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No staff is entirely static, staying exactly the same for years with no additions or subtractions. We realize that, but we're also pretty proud of our current personnel, and the many ways they've helped shape Exodus Books and point it in some unforeseen and wonderful directions. So, in 2011 we started asking each individual to share their favorite books, curricula, games, etc., and these pages are the result.

Because sharing favorites is fairly personal, we thought you should get to know each of these peculiar persons and asked them all to write a main bio, as well as section-specific bios. These are partly to show why they selected the titles and products in their lists, and partly just to show you that Exodus Books is inhabited by real people who do real things.

One of our biggest in-store services is making recommendations and helping people find what works best for them. These lists aren't as customer-specific, but they serve the same purpose—we're not just trying to parade our excellent taste or prove that we're literate, we're trying to help you discover things you may never have found otherwise, and maybe to rediscover some old favorites.

It's probably a fact universally true of book-lovers: given the chance, they'll talk your ear off about the books they love, the books they hate, and all the books you'll never read but that are really much better than the well-known books you will read. This isn't pretension. It's simply what happens to those who love words and want to share them. We've tried to cut the talk down here, though we'll gladly answer any pertinent questions.

With that, we present Staff Favorites. You'll find some overlap (lots of people seem to like The Chronicles of Narnia), but rarely if ever will you find complete consensus on a single title, product, or curriculum line. That's why we let everyone make their own lists: you know the official Exodus stance by reading our reviews, but the individuality that makes our store unique and awesome is what's on display here. Enjoy, and don't judge too harshly.

	Amy Carmichael: Rescuing the Children Heroes for Young Readers by Renee Taft Meloche from YWAM Publishing Biography for 2nd-4th grade in Heroes for Young Readers (Location: BIO-HERO)
	Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: 4 Volume Set by Joey Allen from New Leaf Press for Preschool-3rd grade in Bible Doctrine for Kids (Location: BIBR-DOC)
	Big Truths for Little Kids Teaching Your Children to Live for God by Richie & Susan Hunt from Crossway Books for Preschool-3rd grade in Bible Doctrine for Kids (Location: BIBR-DOC) $24.99
	Business for the Glory of God The Bible's Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business by Wayne Grudem from Crossway Books for 9th-Adult in Work & Vocation (Location: XCL-VOC)
	Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos 2^nd edition from Eerdmans for 2nd-6th grade in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO) $23.80
	Church Discipline How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus 9marks: Buliding Healthy Churches by Jonathan Leeman 1^st edition from Crossway Books for Adult in Church Government (Location: XWO-GOV) $12.74
	Church Membership How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus 9marks: Buliding Healthy Churches by Jonathan Leeman 1^st edition from Crossway Books for Adult in Ecclesiology (Location: XTH-ECC) $12.74
	Closing of the American Heart by Ronald H. Nash from Probe Books for Adult in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Closing of the American Mind How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy & Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students by Allan Bloom from Simon and Schuster for Adult in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
	Corrie Ten Boom: Shining in the Darkness Heroes for Young Readers by Renee Meloche from YWAM Publishing Biography for 2nd-4th grade in Heroes for Young Readers (Location: BIO-HERO) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Counterfeit Revival by Hank Hanegraaff from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 11th-Adult in Christian Cults & Sects (Location: XAP-CCS)
	Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn & Hal Iggulden 2013 reprint from William Morrow & Company for 3rd-Adult in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN) $23.79
	Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary from William Morrow & Company Realistic Fiction for 5th-9th grade 1984 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Death by Living Life Is Meant to Be Spent by N. D. Wilson from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 9th-Adult in Art & Culture (Location: XCU-ART) $16.99
	Death by Living Life Is Meant to Be Spent by N. D. Wilson 2nd Edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 9th-Adult in Art & Culture (Location: XCU-ART) $23.79
	Desiring God Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper Revised from Crossway Books for 11th-Adult in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI) $25.49
	Discipline The Glad Surrender by Elisabeth Elliot from Revell Publishing in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
	Do Hard Things A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex & Brett Harris from Multnomah Books for 7th-12th grade in Growing Up Christian (Location: XCL-GROW) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Dug Down Deep Unearthing What I Believe and Why It Matters by Joshua Harris from Multnomah Books for 9th-Adult in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
	Evil and the Justice of God by N. T. Wright from InterVarsity Press for 11th-Adult in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
	Evolution: The Grand Experiment The Quest for an Answer by Dr. Carl Werner from New Leaf Press for 9th-Adult in Evolution: The Grand Experiment (Location: SCICUR-EVO) $34.99
	Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler from Crossway Books for 9th-Adult in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS) $7.20 (2 in stock)
	Family Driven Faith Doing What It Takes To Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God by Voddie Baucham from Crossway Books for Adult in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy The God Who Is There, Escape from Reason, He Is There and He Is Not Silent by Francis A. Schaeffer from Crossway Books for 10th-Adult in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI) $34.00
	Glory of Heaven The Truth about Heaven, Angels, and Eternal Life by John MacArthur 2^nd edition from Crossway Books for Adult in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE) $19.54
	Golden Children's Bible by Golden Books from Golden Books for Preschool-4th grade in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO) $22.09 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski from New Growth Press for Kindergarten-6th grade in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO) $25.49
	Great Christian Classics Volume I - Curriculum Pack A Study Guide on the Greatest Christian Classics of All Time by Kevin Swanson 2^nd edition from Master Books for 9th-12th grade in Classical Literature Guides (Location: LIR-CLA)
	Great Christian Classics Volume I - Teacher Guide A Study Guide on the Greatest Christian Classics of All Time by Kevin Swanson 2^nd edition from Master Books for 9th-12th grade in Classical Literature Guides (Location: LIR-CLA) $21.59
	Great Christian Classics Volume I - Text A Study Guide on the Greatest Christian Classics of All Time by Kevin Swanson 2^nd edition from Generations with Vision for 9th-12th grade in Classical Literature Guides (Location: LIR-CLA) $39.99
	Holman Bible Atlas A Complete Guide to the Expansive Geography of Biblical History by Thomas V. Brisco from Broadman & Holman for 10th-Adult in Bible Geography and Surveys (Location: XBI-GEO) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge Revised from Hendrickson Publishers for Adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $33.96
	Jesus Calling Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young from Thomas Nelson Publishers for Adult in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV)
	Jesus Storybook Bible (Collector Edition) with Audio and Video by Sally Lloyd-Jones Har/Com Dl from Zonderkidz in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO) $33.99
	Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers from David C. Cook for 9th-Adult in Bible Dictionaries & Handbooks (Location: XBI-DICT) $22.00 (2 in stock)
	Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers from Veritas Press for 9th-Adult in Bible Dictionaries & Handbooks (Location: XBI-DICT) $35.00
	Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer from HarperOne in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
	Luther Biography of a Reformer by Frederick Nohl from Concordia Publishing House for 5th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.59 $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Messianic Character of American Education by R. J. Rushdoony from Chalcedon / Ross House Books for Adult in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE) $17.00
	Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon & Alistair Begg 2025 Reprint from Crossway Books Devotional Material for 9th-Adult in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV) $25.49
	Mystery of History Volume II The Early Church and the Middle Ages by Linda Lacour Hobar 2^nd edition from Bright Ideas Press History Curriculum for 5th-8th grade in Mystery of History (Location: HISCUR-MoH) $79.96
	Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World by N. D. Wilson 2nd Edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 11th-Adult in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS) $27.99
	One Thousand Gifts A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp from Zondervan in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF) $16.14 $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Papa's Wife by Thyra Ferre Bjorn from Rinehart & Company, Inc. for 7th-Adult in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Parenting by God's Promises How to Raise Children in the Covenant of Grace by Joel R. Beeke from Reformation Trust Publishing for Adult in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
	Pleasures of God Meditations on God's Delight in Being God by John Piper Revised from Crossway Books for 11th-Adult in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI) $25.49
	Reformation Heroes by Diana Kleyn, Joel R. Beeke 2^nd edition from Reformation Heritage Books for 5th-10th grade in Church History (Location: XCH-HIS)
	Religions Of The World The Illustrated Guide To Origins, Beliefs, Traditions & Festivals by Elizabeth Breuilly, Joanne O'Brien, Martin Palmer Revised from Checkmark Books for 3rd-9th grade in Tools for Young Historians (Location: BIBWV-TYH)
	Respectable Sins Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges from NavPress for 9th-Adult in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC) $16.99
	Screwtape Letters The Annotated Edition by C. S. Lewis Annotated from HarperOne for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $25.49
	Search for God and Guinness A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World by Stephen Mansfield from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 10th-Adult in Drinking With Discernment (Location: XCU-WIN)
	Seven Tools for Cultivating Your Child's Potential by Zan Tyler from Apologia Educational Ministries in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR) $12.00
	Sex and Money Pleasures that Leave You Empty and Grace that Satisfies by Paul David Tripp from Crossway Books for Adult in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC) $19.54
	Teresa of Calcutta Serving the poorest of the poor Sowers Series by D. Jeanene Watson, illustrated by Robert E. Lawson from Mott Media Biography for 4th-6th grade in Sowers Biographies (Location: BIO-SOW) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing by Sally Lloyd-Jones from Zonderkidz for Preschool-3rd grade in Devotions for Kids (Location: BIBR-DEV) $14.44 $8.80 (1 in stock)
	Tiger and the Brahmin by Brian Gleeson from Simon and Schuster for 1st-3rd grade in Tools for Young Historians (Location: BIBWV-TYH)
	True Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley from Master Books for 2nd-6th grade in Worldview & Apologetics for Kids (Location: BIBWV-APK) $13.59 $11.00 (2 in stock)
	Unconditional Surrender God's Program for Victory by Gary North 4^th edition from Dominion Press for Adult in Ecclesiology (Location: XTH-ECC) $25.46
	War of Words Getting to the Heart of Your Communication Struggles Resources for Changing Lives by Paul Tripp 2^nd edition from P&R Publishing in Communication & Conflict Resolution (Location: XCL-COM) $24.99
	What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey Rev ed. from Zondervan for 11th-Adult in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS) $14.00
	Why Pro-Life? by Randy Alcorn from Multnomah Books for 11th-Adult in Contemporary Issues (Location: XCL-CON) $3.20 (4 in stock)
	Worldliness Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World by C. J. Mahaney from Crossway Books for 10th-Adult in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC) $11.04

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