DiYanni, Robert, Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

DiYanni takes examples of literary work from the classics through contemporary works and presents the formal tools of literary analysis. In understanding these basic elements, students can more deeply appreciate the meaning of a particular piece of literature and better understand how creative pieces are put together.

Johnston, Dileri Borunda, Speak American: A Survival Guide to the Language and Culture of the U.S.A. , Random House, 2000.

Want to know what it might be like to have come to the United States from another country? Look through the eyes of someone from England or India or Africa and see the challenges they must face in learning not only the basic language but also all the idioms and slang Americans take for granted. This book offers a view from the outside, giving American-born students a different glimpse...