This textbook is an excellent resource for students interested in language arts and disciplines, grammar and punctuation, rhetoric, composition, and creative writing, and readers. The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader, Brief Edition (6th Edition) is a perfect format for those who want a comprehensive guide in a concise package. The book is authored by John Langan, Eliza A. Comodromos, and Judith Nadell, and published by Longman Publishing in 2008. The book is in English language and has a total of 608 pages. The book's dimensions are 9.1 inches in length, 7.5 inches in width, and 0.3 inches in height, and it weighs 30.7 ounces.