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There isn't more history in the last five centuries than all the previous millennia, we just have more plentiful records of it. In all honesty, sometimes the plethora of detail isn't only overwhelming, it obscures the whole point of the story. As humans, we're all too susceptible to the lure of obscurity, to the desire for darkness where there ought to be light.

In many ways, this is the chief characteristic of modern history. Mankind seems to have accepted Enlightenment ideals en masse, and the result is the non-stop acquisition of knowledge, as though information could shut us off from the eye of a just and jealous God. Evolutionary theory, psychology, existentialism and postmodernism, public education, Communism—all these ideas are intended to put man at a further remove from God.

During the Renaissance, thinkers and artists decided that if man was going to make himself great, he'd have to replicate the glory of the Classical Era, with its enduring artifacts and intellectual produce. Enlightenment thinkers took this one step further, insisting that man could only know what he could deduce using reason alone, and consequently amassing knowledge in order to have a more thorough basis for such reasonable inquiry.

Since then, philosophers and scientists have devoted themselves to interpreting the facts from a purely human perspective, creating a picture of the universe that is mechanistic and godless. Meaning is dead, God is dead, and hope is dead, but the Enlightenment ideal of human progress (repackaged as Darwinian naturalism) is alive and well, the phantom idol of countless millions.

Even a brief survey of the last century would seem to demolish the possibility of any such idea, but it continues to inform nearly every element of our culture, from pop music to public policy debates. Atrocities like the Holocaust, racism in America, abortion, and totalitarian rule in Asian countries are reinterpreted or explained away to fit the overarching rubrik of sustained forward progress.

Christians understand things a bit differently. We aren't pessimists by any means, but we aren't blind optimists, either. God's plan entails one thing: His ultimate glory, and for those who believe His promises and trust Him for salvation, that's the most hopeful doctrine conceivable. At the same time, we also understand that man's efforts cannot be responsible for whatever good befalls us, that "progress" is only a gift of the Most High, and that only through the Holy Spirit is evil overcome by good.

The modern world is increasingly secular. Even in the Church, men and women stray from biblical truth in favor of appealing arguments on behalf of man, substituting a Christ-centered Gospel with one that is primarily focused on mankind and our individual salvation. We must counter these attitudes with God's truth, but we can only do so with an understanding of where those ideas come from and why they've taken root. A thorough study of modern history can and will provide those answers, and teach us how to stand firm in the truth we hold dear.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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by Scott O'Dell
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Across Five Aprils
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1965 Newbery Honor Book
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Across Five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
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1965 Newbery Honor Book
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
Hornblower Series #11
by C. S. Forester
from Little, Brown & Company
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
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After the Dancing Days
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At Aboukir and Acre
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At the Seven Stars
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Balloon Boy of San Francisco
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Beckoning Hills
Land of the Free Series
by Joseph H. Gage, illustrated by Floyd Torbert
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Beckoning Road
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Beware, Princess Elizabeth
A Young Royals Book
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Blackbird Girls
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Bletchley Riddle
by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Land of the Free Series
by Elsie Reif Ziegler, illustrated by Jacob Landau
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Bonanza Girl
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Bonanza Girl
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Book Thief
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Borrowed House
Bethlehem Books Young Adult Bookshelf
by Hilda Van Stockum
from Purple House Press
Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade
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Borrowed House
Bethlehem Books Young Adult Bookshelf
by Hilda Van Stockum
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Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade
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$11.86
Botany Bay
by Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
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Boy in the Alamo
by Margaret Cousins
from Corona Publishing Co.
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Boy in the Alamo
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Boys in the Boat adapted for Young Readers
by Daniel James Brown, adapted by Gregory Mone
from Penguin Putnam
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$17.84
Boys in the Boat adapted for Young Readers
by Daniel James Brown, adapted by Gregory Mone
from Penguin Putnam
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$11.04
Butter in the Well: Historical Diary 1868-1888
by Linda K. Hubalek
from Butterfield Books
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By England's Aid
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By England's Aid
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by Deborah Alcock
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Historical Fiction for 9th-12th grade
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$12.71
By Pike and Dyke - Unit Study Guide
by Rick Medlin
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By Right of Conquest
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Calico Captive
by Elizabeth George Speare
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Calico Captive
by Elizabeth Speare
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Captain Bayley's Heir
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Captain Bayley's Heir
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Captain Bayley's Heir
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Captain Blood
Penguin Classics
by Rafael Sabatini
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Historical Romance for 7th-Adult
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$13.60
Captain, My Captain
by Deborah Meroff
from Inheritance Publications
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham
from Houghton Mifflin
Biography for 5th-9th grade
1956 Newbery Medal winner
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$13.59
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II
from Houghton Mifflin
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1956 Newbery Medal winner
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$16.00 (1 in stock)
Chariot in the Sky
Land of the Free Series
by Arna Bontemps, illustrated by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge
1st edition from John C. Winston
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Christy
by Catherine Marshall
from Gilead Evergreen Farm
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$24.99
Climb a Lofty Ladder
by Marion & Walter Havighurst, illustrated by Jill Elgin
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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
from Hyperion/Madison Press
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$9.34
Codfish Musket
by Agnes Hewes, illustrated by Armstrong Sperry
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1937 Newbery Honor Book
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$45.00 (1 in stock)
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
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Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
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Come On, Seabiscuit!
by Ralph Moody
from University of Nebraska
Biography for 5th-9th grade
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Condemned as a Nihilist
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Condemned as a Nihilist
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Cornet of Horse
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Cornet of Horse
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Cornet of Horse
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Coronation of Glory
Reformation Trail Series #12
by Deborah Meroff
from Inheritance Publications
Biography for 8th-10th grade
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$15.26
Countdown
by Deborah Wiles
1st edition from Scholastic Press
for 6th-9th grade
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$6.40 (1 in stock)
Crown & Covenant Trilogy
by Doug Bond
from P&R Publishing
Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade
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Czar, The
by Deborah Alcock
from Inheritance Publications
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
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$15.26
Dark Venture
by Audrey White Beyer, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 7th-12th grade
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$11.20 (1 in stock)
Dark Year of Dundee
Reformation Trail Series #06
by Deborah Alcock
from Inheritance Publications
for 7th-10th grade
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$9.31
Dash for Khartoum
by G. A. Henty
from Preston Speed
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
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Dash for Khartoum
by G. A. Henty
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Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
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Dash for Khartoum
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
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Daughter of the Seine
by Jeanette Eaton
from Harper & Brothers
for 9th-Adult
1930 Newbery Honor Book
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Day of Pleasure
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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$9.34
Deep Treasure
by Charles Blackford, illustrated by Alexander Key
1st edition from John C. Winston
Historical fiction for 6th-10th grade
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Defender of the Faith
William and Mary Trilogy Volume 2
by Marjorie Bowen
from Inheritance Publications
Historical fiction for 9th-12th grade
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$11.86
Desert Harvest
Land of the Free Series
by Vanya Oakes, illustrated by Isami Kashiwagi
1st edition from John C. Winston
Historical fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Doctor Adrian
Reformation Trail Series #13
by Deborah Alcock
from Inheritance Publications
Historical fiction for 9th-12th grade
in Reformation Trail Series (Location: FIC-WH06)
$13.56
Doctor Dogbody's Leg
by James Norman Hall, illustrated by Warren Chappell
from Little, Brown & Company
for 9th-Adult
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Done and Dared in Old France
Huguenot Inheritance Series #7
by Deborah Alcock
from Inheritance Publications
Historical fiction for 7th-10th grade
in Huguenot Inheritance Series (Location: FIC-WH02)
$12.71
Doomed Queen Anne
A Young Royals Book
by Carolyn Meyer
from Harcourt
for 9th-12th grade
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$10.19
Door to the North
Land of the Free Series
by Elizabeth Coatsworth, illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman
1st edition from John C. Winston
Historical fiction for 6th-10th grade
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Dorothy's Double
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
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Dorothy's Double
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
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$19.51
Driven into Exile
Huguenot Inheritance Series #5
by Charlotte Maria Tucker
from Inheritance Publications
Historical fiction for 7th-10th grade
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$8.46
Drums
Scribner Illustrated Classics
by James Boyd
1st edition from Atheneum
for 5th-10th grade
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Duncan's War
Crown & Covenant Series #1
by Douglas Bond
from P&R Publishing
Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade
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$14.44
ECL: Treasure Island
Educator Classic Library #1
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Don Irwin
Complete and Unabridged Edition from Classic Press
in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
Escape
Huguenot Inheritance Series #1
by A. Van der Jagt
from Inheritance Publications
Historical fiction for 7th-10th grade
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Facing Death
by G. A. Henty
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Facing Death
by G. A. Henty
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Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
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Facing Death
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