Academics

Academics

Academic Textbooks Required for 2012-2013

It is important to note that all Upper School textbooks will be available during Upper School student registration. Textbooks for Lower School students must be ordered online through the MBS Direct Virtual Bookstore.

The following lists are intended to help those parents who are interested in acquiring a second set of books to keep at home, or those who want to purchase less expensive used copies of texts.

Download a copy of the 2012-2013 St. Albans Upper School Required Textbook list.

NOTE: If you are taking coordinate classes offered at National Cathedral School, click on the following link for important information - Obtaining Books for Coordinate Classes at NCS.

Lower School: Form II through Form C

Order St. Albans textbooks online for Lower School students through the MBS Direct Virtual Bookstore.

Upper School: English

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
English I Vocab. For the College Bound 9781567651046 Amsco
English I Holt HandbookTrad. 6th Course 003099005x Houghton
English I The Odyssey 9780140268867 Random House
English I Midsummer Night's Dream 0743477545 Random House
English I Intro. To Poetry 13th Ed. 0205686125 Pearson
English II Henry IV Part I 0743485041 Random House
English II Beowulf 978014044931 Random House
English II Canterbury Tales 0451529685 Random House
English II Harbrace College Handbook 16th Ed.  9781413010312 Houghton
English II Sir Gawain/ Green Knight 0140440925 Random House
English II Grendel 0679723110 Random House
English II Everyman 0679723110 Samuel French
English II A Separate Peace 0743253973 Random House
American Literary Trad. Norton Anth. American Lit. Shorter 7th Edition Bundle W/ Scarlet Letter & Huck Finn 978-393188257 Peoples
American Literary Trad. The Great Gatsby 0743273567 Amazon
Creative Writing Method and Madness: The Making of a Story 978-0-393-92817-4 Amazon
Creative Writing The Making of a Poem 0-393-32178-9 Amazon
Dantes Eternal Vision The Portable Dante 978014237544 Random House
Expository Writing Elements of Style 020530902x Pearson
Expository Writing The Truth of the Matter: The Art & Craft in Creative Nonfiction 0321277619 Pearson
Expository Writing The Art of Styling Sentences:20 Patterns for Success 5th Edition 9780764147838 Barrons
Comparative Literature Hamlet  0140714545 Random House
Comparative Literature Sorrows of Young Werther 0451529626 Random House
Comparative Literature Norton Anth. Of Western Literature Volume 2  0393926168 People
Crossroads in American Fict. Lost in the City 9780060795283 Harper Collins???
Crossroads in American Fict. The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn 1571314148 Milkweed
Crossroads in American Fict. Brown Girl, Brownstone 9781558614987 Amazon
Crossroads in American Fict. Bless Me, Ultima 0446675369 Amazon
Crossroads in American Fict. Intrepreter of Maladies 0618101365 Amazon
Crossroads in American Fict. The Assistant 0374504849 Amazon
Crossroads in American Fict. The Rain God 978380763931 Amazon
Crossroads in American Fict. Counting 0915380455 WordWorks
Crossroads in American Fict. Uncle Tom's Children  978006145020 Amazon
Caribbean Literature The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse 199561591 Oxford University Press
Caribbean Literature The Classic Slave Narratives 0451532139 Amazon
Caribbean Literature Benito Cereno 0611043913 Amazon
Caribbean Literature Norton Anthology of African Literature 2nd Edition 0393977781 Peoples
Caribbean Literature Annie John 374525102 Amazon
Caribbean Literature Wide Sargosso Sea 0393960129 Peoples
Stream of Consciousness To the Lighthouse 9780156907392 Amazon
Stream of Consciousness Ulyssess 9780840226355 Amazon
Stream of Consciousness The Sound and the Fury 9780393964813 Amazon

Upper School: Foreign Languages
- Latin

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Latin I  Ecce Romani Book II 2nd ed 9780801312021 Pearson
Latin I  Cassell's Latin Dictionary 9780020133407 Wiley&Sons
Latin II Ecce Romani Book II 2nd ed 9780801312021 Pearson
Latin II Cassell's Latin Dictionary 9780020133407 Pearson
Latin III Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader 067358920X Pearson
Latin III Cicero Legamus Transitional Reader 0865166561 Bolchazy
Latin III Catallus Legamus 0865166349 Bolchazy
Latin III/IV Amsco Latin Dictionary 1567654332 Amsco
AP Latin Lit . Vergil's Aeneid 0865167643 Bolchazy
AP Latin Lit . Caesar Selections 0865167520 Bolchazy

- French

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
French I Comprehension orale Niveau 1+CD 2090352027 Schoenhoffs
French I Deuxieme Livre 0877204705 Amsco
French II Graded French Reader 6th Ed. 0669204625 Houghton
French II Troisieme Livre R194W Amsco
French II Comprehension orale Niveau 1+CD 2090352027 Schoenhoffs
French III French 3 Years Workbook 9781567653311 Amsco
French III L'Aguille Creuse 9782253001416 Schoenhoffs
French IV Comprehension orale 2+CD 9782090352061 Schoenhoffs
French IV Une fois Pour toutes 0801308259 Schoenhoffs
French IV Litterature progressive du Francais niveau intermediare 2090337567 Schoenhoffs
French IV Les Dossiers d l'Actualite Magazine Schoenhoffs
French V Allons Au-Dela 0133179532 Pearson
AP French Les Dossiers d l'Actualite Magazine Continental or Schoenhoffs
AP French Allons Au-Dela 0133179532 Pearson

- Greek

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Greek I Athenaze I 9780195149562 Oxford
Greek II Athenaze I 9780195149562 Oxford

- Japanese

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Japanese I Key to Kanji 9780887277368 Cheng&Tsui
Japanese I Kimono I text 0821908723 EMC
Japanese I Kimono I wkbk 0821908731 EMC
Japanese II Kimono II text 9780821910399 EMC
Japanese III Adventures in Japanese Vol.II Text 9780887275777 Cheng&Tsui
Japanese III Adventures in Japanese II Workbook 9780887274299 Cheng&Tsui
Japanese IV Genki II An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Wkbk. 4789010023 Kinokuniya Bks. NYNY
Japanese IV Genki II An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Text 4789009823 Kinokuniya Bks. NYNY
AP Japanese Adventures In Japanese IV Text 9780887275807/Bundle Cheng&Tsui
AP Japanese Adventures In Japanese IV WKBK   Cheng&Tsui

- Spanish

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Spanish I Arriba 6thEdition 9780205740376 Pearson
Spanish I Arriba 6th Edition Student Activities Manual 9780205740451 Pearson
Spanish II Spanish Practice and Testing Level II 0877201323 Amsco
Spanish II Segundo Libro (Large Format) 087720506x Amsco
Spanish III Imagina  9781605762487 Vista
Spanish III Imagina Student Act. Manual 9781605761596 Vista
Hon. Span III Pasajes wkbk 7th ed. 9780077264123 McGraw Hill
Hon. Span III Pasajes Lengua 7th ed. 9780073385235 McGraw Hill
Hon. Span III Pasajes Cultura 7th ed. 9780077264109 McGraw Hill
Spanish IV Comprehension Practice and Testing 3rd Ed. 9781567658187 Amsco
Spanish IV Manual de Gramatica 9781111836817 Heinle
Honors Spanish IV Dos Novelas Cortas 0471005975 People
Honors Spanish IV Encuentros Maravillosos 0673215962 Pearson
Spanish V Revista 9781600078569 Vista
Spanish V Comprehension Practice and Testing 3rd Ed. 9781567658187 Amsco
AP Spanish V Cronica de una Muerte 0801315891 Pearson
AP Spanish V AP Spanish:Preparing for the Spanish Language Exam 3rd Ed. 0131660942 Pearson
Spanish VI Abriendo Puertas Antologia de  literatura Vol. I 0618222065 Houghton
Spanish VI Abriendo Puertas Antologia de  literatura Vol. II 0618222073 Houghton

Upper School: History

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
US History Narrative of the Life of an American Slave 0312257376 VHPS
US History Give Me Liberty: An American History 1vol.3rd ed 9780393911893 People
US History Half Slave and Half Free: The Roots of the Civil War 9780809053537 VHPS
US History Birth of Republic 0226537579 Univ. of Chicago Press
US History Pocket Guide to Writing History 6th 0312535031 VHPS
US History If I Die in a Combat Zone 0767904435 Random House
Vietnam The Quiet American 9780143039020 Random House
Vietnam A Rumor of War 9780805046953 Amazon
Vietnam America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975 9780072536188 McGraw Hill
Cities and Civilization Gates of Fire 9780553383683 Random House
Making of the Modern World The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction 192801635 Oxford University Press

Upper School: Math

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Algebra I Algebra I Classic Edition 020132458X Pearson
Geometry Geometry for Enjoyment and Challenge 0866099654 Houghton
Finite Math Finite Math w/Applications 0030558646 Thomson
Algebra II Algebra and Trigonometry with Wiley Plus Access 978-0-470-43741-4 Wiley
Honors Algebra II Algebra and Trigonometry with Wiley Plus Access 978-0-470-43741-4 Wiley
Precalculus Precalculus Math for Calculus 5th Edition 9780495392767 Houghton
Honors Precalculus Precalculus Math for Calculus 5th Edition 9780495392767 Houghton
HLAVC Contemporary Linear Algebra 9780471163626 People
HLAVC Mulitivariable Calculus 9th Ed. 9780470183465 People
HLAVC Flatland 048627263X Amazon
Intro. To Calculus Calculus of a Single Variable 0618503048 Houghton
Calculus Calculus of a Single Variable 0618503048 Houghton
AP Calculus Calculus Concepts 1559531177 Key Curriculum Press
Statistics Intro. To Statistics 3rd w/ CD-Rom  9781439047491 Cengage/Brooks Cole
Statistics HTP AP Statistics 2008 5th 0764140892 Barrons

Upper School: Religion

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Bible Zondervan NRSV Bible 9780310902386 Amazon
Encountering God Dynamics of Faith 060130042x Amazon
Encountering God Mere Christianity 0805420460 Amazon
Ethics Mahabarahta 9780226568225 Univ. of Chicago Press
Ethics The Power and the Glory 9780142437308 Penguin
Ethics Night 9780374500016 Amazon

Upper School: Science

Course

Title

ISBN

Publisher
Biology Biology w/digital 9780133690095 Pearson
AP Biology Biology 8th Edition 9780321543257 Pearson
Chemistry World of Chemistry 0618134964 Houghton
Hon. Chemistry Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation 0618304991 Houghton
AP Chemistry Chemistry:A Central Science AP 11th Ed. 0136018793 Pearson
AP Chemistry Lab Notebook  1930882742 Amazon
Physics Conceptual Physics 11th ed. 9780321568090 Pearson
AP Physics B Physics Giancoli 0131846612 Pearson
AP Physics C Understanding Physics 9780471370994 Wiley
Biotechnology Lab Notebook  1930882742 Amazon
Vertebrate Zoology Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution 978-007-304058-5 McGraw Hill
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