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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102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
by Cathy Duffy
from Grove Publishing
for Preschool-Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$15.00 (2 in stock)
1984
by George Orwell
from Harcourt
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00 $11.00 (4 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)
$18.99 $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)
$21.60 $16.00 (2 in stock)
Advanced Chemistry in Creation - Textbook
by Jay Wile
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$71.20 $45.00 (1 in stock)
Advanced Mathematics, 2nd Edition - DVD
by Art Reed (teacher)
from AJ Publishers
for 11th-12th grade
in Saxon Tutorials (Location: MAT-SAX)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
Advanced Spelling & Vocabulary - Complete Course
2nd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
for 9th-12th grade
in IEW Excellence in Spelling (Location: SPE-IEW)
$39.00 $28.00 (2 in stock)
Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sterling Classics
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Scott McKowen
Unabridged from Sterling Publishing Co.
for 7th-12th grade
in Mystery & Suspense (Location: FIC-MYS)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Macmillan Classics
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)
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 - Test/Quiz Key
3rd edition from A Beka Books
for 12th grade
in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)
$11.00 (4 in stock)
Analogies 3
by Arthur Liebman
from Educators Publishing Service
for 11th-12th grade
in EPS Analogies (Location: LOG-EPS)
$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)
Ancient Civilizations & the Bible - Books & Tests Only Package
by Diana Waring
from Diana Waring Presents
for 7th-12th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
$19.00 (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)
$17.50 (1 in stock)
Animal Farm
Signet Classics
by George Orwell
from Signet Classics
Utopian/Dystopian Literature for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$9.99 $6.00 (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)
$59.00 (1 in stock)
Apologia: Exploring Creation With Biology - Text & Solutions (old)
by Jay Wile & Marilyn Durnell
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 9th-12th grade
in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM)
$25.00 (4 in stock)
Apologia: Exploring Creation With Marine Biology - Textbook & Solutions and Test Book
by Sherri Seligson
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
in Apologia Science (Old Versions only) (Location: OSCI-AEM)
$19.00 (2 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)
$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 Poetry
by Christine Perrin
from Classical Academic Press
for 7th-12th grade
in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET)
$29.95 $15.00 (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 (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 (3 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)
$18.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
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 $9.50 (2 in stock)
Best Things in Life
by Peter Kreeft
from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$18.39 $5.95 (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 - 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 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 (3 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)
Business Mathematics - Test/Quiz Key (old)
2nd edition from A Beka Books
for 10th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$4.00 (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)
$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)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Children of the Promise
by Robert Booth
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$14.99 $8.00 (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)
$33.99 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
by Edward P. J. Corbett
2nd Edition, 6th Printing, 1960 from Oxford University
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$39.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle - Student Workbook
by Martin Cothran
2nd edition from Memoria Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Speech & Debate (Location: SPEECH)
$29.95 $20.00 (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)
Co. Aytch
by Sam Watkins
from Touchstone
Historical Non-fiction for 8th-Adult
in American Civil War Era (1850-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW)
$17.00 $9.00 (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)
$18.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
from Bantam Books
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 7th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$8.50 (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 Math - Assessments Answer Key
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in BJU Math (Location: MAT-BJU)
$15.28 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Consumer Math - Teacher Edition
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 9th-12th grade
in BJU Math (Location: MAT-BJU)
$98.33 $59.00 (1 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 (2 in stock)
Consumer Mathematics - Solution Key
from A Beka Books
for 9th-12th grade
in A Beka Arithmetic & Mathematics (Location: MAT-ABK)
$19.00 (1 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)
Critical Thinking Book One
by Anita Harnadek
from Critical Thinking Books
for 7th-12th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Old Edition Logic (Location: ZCLE-LOG)
$8.00 (1 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 (1 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)
Daily Handwriting Practice: Contemporary Cursive
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 1st-12th grade
in Evan-Moor Daily Handwriting Practice (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$8.40 (1 in stock)
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)
$25.99 $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)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$13.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life - Gift Edition w/DVD
by John Piper
Gift Edition from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Drive Thru History #1: Rome
by Dave Stotts
from Focus on the Family
for 6th-12th grade
in Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$10.00 (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)
$12.00 $7.00 (7 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 - Student Textbook
3rd edition from Bob Jones University Press
for 12th grade
in BJU Heritage Studies (Location: HISCUR-BJU)
$68.61 $42.00 (2 in stock)
Economics for Everybody - DVD and Study Guide Set
by R. C. Sproul, Jr.
2nd edition from Compass Classroom
for 9th-Adult
in Economics Curriculum (Location: ECON-CUR)
$45.00 (1 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)
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)
$30.00 (3 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)
$6.00 (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)
$8.00 (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)
$9.00 $5.00 (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)
Elements of Style
by William Strunk & E. B. White
4th edition from Allyn and Bacon
Writing Handbook for 9th-12th grade
in Writing Reference (Location: REF-WRI)
$9.99 $5.50 (1 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)
Emma
by Jane Austen, illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat with an inroduction by Deirdre Le Faye
from The Folio Society
Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-12th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$75.00 (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)
Explicit Gospel
by Matt Chandler
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$17.99 $9.00 (3 in stock)
Exploring America - Quiz & Exam Pack (old)
by Ray Notgrass
2nd edition from Notgrass Company
in Notgrass Old Editions (Location: OHIS-NG)
$4.00 (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 (4 in stock)
Exploring Creation with Advanced Biology - Solutions and Tests
by Marilyn Shannon & Rachael Yunis
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$21.60 $12.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation with Advanced Biology - Textbook
by Marilyn Shannon & Rachael Yunis
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 10th-12th grade
Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$45.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Biology - Extra Tests
3rd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$5.60 $4.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation with High School Astronomy
by Damian Ludwiczak
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 9th-12th grade
in Apologia Exploring Creation (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$52.00 $42.00 (2 in stock)
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