Staff Favorites & Reviews

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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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)
$16.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Advanced Chemistry in Creation - Solutions and Tests
by Jay Wile
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$20.80 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Algebra & Trigonometry: Functions & Applications - Teacher's Edition
by Paul A. Foerster
from Prentice Hall
for 10th-12th grade
in Algebra (Location: MATR-ALG)
$130.00 (1 in stock)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
from Macmillan
Fantasy for 7th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes
by Kenneth Myers
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Always Ready
by Greg Bahnsen
from Covenant Media Foundation
for 10th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$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)
American Government - Answer Key
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
American Government - Student Text
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$24.00 (2 in stock)
American Government - Teacher Edition
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$35.00 (2 in stock)
American Government - Test/Quiz Key
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$11.00 (4 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)
Ancient Greece
by Michelle Miller
from TruthQuest History
for 5th-12th grade
in TruthQuest History (Location: HISCUR-TQ)
$24.95 $17.50 (1 in stock)
Ancient Rome
by Michelle Miller
from TruthQuest History
History Curriculum for 5th-12th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in TruthQuest History (Location: HISCUR-TQ)
$24.95 $17.50 (2 in stock)
Antigone
Dover Thrift Editions
by Sophocles, translated by Sir George Young
from Dover Publications
Ancient Tragedy for 9th-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$3.00 $2.00 (2 in stock)
Apologia Chemistry Lab Supplies Kit
from Home Science Tools
for 11th-12th grade
in Science Manipulatives & Lab Supplies (Location: SCIREF-LAB)
$43.00 (1 in stock)
Apologia: Advanced Physics in Creation
by Jay Wile
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 12th grade
in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM)
$60.90 $59.00 (1 in stock)
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne, George M. Towle (Translator)
from Bantam Books
for 7th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$5.95 $3.00 (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 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 Fiction
by John Gardner
from Vintage Classics
for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$14.95 $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)
Art of Problem Solving Introduction to Number Theory - Text & Solutions
by Matthew Crawford
2nd edition from Art of Problem Solving
for 9th-12th grade
in Art of Problem Solving (Location: MAT-AoPS)
$55.00 $42.00 (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 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)
Basics of Biblical Greek - Grammar
by William D. Mounce
3rd edition from Zondervan
for 9th-Adult
in Basics of Biblical Greek (Location: FL-GREBA)
$30.00 $16.00 (1 in stock)
Basics of Biblical Greek - Workbook (old)
by William D. Mounce
3rd edition from Zondervan
for 10th-Adult
in Basics of Biblical Greek (Location: FL-GREBA)
$16.00 (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)
$16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Biology - Student Laboratory Manual
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 10th-12th grade
in CLP Science (Location: SCICUR-CLP)
$12.85 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Biology - Teacher Manual
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 10th-12th grade
in CLP Science (Location: SCICUR-CLP)
$12.85 $7.00 (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)
Bridges of Madison County
by Robert James Waller
First. from Warner Books
for 11th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$5.00 (1 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 - Set
by James P. Stobaugh
from Master Books
for 10th-12th grade
in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS)
$28.00 $17.00 (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)
Building Blocks in Life Science
by Gary Parker
from Master Books
for 9th-12th grade
in Master Books Science (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$12.79 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Building Blocks in Science
by Gary Parker
from Master Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Master Books Science (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$12.79 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Building Thinking Skills Book 3 Verbal
by Sandra Parks & Howard Black
from Critical Thinking Books
for 7th-Adult
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Building Thinking Skills (Location: LOG-BTS)
$36.99 $21.00 (1 in stock)
Business Mathematics - Solution Key
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 10th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$25.00 (2 in stock)
Business Mathematics - Teacher Edition
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 10th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$17.00 (2 in stock)
Business Mathematics - Test/Quiz Key
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 10th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$9.50 (3 in stock)
Calculus: Concepts and Contexts
2nd edition from AskDrCallahan
for 11th-12th grade
in Calculus & Statistics (Location: MATR-CAL)
$30.00 (2 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)
$14.00 (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)
$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 History in Plain Language (old)
by Bruce L. Shelley
2nd edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers
Church History Reference for 10th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$12.00 (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)
Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle w/ Answer Key (old)
by Martin Cothran
from Memoria Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Commodore
Aubrey/Maturin #17
by Patrick O'Brian
from W. W. Norton and Co.
Nautical Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$4.50 (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)
$16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Complete Sonnets
Dover Thrift Editions
by William Shakespeare
from Dover Publications
Lyrical Poetry for 9th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$4.50 $2.00 (2 in stock)
Consumer Mathematics - Skills & Review Teacher Key
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 9th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Consumer Mathematics - Solution Key
from A Beka Books
for 9th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$19.00 (2 in stock)
Consumer Mathematics - Teacher Edition
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 10th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$39.00 (1 in stock)
Consumer Mathematics - Test/Quiz Key
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 10th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$9.00 (3 in stock)
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
from Charles Scribner's Sons
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00 $6.00 (2 in stock)
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
from Bantam Books
Drama for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$2.50 (2 in stock)
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker
1963 Reprint from Heinemann Educational Books
Drama for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Dave Raymond's Modernity - DVD Set
by Dave Raymond
from Compass Classroom
for 9th-12th grade
in U.S. History Curriculum (Location: HISCUR-US)
$85.00 (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)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Discovery of Deduction - Teacher's Edition
by Aaron Larsen, Joelle Hodge
from Classical Academic Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Classical Academic Press Logic (Location: LOG-CAP)
$34.95 $20.00 (1 in stock)
Do Hard Things
by Alex & Brett Harris
from Multnomah Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Growing Up Christian (Location: XCL-GROW)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$11.19 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Dr. Funster's Word Benders C1
from Critical Thinking Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: LOG-DR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Drive Thru History: Cities, Soldiers, and Battlegrounds of Revolutionary America - DVD
American History Series
by Dave Stotts
from Home School Legal Defense Association
for 6th-12th grade
in Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Dubliners
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)
$12.00 $7.00 (3 in stock)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
by Lynne Truss
from Gotham Books
Grammar Reference for 9th-Adult
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$15.00 $7.50 (3 in stock)
Economics - Student Activity Manual
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 12th grade
in BJU Heritage Studies (Location: HISCUR-BJU)
$39.72 $22.00 (1 in stock)
Economics for Everybody - DVD only
by R. C. Sproul, Jr.
2nd edition from Compass Classroom
for 9th-Adult
in Economics Curriculum (Location: ECON-CUR)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Economics: Principles & Policy
by Tom Rose
2nd edition from American Enterprise Publications
for 9th-Adult
in Economics Curriculum (Location: ECON-CUR)
$19.00 (2 in stock)
Economics: Work and Prosperity - Answer Key
from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$9.00 (4 in stock)
Economics: Work and Prosperity - Student Text
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$25.00 (4 in stock)
Economics: Work and Prosperity - Teacher Guide
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$37.00 (1 in stock)
Economics: Work and Prosperity - Test/Quiz Key
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$11.00 (4 in stock)
Eighteenth Century Europe
by Isser Woloch
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 10th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Elementary Greek Year One - Audio Companion CD
by Christine Gatchell
from Memoria Press
for 4th-Adult
in Elementary Greek (Location: FL-GREELE)
$9.50 $6.00 (1 in stock)
Elementary Greek Year Three - Audio Companion CD
by Christine Gatchell
from Memoria Press
for 6th-Adult
in Elementary Greek (Location: FL-GREELE)
$10.00 $6.00 (1 in stock)
Elementary Greek Year Three - Flashcards (old)
by Christine Gatchell
from Memoria Press
for 6th-Adult
in Old Edition Foreign Language (Location: OFL-MIX)
$11.00 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Elementary Greek Year Two - Audio Companion CD
by Christine Gatchell
from Memoria Press
for 5th-Adult
in Elementary Greek (Location: FL-GREELE)
$12.95 $6.00 (2 in stock)
Emma
Penguin Classics
by Jane Austen
from Penguin Classics
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-12th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$9.00 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Eric Liddell
Men of Faith
by Catherine Swift
from Bethany House
Biography for 6th-12th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$2.50 (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)
Every Thought Captive
by Richard Pratt
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$14.39 $9.00 (3 in stock)
Exploring America - Guide for Parents and Answer Key
2nd edition from Notgrass Company
for 9th-12th grade
in Notgrass Exploring America (Location: HISCUR-NG)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring America - Quiz & Exam Pack (old)
by Ray Notgrass
2nd edition from Notgrass Company
in Notgrass Old Editions (Location: OHIS-NG)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring America - Student Review Book
by Ray Notgrass
from Notgrass Company
for 9th-12th grade
in Notgrass Exploring America (Location: HISCUR-NG)
$10.00 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation with Advanced Biology - Extra Tests
by Marilyn Shannon & Rachael Yunis
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Biology - Extra Tests
3rd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$4.80 $3.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Biology - Solutions and Tests
by Vicki Dincher
3rd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 9th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$20.80
Exploring Creation With Marine Biology - Extra Tests
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$4.80 $3.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Marine Biology - Solutions and Tests
by Sherri Seligson
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$20.80 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Marine Biology - Textbook
by Sherri Seligson
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$69.60 $45.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Physics - Extra Tests
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$4.80 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Physics - Solutions and Tests
by Jay Wile
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 11th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$20.80 $15.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Physics - Textbook
by Jay Wile
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 11th-12th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$45.00 (7 in stock)
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