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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.

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1984
by George Orwell
from Harcourt
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
38 Latin Stories
by Anne H. Groton & James M. May
5th edition from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
for 9th-12th grade
in Wheelock's Latin (Location: FL-LATWHE)
$15.20 $5.60 (1 in stock)
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
Hornblower Series #11
by C. S. Forester
from Little, Brown & Company
Nautical fiction for 8th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$16.14 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Always Ready
by Greg Bahnsen
from Covenant Media Foundation
for 10th-Adult
in Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-GEN)
$14.95 $10.00 (3 in stock)
American Childhood
by Annie Dillard
from Harper & Row
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry
by Tony Barnstone & Chou Ping, eds.
from Anchor Books
for 9th-12th grade
in Poetry Anthologies (Location: POET-ANTH)
$17.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Anno's Journey
by Mitsumasa Anno
from Puffin Books
for 2nd-Adult
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
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 of Fiction
by John Gardner
from Vintage Classics
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$12.71 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Interpretation
by Nicholas R. Elledge
from Institute for Cultural Communicators
for 9th-12th grade
in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$10.00 (2 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 (1 in stock)
Back To Basics
by David Hagopian, editor
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$16.00 $10.00 (2 in stock)
Beat to Quarters
Hornblower Series #6
by C. S. Forester
from Little, Brown & Company
Nautical fiction for 10th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$16.14 $7.20 (1 in stock)
Beginning of the Republic
A Basic History of the United States Volume 2
by Clarence B. Carson
from American Textbook Committee
American History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Basic History of the United States (Location: HISCUR-BHUS)
$17.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Best Things in Life
by Peter Kreeft
from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$19.54 $6.80 (1 in stock)
Billy Budd, Sailor, and Other Stories
by Herman Melville
from Bantam Books
Realistic Nautical Fiction for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$4.21 $2.00 (1 in stock)
Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
from HarperCollins
Dystopian Literature for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99 $7.00 (8 in stock)
Bringing Heaven Down to Earth
by Nathan L. K. Bierma
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
British History - Student Edition
by James P. Stobaugh
from Master Books
for 10th-12th grade
in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer (edited by Kolve V.A. & Glending Olson)
2nd edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 10th-Adult
in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED)
$11.20 (1 in stock)
Chemistry Level II - Laboratory Workbook (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 9th-12th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (old editions) (Location: OSCI-RS4K)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Chemistry Level II - Teacher's Manual (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 9th-12th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (old editions) (Location: OSCI-RS4K)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Children of the Promise
by Robert Booth
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$12.74 $6.40 (1 in stock)
Chosen
by Chaim Potok
from Simon and Schuster
Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Christian History Made Easy
Rose Bible Basics
by Timothy Paul Jones
from Rose Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$14.99 $10.50 (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)
$28.89 $12.00 (2 in stock)
Colonial Experience
A Basic History of the United States Volume 1
by Clarence B. Carson
from American Textbook Committee
American History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Basic History of the United States (Location: HISCUR-BHUS)
$17.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Commodore Hornblower
Hornblower Series #9
by C. S. Forester
from Little, Brown & Company
Nautical fiction for 10th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$16.14 $7.20 (1 in stock)
Crypto Mind Benders: Classic Jokes
by Nile Duppstadt II
from Critical Thinking Books
for 3rd-12th grade
in Mind Benders (Location: LOG-CTMB)
$10.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Crypto Mind Benders: Famous Quotations
by Nile Duppstadt II
from Critical Thinking Books
for 3rd-12th grade
in Mind Benders (Location: LOG-CTMB)
$10.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Daily Mind Builders - Language Arts
by Jennifer Gottstein
from Critical Thinking Books
for 5th-12th grade
in Critical Thinking Series (Location: LOG-CTS)
$16.99 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Diary of a Napoleanic Foot Soldier
by Jakob Walter
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$5.20 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$11.89 $5.20 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
2018 Reprint from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.80 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life - Gift Edition w/DVD
by John Piper
Gift Edition from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Dubliners
Dover Thrift Editions
by James Joyce
from Dover Publications
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$7.00 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Easy Chairs, Hard Words
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$10.20 $5.60 (6 in stock)
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt
from Laissez Faire Books
for 9th-Adult
in Economics Resources (Location: ECON-REF)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Eighteenth Century Europe
by Isser Woloch
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Essential Arabic
Com/Pap Bl from Living Language
for 10th grade-adult
in Arabic (Location: FL-GEN)
$22.99 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring the History of Medicine
Exploring Series
by John Hudson Tiner
from Master Books
for 5th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP)
$15.19 $9.50 (2 in stock)
Exploring the World of Astronomy
by John Hudson Tiner
from Master Books
for 5th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP)
$15.19 $10.00 (2 in stock)
Extravagant Grace
by Barbara Duguid
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$11.04 $6.00 (1 in stock)
Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
from Charles Scribner's Sons
for 11th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
from Charles Scribner's Sons
Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$18.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Girl Talk
by Carolyn Mahaney
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Raising Daughters (Location: XFA-DAU)
$11.04 $6.40 (2 in stock)
Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
5th edition from New Directions
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$12.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reissue from Charles Scribner's Sons
Realistic Fiction for 9th-12th grade
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Growing Up Christian
by Karl Graustein
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Growing Up Christian (Location: XCL-GROW)
$14.44 $7.20 (1 in stock)
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
from Dover Publications
for 7th-Adult
in 18th Century Literature (Location: LIT5-18)
$5.10 $3.20 (1 in stock)
Henle First Year Latin - Answer Key
by Robert J. Henle
from Loyola Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Henle Latin (Location: FL-LATHEN)
$7.99 $3.50 (3 in stock)
Henle Fourth Year Latin - Answer Key
by Robert J. Henle
from Loyola Press
for 10th-12th grade
in Henle Latin (Location: FL-LATHEN)
$7.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
Henle Latin Grammar
by Robert J. Henle
from Loyola Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Henle Latin (Location: FL-LATHEN)
$16.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
History of the American People
by Paul Johnson
from HarperCollins
for 11th-Adult
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$19.54 $11.20 (1 in stock)
History of the Ancient World - Study & Teaching Guide
by Julia Kaziewicz
1st edition from Well-Trained Mind Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Story of the World (Location: HISCUR-SoW)
$22.36 $14.00 (1 in stock)
HomeScholar Guide to College Admission and Scholarships
by Lee Binz
from The HomeScholar
for 11th-Adult
in High School & College Prep (Location: HSR-HSC)
$10.40 (2 in stock)
Homeschool Psych
by Dr. Timothy S. Rice
2nd edition from Rocking R Ventures, Inc.
for 9th-12th grade
in Psychology (Location: XWV-PSY)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
from Bloomsbury Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Know What You Believe
by Paul E. Little
5th edition from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-GEN)
$18.69 $6.00 (2 in stock)
Know Why You Believe
by Paul E. Little
4th edition from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-GEN)
$17.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Life Skills for Kids
by Christine M. Field
from Shaw Books
for ages 6 and up
in Life Skills for Kids (Location: SS-LIFE)
$18.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Lord Hornblower
Hornblower Series #10
by C. S. Forester
from Little, Brown & Company
Nautical fiction for 10th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$16.14 $7.20 (2 in stock)
Mansfield Park
Vintage Classics
by Jane Austen
from Vintage Books
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-12th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Meaning of Marriage
by Tim Keller, Kathy Keller
Reprint from Riverhead Books
for 11th-Adult
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$18.70 $7.60 (1 in stock)
My Heart Lies South
by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Young People's Edition from Bethlehem Books
Biography for 8th-12th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$12.71 $8.00 (1 in stock)
National Latin Exam - Level 1
by Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Form Latin Series (Location: FL-LATFORM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
New World In View
To Pledge Allegiance #1
by Gary DeMar & Fred Douglas Young
from American Vision Press
American History Reference for 8th-10th grade
in To Pledge Allegiance (Location: HISCUR-TPA)
$12.00 (2 in stock)
Norms & Nobility
by David V. Hicks
from University Press of America
for 11th-Adult
in Classical Education (Location: HSR-METCE)
$38.00 (1 in stock)
Odyssey - MP Teacher Book
by Stephan Musick
from Memoria Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP)
$15.60 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
from Charles Scribner's Sons
Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$12.75 $6.40 (2 in stock)
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 2 - Reader
3rd edition from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$32.00 $22.00 (1 in stock)
On the Road to Independence
To Pledge Allegiance #3
by Gary DeMar & George Grant
from American Vision Press
American History Reference for 9th-12th grade
in To Pledge Allegiance (Location: HISCUR-TPA)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Thursday Next Book 6
by Jasper Fforde
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Original Intent
by David Barton
3rd from WallBuilder Press
for 11th-Adult
in Law & Political Theory (Location: GOV-LAW)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Orthodoxy
by C. K. Chesterton
from Moody Press
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$8.49 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
from HarperCollins
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$14.99 $7.50 (3 in stock)
Painless Algebra
by Lynette Long, Ph.D.
4th edition from Barron's
for 9th-11th grade
in Algebra (Location: MATR-ALG)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Passion of Jesus Christ
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in General Theology (Location: XTH-GEN)
$2.00 (5 in stock)
Peacemaker
by Ken Sande
3rd edition from Baker Books
for 11th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$16.14 $9.60 (2 in stock)
Pleasures of God
by John Piper
from Multnomah Books
for 11th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Popologetics
by Ted Turnau
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-GEN)
$16.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window
2nd edition from YWAM Publishing
for 4th-Adult
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
$8.49 $3.60 (2 in stock)
Protocol Matters
by Sandra Boswell
from Canon Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Manners & Etiquette (Location: BIBCH-MAN)
$15.30 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Radical
by David Platt
1st edition from Multnomah Books
for 11th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Reverberation
by Jonathan Leeman
from Moody Press
for 11th-Adult
in Scripture & Hermeneutics (Location: XBI-HERM)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Roar on the Other Side
by Suzanne U. Rhodes
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 7th-Adult
in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET)
$15.29 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Running Scared
by Edward T. Welch
from New Growth Press
for 11th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$16.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Saxon Algebra 2 - Homeschool Testing Book
by Stephen Douglas Hake
for 10th-11th grade
in Saxon Math (Location: MAT-SAX)
$30.00 (1 in stock)
Secrets of Great Communicators - Teacher Kit
by Jeff Myers
from Broadman & Holman
for 10th-Adult
in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$45.00 (2 in stock)
Sergeant York and the Great War
by Alvin C. York
from My Father's World
Autobiography for 7th-Adult
in World War I (1914-1919) (Location: HISA-20WW1)
$18.70 $8.00 (2 in stock)
Shakespeare: The World As Stage
by Bill Bryson
for 10th-Adult
in Shakespeare Materials (Location: LIR-SHA)
$15.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Sherwood Ring
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
from Sandpiper Books
for 10th-12th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$6.79 $3.60 (1 in stock)
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
from Dover Publications
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$5.10 $2.40 (1 in stock)
Soul of Science
Turning Point Christian Worldview
by Nancy Pearcey & Charles Thaxton
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Faith & Science (Location: XAP-SCI)
$24.99 $12.50 (2 in stock)
Spell to Write and Read (really old)
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-12th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Teacher's Manual for Henle Latin First and Second Years
from Loyola Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Henle Latin (Location: FL-LATHEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
from Penguin Classics
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
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