
Great Expectations (1-59194-060-5) $1.00
Great Stories of Suspense and Adventure (1-59194-000-1) $1.00
Gulliver's Travels (1-59194-021-4) $1.00
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader (1-59194-101-6) $1.00
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1-59194-064-8) $1.00
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1-59194-026-5) $1.00
It Couldn't Happen to Me: Three True Stories of Teenage Moms (1-59194-049-4) $1.00
Jackie Robinson: An American Hero (1-59194-102-4) $1.00
Jane Eyre (1-59194-009-5) $1.00
The Jungle Book (1-59194-008-7) $1.00
King Arthur and His Knights (1-59194-074-5) $1.00
The Last of the Mohicans (1-59194-032-X) $1.00
Laughter and Chills: Seven Great Stories (1-59194-040-0) $1.00
Letters My Mother Never Read (1-59194-036-2) $1.00
Making the Most of Your Life (1-59194-090-7) $1.00
The Mark of Zorro (1-59194-071-0) $1.00
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1-59194-043-5) $1.00
My Antonia (1-59194-093-1) $1.00
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1-59194-019-2) $1.00
The Odyssey (1-59194-042-7) $1.00
Oliver Twist (1-59194-083-4) $1.00
Pride and Prejudice (1-59194-067-2) $1.00
The Prince and the Pauper (1-59194-015-X) $1.00
A Princess of Mars (1-59194-061-3) $1.00
Ragged Dick (1-59194-080-X) $1.00
Reading Changed My Life! Three True Stories (1-59194-012-5) $1.00
The Red Badge of Courage (1-59194-050-8) $1.00
The Return of Tarzan (1-59194-020-6) $1.00
The Return of the Native (1-59194-044-3) $1.00
Roberto Clemente: The Story of a Champion (1-59194-103-2) $1.00
Robinson Crusoe (1-59194-068-0) $1.00
The Scarlet Letter (1-59194-072-9) $1.00
Silas Marner (1-59194-048-6) $1.00
Sister Carrie (1-59194-011-7) $1.00
The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor (1-59194-051-6) $1.00
Surviving Abuse: Four True Stories (1-59194-057-5) $1.00
The Swiss Family Robinson (1-59194-056-7) $1.00
A Tale Of Two Cities (1-59194-034-6) $1.00
Tarzan of the Apes (1-59194-010-9) $1.00
Ten Real-Life Stories (1-59194-059-1) $1.00
Treasure Island (1-59194-038-9) $1.00
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1-59194-055-9) $1.00
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (1-59194-031-1) $1.00
The Virginian (1-59194-065-6) $1.00
The Warlord of Mars (1-59194-063-X) $1.00
The War of the Worlds (1-59194-075-3) $1.00
White Fang (1-59194-007-9) $1.00
William Still and the Underground Railroad (1-59194-109-1) $1.00
The Wind in the Willows (1-59194-030-3) $1.00
The Wizard of Oz (1-59194-052-2) $1.00
Complete Townsend Library (all sixty-four titles) (TL64) $64.00
 
Bluford Series
Lost and Found (0-944210-02-3) $1.00
A Matter of Trust (0-944210-03-1) $1.00
Secrets in the Shadows (0-944210-05-8) $1.00
Someone to Love Me (0-944210-06-6) $1.00
The Bully (0-944210-00-7) $1.00
The Gun (0-944210-04-X) $1.00
Until We Meet Again (0-944210-07-4) $1.00
Blood Is Thicker (1-59194-016-8) $1.00