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C. Hollis Crossman, who was raised by wolves, wrote a staggering amount for the website during his first stint at Exodus Books, writing most of the curriculum overviews and category intro essays, along with reviewing 700+ unique titles. Below you'll find links to his book reviews; this link will take you to an incomplete list of the category descriptions.

As our used book buyer and product reviewer for eight years, Caleb did much to shape the character of the store. He left Exodus in December 2014 for contract work on behalf of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, where he researched and wrote about open source software. He also pursued graduate studies in theology.

In March 2017, an array of unforeseen circumstances brought C. Hollis back to Exodus Books as we prepared for an intended move, then shifted towards a close later that year; although we reopened, he had moved on. Again in August 2021, he came back for a short stint, before moving his family out of our crazy state. He remains dearly missed in our day-to-day work; however, we keep in contact and plan to continue having him write reviews and essays for us on an occasional basis.

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1984
by George Orwell
from Harcourt
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00
ABC's and All Their Tricks
by Margaret M. Bishop
from Mott Media
for Adult
in Reading Reference (Location: REF-READ)
Abolition of Man
by C. S. Lewis
from HarperCollins
Philosophy/Religion for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
from Penguin Classics
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies
by Doug & N.D. Wilson
from Canon Press
for 8th-Adult
in Introductory & Intermediate Logic (Location: LOG-CAN)
$23.99
Amazing Grace
by Eric Metaxas
from HarperOne
for 10th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$15.99
Art and Craft of Poetry
by Michael J. Bugeja
from Writer's Digest
for 11th-Adult
in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET)
$11.00 (2 in stock)
Art and the Bible
by Francis A. Schaeffer
from InterVarsity Press
for 11th-Adult
in Creating Culture (Location: XCU-CRE)
$12.00
Art for God's Sake
by Philip Graham Ryken
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Creating Culture (Location: XCU-CRE)
$6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Later Printing from Dover Publications
for 10th-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$5.95 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Assumptions That Affect Our Lives
by Christian Overman
4th edition from Worldview Academy
for 9th-12th grade
in Worldview Resources (Location: XWV-RES)
$17.00 $9.50 (2 in stock)
Back to the Blackboard
by Jay Edward Adams
from Timeless Texts
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
Backyard Homestead
by Carleen Madigan
from Storey Publishing
for Adult
in Self-Sufficiency (Location: SS-Self)
$18.95
Basic Works of Aristotle
by Aristotle
from Modern Library
for 10th-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$24.00
Beauty in the Heart
by Pam Forster
1st edition from Doorposts
for 5th-Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
Beowulf
by Anonymous (translation by Seamus Heaney)
from W. W. Norton and Co.
Medieval Poetic Epic for 8th-Adult
in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$15.95
Best Things in Life
by Peter Kreeft
from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$18.00 $8.50 (2 in stock)
Between Heaven and Hell
by Peter Kreeft
2nd edition from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$15.00
Biblical Home Education
by Ruth Beechick
from Broadman & Holman
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Big What Now Book of Learning Styles
by Carol Barnier
from Emerald Books
for Adult
in Brain Development & Learning Styles (Location: HSR-BRAIN)
$17.50 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Bonhoeffer
by Eric Metaxas
1st edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Bonhoeffer
by Eric Metaxas, foreword by Timothy J. Keller
Revised and Updated from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$24.99
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
from HarperCollins
Dystopian Literature for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.99
C. S. Lewis: The Signature Classics Boxed Set
by C. S. Lewis
Box from HarperOne
for 9th-Adult
in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
$120.00
Child Abuse in the Classroom
by Phyllis Schlafly
1st edition
for Adult
in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
Chosen
by Chaim Potok
from Simon and Schuster
Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00
Christianity and Liberalism
by J. Gresham Machen
from Eerdmans
Religion/Philosophy for 11th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$15.99
Christianity and the Constitution
by John Eidsmoe
from Baker Academics
for Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
$25.00 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Church History in Plain Language (old)
by Bruce L. Shelley
3rd edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers
Church History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Church in History
by B. K. Kuiper
2nd edition from Eerdmans
Church History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$33.99
Civil War: A Narrative - 3 Volume Set
by Shelby Foote
1st Vintage Books Ed from Vintage Classics
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$88.00
Common Sense 101
by Dale Ahlquist
from Ignatius Press
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.16
Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
by Flannery O'Connor
33rd edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
for 11th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$20.00
Consequences of Ideas
by R. C. Sproul
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Worldview Resources (Location: XWV-RES)
$19.99
Cornelius Ryan World War II Trilogy
by Cornelius Ryan
from Simon and Schuster
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Foreword by Eric Metaxas
1st edition from Touchstone
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.19
Discipling the Nations
by Dennis Woods
from ClassicalFree Virtual Academy
for 11th-Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
Dubliners
by James Joyce
from Oxford University
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$9.95
Endangered Minds
by Jane M. Healy
1st edition from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Brain Development & Learning Styles (Location: HSR-BRAIN)
$16.00 $8.00 (2 in stock)
Engaging Today's Prodigal
by Carol Barnier
New Edition from Moody Press
for Adult
in Parenting Teens (Location: XFA-PAR)
$12.99
Failure to Connect
by Jane M. Healy
1st edition from Simon and Schuster
for Adult
in Brain Development & Learning Styles (Location: HSR-BRAIN)
$17.00 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Feminization of American Culture
by Ann Douglas
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Social Commentary for Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
$34.50
Field Guide to Home Schooling
by Christine M. Field
from Revell Publishing
in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR)
First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung
from Harper Perennial
for 11th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
For Instruction in Righteousness
by Pam Forster
3rd edition from Doorposts
in Doorposts Materials (Location: BIB-CHDP)
For the Children's Sake
by Susan Macaulay
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$17.99
For the Children's Sake
by Susan Macaulay
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$17.99
Forgotten Heavens
by Douglas Wilson (editor)
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$6.50
Four Loves
Reissue from HarperOne
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99
Future of Home Schooling
by Michael Farris
from Regnery Publishing, Inc.
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Gift of Music
by Jane Stuart Smith & Betty Carlson
3rd edition from Crossway Books
for 6th-12th grade
in Music History (Location: ELE-MUSHIS)
$23.99
God and Caesar
by John Eidsmoe
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
from Penguin Classics
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
from Penguin Books
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
Growing Up Christian
by Karl Graustein
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Growing Up Christian (Location: XCL-GROW)
Harsh Truth about Public Schools
by Bruce N. Short
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
$18.00
Heart & Mind
by Ruth Beechick
2nd edition from Mott Media
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$11.99
Hollywood Worldviews
by Brian Godawa
from InterVarsity Press
for 11th-Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell
from Mariner Books
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$19.99
Home Machinist's Handbook
by Doug Briney
1st edition from McGraw-Hill
for 10th-Adult
in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN)
Home Schooling: The Right Choice!
by Christopher Klicka
Revised and Updated from Broadman & Holman
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$14.99 $10.00 (3 in stock)
Home: A Short History of an Idea
by Witold Rybczynski
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$12.80
Homeschool Answer Book
by Ruth Beechick
from Arrow Press
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$12.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Homeschool Journey
by Michael & Susan Card
from Harvest House
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$3.00 (6 in stock)
Homeschooling for Excellence
by David & Micki Colfax
from Warner Books
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
Honest Money
by Gary North
from Christian Liberty Press
for 11th-Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
How Christianity Changed the World
by Alvin J. Schmidt
from Zondervan
for 10th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
How Should We Then Live?
by Francis A. Schaeffer
2021 Edition from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$24.99
How the Irish Saved Civilization
by Thomas Cahill
from Anchor Books
for 10th-Adult
in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
$17.00
How to Read a Poem
by Burton Raffel
from Meridian Book
for 11th-Adult
in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET)
$17.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
How to Write Clearly
by Ruth Beechick
from Mott Media
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$6.99
Ideas Have Consequences
by Richard M. Weaver
from University of Chicago
for Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
Ideas Have Consequences
by Richard M. Weaver
Expanded Edition from University of Chicago
for Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
$18.00
Idols for Destruction
by Herbert Schlossberg
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
$30.00
If The South Had Won The Civil War
by MacKinlay Kantor
from Forge
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.99
Incredible Scofield and His Book
by Joseph M. Canfield
2nd edition from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Covenant Theology (Location: XTH-COV)
$24.00
Intellectuals
by Paul Johnson
from HarperCollins
Biography for Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$11.99
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
2nd edition from Vintage Classics
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.00
Invitation to the Classics
by Louise Cowan & Os Guinness
from Baker Books
for 11th-Adult
in Recommended Book Lists (Location: LIR-REC)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Just Around the Corner Volume 1
by Steven & Teri Maxwell
from Communication Concepts
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$8.50 (2 in stock)
Just Around the Corner Volume 2
by Teri Maxwell, Steven Maxwell
from Communication Concepts
for Adult
in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
Killing Fields Living Fields
by Don Cormack
from Christian Focus Publications
for 11th-Adult
in History of Missions (Location: XCH-MIS)
Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
by Liping Ma
2nd edition from Routledge
for Adult
in Singapore Math® Resources (Location: MAT-SMR)
$46.95
Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Story of the Bible
by Tim Dowley
from Kregel Publications
for 7th-Adult
in Church History for Kids (Location: XCH-KID)
$11.99
Language Wars
by Ruth Beechick
from Arrow Press
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$12.00 $8.00 (3 in stock)
Last of the Mohicans
Leatherstocking Tales #2
by James Fenimore Cooper
Reprint from Penguin Classics
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$13.00
Let My Children Go
by E. Ray Moore, Jr.
from Ambassador Emerald International
for Adult
in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen
2nd edition from Touchstone
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books
by Tony Reinke
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Classical Literature Guides (Location: LIR-CLA)
$15.99
Logic: A God-Centered Approach to the Foundation of Western Thought
by Vern Sheridan Poythress
1st edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Christians & Thought (Location: XAP-THO)
$55.00
Lorna Doone
by R. D. Blackmore
from Oxford University
Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$13.95
Love is Stronger Than Death
by Peter Kreeft
from Ignatius Press
for 9th grade-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
Making Comics
by Scott McCloud
from HarperCollins
for 11th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$25.99
Matterhorn
by Karl Marlantes
Reprint from Hickory Grove Press
for Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00
Meaning at the Movies
by Grant Horner
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
from Modern Library
Classic Literature for 9th-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
Metamorphoses
by Ovid, translated by Charles Martin
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 10th-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$17.95
Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
from Harcourt
for 11th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
NEA
by Samuel Blumenfeld
from Paradigm Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR)
$2.00 (3 in stock)
New Testament
by Richmond Lattimore
from North Point Press
for 9th-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$25.00
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