Good books or pdf files for calculus and english literature

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<p>Hi guys
I need a list of good books to buy for calculus and english literature.</p>

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<p>Here is a calculus book:
<a href=“Textbook | Calculus Online Textbook | Supplemental Resources | MIT OpenCourseWare”>http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-001-calculus-online-textbook-spring-2005/textbook/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>For English literature, there are lots of possible books to read. You can ask any high school or college English teacher for suggested lists, although they will vary.</p>

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<p>Khan Academy isn’t a book, but it’s a great online resource for learning calculus.</p>

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<p>There’s a Coursera Calc course from UPenn starting in about 20 days, you can take it before entering the Fall semester. I recommend that. There’s also Khan Academy.</p>

<p>Book-wise, it depends. Are you new to Calculus? Then just do Stewart’s Calculus: Early Transcendentals. It’s simple. It’s basically “Here’s how you do X. Now do 30 exercises.” You will most likely use it in a Calc I or II course.</p>

<p>If you are not new to college math and have taken a course where you learned about logic, proofs and mathematical thinking in general, then Spivak’s or Apostol’s Calculus books would be great. They are more like “Here’s how X works, why it works, and where it comes from”. They are pretty tough though, and I would not recommend them for someone who just wants to pass Calc or use it for an Engineering class.</p>

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<p>Calc 2 for dummies helped me alot. Didn’t use anything for Calc 1.</p>