One Family's Blog: Advanced Placement (AP: 9-12) Textbooks, Guides, Workbooks, and Resources

We published a set of articles listing elementary, middle school, and high school textbooks followed in US public schools. This is a follow-up that lists High School Advanced Placement (AP) Textbooks, guides, workbooks, etc listed by subject. Here is our list:

AP Math:

	ISBN-10, ISBN-13	List Price	Best Online Price
Brooks - Cole - Stewart's Multivariable Calculus - Stewart Calculus Series Hardcover (2007)	978-0495011637	$175	$90
W.H. Freeman and Company - Calculus (2008)	978-1429208406	$100	$95
Prentice Hall – Calculus: A Complete Course (2008)	978-0536210128	$145	$140
Brooks Cole – Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions (2006)	978-0536210128	$220	$97
Wiley – Calculus: Early Transcendentals Combined 8th Edition (2005)	978-0471472445	$175	$60
Addison Wesley – Calculus: Early Transcendentals Combined 8th Edition (2006)	978-0132014083	$85	$62
Brooks Cole – Single Variable Calculus with Vector Functions: Concepts and Contexts for AP* Calculus (2006)	978-0495113362	$25	$12
Duxbury Press – Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis (2007)	978-0495118732	$175	$72
Key Curriculum Press – Statistics in Action: Understanding a World of Data (2007)	978-1559539098	$75	$60
Addison Wesley – Stats: Modeling the World (2006)	978-0131876217	$120	$58
W.H. Freeman – The Practice of Statistics (2007)	978-0716773092	$95	$48
McGraw Hill – Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (2006)	978-0073229720	$150	$122
Brooks Cole – Discrete Mathematics with Applications (2003)	978-0534359454	$210	$64
W.H.Freeman – The Best Practice of Statistics w/CD-ROM (2006)	978-0716774785	$105	$20
Houghton Mifflin – Understanding Basic Statistics Highschool Fourth Edition (2005)	978-0618632282	$120	$68
Houghton Addison Wesley – Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic (2006)	978-0132276504	$75	$75
Houghton Addison Wesley – Student Solution Manual for Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic (2006)	978-0321369949	$40	$32

AP Language:

	ISBN-10, ISBN-13	List Price	Best Online Price
Houghton Mifflin – Writing With A Purpose 14th Edition (2003)	0618318488	$85	$10
Wadsworth Publishing – Prose Models (2001)	0155064045	$85	$9
Bedford Reader 9th Edition Paperback (2006)	0312433174	$60	$7
Bedford Reader 10th Edition Hardcover (2008)	0312481578	$100	$95
Prentice Hall Reader Ap Edition (2004)	0131846620	$40	$9
Heinle – Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfiction – 2nd Edition (2001)	0155069535	$75	$4
Wadsworth – Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing 6th Edition (2006)	978-1413022827	$95	$8
Wadsworth – Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense 9th Edition (2005)	978-1413006544	$115	$40
Wadsworth – Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense 8th Edition (2001)	978-0155074941	$100	$8
Wadsworth – Perrine’s The Sundance Writer: A Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook (2006)	978-1413015386	$105	$7
Harpercollins – Technical Writing (1993)	978-0673522948	$40	$4
Addison Wesley – Technical English: Writing, Reading, and Speaking (1993)	978-0065002782	$110	$4

AP Science:

	ISBN-10, ISBN-13	List Price	Best Online Price
Prentice Hall – Biology AP Edition (2004)	978-0805367775	$100	$40
Brooks Cole – Biology (with CengageNOW, Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, InfoTrac 2-semester printed access card) (2007)	978-0495107057	$215	$70
McGraw Hill - Biology (2007)	978-0073227399	$150	$115
W.H.Freeman – Life: The Science of Biology (2006)	978-0716776710	$140	$79
Brooks Cole – Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Enhanced Review Edition – School Version with General ChemistryNOW (2006)	978-0495114505	$150	$68
Houghton Mifflin – Chemistry Advanced Placement Seventh Edition (2005)	978-0618713707	$170	$85
Wiley – Chemistry: Matter and Its Changes (2004)	978-0471215172	$140	$7
Brooks Cole – Chemistry: Principles and Reactions (2008)	978-0495126713	$175	$114
Prentice Hall – Chemistry: The Central Science AP Edition (2005)	978-0131937192	$115	$70
Wiley – Environment 6th Edition (2008)	978-0470119266	$95	$60
Prentice Hall – Environment: The Science Behind the Stories (2006)	978-0131346420	$110	$21
McGraw Hill – Environmental Science A Global Concern (2007)	978-0073258379	$155	$26
Wiley – Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet (2007)	978-0073258379	$115	$34
Brooks Cole – Living in the Enviornmet: Principles, Connections, and Solutions (with CengageNOW, InfoTrac 1-semester printed access card) (2006)	978-0495015987	$150	$54
McGraw Hill – College Physics (2005)	978-0072564365	$70	$11
Brooks Cole – Enhanced College Physics (with PhysicsNOW) (2006)	978-0495113690	$220	$24
Prentice Hall: Physics (2006)	978-0131960688	$100	$49
Pearson – Physics: Principles with Applications (2004)	978-0131846616	$150	$95
Wiley – Fundamentals of Physics (2004)	978-0471216438	$130	$42
Prentice Hall – Earth Science (12th Edition) with CD (2008)	978-0136020073	$125	$73
Emc Publications – Applied Anatomy and Physiology: A Case Study Approach (2007)	978-0763833138	$85	$50
Benjamin-Cummings – Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology (2006)	978-0131732964	$120	$50
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology (2005)	978-0131934818	$120	$65

AP Social Science:

	ISBN-10, ISBN-13	List Price	Best Online Price
Wadsworth – Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges (2005)	978-0495091622	$130	$52
Irwin McGraw Hill – Economics: Principles, Problems, and Politics, 16th Edition (2004)	978-0072819359	$120	$7
Glencoe McGraw Hill – Economics (2008)	978-0073293929	$110	$38
Sout Western College – Principles of Economics, 4th Edition (2008)	978-0324224726	$210	$38
Houghton Mifflin – A History of Western Society Since 1300 (2005)	978-0618522736	$90	$31
Wadsworth – Western Civilization (2005)	978-0534646028	$175	$48
Prentice Hall – Forty Studies that Changed Psychology (2004)	978-0131147294	$50	$20
Wadsworth – Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior (2003)	978-0534612276	$150	$4
Wiley – Psychology in Action (2005)	978-0471747246	$95	$14
Prentice Hall – Psychology MyPsychLab Series 9th Edition (2007)	978-0132387385	$95	$64
Wadsworth – Psychology: Themes and Variations (2007)	978-0132387385	$170	$18
Wadsworth – Sniffy the Virtual Rat Lite, Version 2.0 with CDROM (2004)	978-0534633578	$40	$14
Houghton Mifflin – American Government: Institutions and Policies (2005)	978-0534633578	$120	$71
Longman – American Government: Readings and Cases (2005)	978-0321329509	$80	$14
Pearson Longman – Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy (2007)	978-0131347601	$105	$85
Wadsworth – Perspectives on American Politics (2003)	978-0618312009	$70	$7
Wadsworth – American Passages: A History of the United States (2006)	978-0495050155	$80	$69
Wadsworth – Liberty, Equality, and Power: A History of the American People (with CD ROM, American Journal Online, and InfoTrac) (2004)	978-0534627300	$150	$19
Houghton Mifflin – The American Pageant: A History of the Republic (2006)	978-0618479405	$130	$69
Amsco School Publications – United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination (2003)	978-1567656602	$30	$21
Wadsworth – Voices of the American Past: Documents in U.S. History, Volume 1: to 1877 (2004)	978-0534643003	$70	$8
Wadsworth – The Human Record: Sources of Global History, Vol 1: To 1700 (2004)	978-0618370405	$75	$8
McGraw Hill – Traditions and Encounters (2005)	978-0072957549	$125	$90
Prentice Hall – World Civilizations: The Global Experience (2006)	978-0131939271	$160	$74
Wiley – Realms, Regions, and Concepts (2007)	978-0470129050	$99	$60
Wiley – Human Geography: Culture, Society, and Space (2002)	978-0471441076	$85	$12
Glencoe – Understanding Psychology, Student Edition (2006)	978-0078745171	$95	$66

AP Others:

	ISBN-10, ISBN-13	List Price	Best Online Price
Pearson – AP French: Preparing for the Language Examination (1997)	978-0673218476	$75	$50
Wayside – Triangle: Applications Pratiques De La langue Francais (1997)	978-1877653544	$25	$10
Pearson – Ap Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination (1996)	978-0801315312	$25	$5
Pearson – Ap Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination (2007)	978-0131660946	$75	$50
Glencoe –Spanish Level 5, Tesoro Literario, Student Edition (2006)	978-0078742576	$90	$65
Glencoe –Spanish Level 5, Tesoro Literario, Student Edition (2003)	978-0078605741	$90	$25
Houghton Mifflin – Abriendo Puertas: Antologia De Literatura En Espanol, Tomo 1 (Spanish) (2002)	978-0618222063	$35	$17
Houghton Mifflin – Abriendo Puertas: Antologia De Literatura En Espanol, Tomo 2 (Spanish) (2002)	978-0618222070	$35	$17
Prentice Hall – Momentos Cumbres De Las Literaturas Hispanicas – Introduccion Al Analisis Literario (Spanish 2003)	978-0131016453	$95	$45
Georgetown University Press Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (2004)	978-1589011045	$60	$34
Georgetown University Press Al-Kitaab: A Textbook of Arabic Part Two (2006)	978-1589010963	$60	$45
Houghton Mifflin – Kaleidoskop German Edition (2006)	978-0618668823	$130	$19
Heinle – Ponti: Italiano terzo millennio (2003)	978-0618052370	$115	$8
Prentice Hall – Fourth Year Latin (1998)	978-0133298895	$75	$14
McGraw Hill – Avance! Intermediate Spanish Student Edition (2003)	978-0072953008	$65	$4

Frugal Tip: Previous versions of some textbooks are much more affordable compared to the latest version and inn many cases, the content is not substantively different. To make an informed purchase decision, your best bet is to check with the instructor.

Last Updated: 11/09.

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