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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.

	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)
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass 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)
	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 From Ancient to Contemporary, The Full 3000-Year Tradition 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)
	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)
	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 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 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)
	Back To Basics Rediscovering the Richness of the Reformed Faith 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) $16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Best Things in Life A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth and the Good Life by Peter Kreeft from InterVarsity Press for 9th-Adult in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI) $18.00 $8.50 (2 in stock)
	Blue Like Jazz Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $3.00 (3 in stock)
	Blue Sword by Robin McKinley from Puffin Books for 8th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Call of the Wild by Jack London, Michael Clay Thompson from Royal Fireworks Press Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts (Location: GRA-MCT) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (edited by Kolve V.A. & Glending Olson) 2^nd edition from W. W. Norton and Co. for 10th-Adult in Medieval Literature (Location: LIT2-MED) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Church History in Plain Language (old) by Bruce L. Shelley 3^rd edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers Church History Reference for 9th-Adult in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE) $12.00 (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)
	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)
	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)
	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 Conversations on the Liberty of God by Doug Wilson from Canon Press for 9th-Adult in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF) $12.00 $7.00 (3 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)
	Every Thought Captive A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth by Richard Pratt from P&R Publishing for 9th-Adult in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE) $9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Exploring the History of Medicine From the Ancient Physicians of Pharaoh to Genetic Engineering Exploring Series by John Hudson Tiner from Master Books for 5th-12th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $15.19 $9.50 (3 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)
	Exploring the World of Biology From Mushrooms to Complex Life Forms Exploring Series by John Hudson Tiner from Master Books for 7th-10th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $15.19 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Exploring the World of Chemistry From Ancient Metals to High-Speed Computers Exploring Series by John Hudson Tiner from Master Books for 7th-10th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $15.19 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Exploring the World of Mathematics From Ancient Record Keeping to the Latest Advances in Computers Exploring Series by John Hudson Tiner from Master Books for 6th-10th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $15.19 $9.50 (2 in stock)
	Exploring the World of Physics From Simple Machines to Nuclear Energy Exploring Series by John Hudson Tiner from Master Books Non-fiction for 7th-10th grade in Memoria Press Science (Location: SCICUR-MP) $15.19 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Extravagant Grace God's Glory Displayed in Our Weakness by Barbara Duguid from P&R Publishing for 10th-Adult in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS) $12.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3rd printing, 1962 from Ballantine Books Science Fiction/Dystopian Literature for 10th grade-adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $25.00 (1 in stock)
	Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves Book One of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene by Roy Maynard & Edmund Spenser from Canon Press Allegory/Epic Poetry for 10th-Adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $20.00 $9.00 (5 in stock)
	Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams 5^th edition from New Directions for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $12.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan from Hendrickson Publishers Autobiography for 10th-Adult in Hendrickson Christian Classics (Location: XCL-DEV) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Hamlet The Pelican Shakespeare by William Shakespeare from Penguin Putnam Tragedy for 9th-Adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter Book 7 by J. K. Rowling 1^st edition from Arthur A. Levine Books for 6th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $34.99 $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter Book 4 by J. K. Rowling 1st American Edition from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $29.99 $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter Book 6 by J. K. Rowling 1st American Edition from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $29.99 $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter Book 3 by J.K. Rowling 1^st edition from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $29.99 $15.00 (2 in stock)
	Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter from Indiana University Press Romance for 7th-10th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $17.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley from Grosset & Dunlap for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Hiroshima by John Hersey from Vintage Classics Historical Non-Fiction for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $7.95 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Humorous Stories and Sketches by Mark Twain from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.50 $2.50 (2 in stock)
	I Serve A Novel of the Black Prince by Rosanne E. Lortz from Anno Domini Historical Fiction for 7th-Adult in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $12.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Ides of April Bethlehem Books Young Adult Bookshelf by Mary Ray from Bethlehem Books for 8th-10th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon from Revell Publishing for 9th grade-Adult in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
	In the Days of Queen Victoria by Eva March Tappan from Yesterday's Classics for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $12.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	In the Days of Queen Victoria by Eva March Tappan from Bookshelf Central for 6th-10th grade in Clearance: Biographies (Location: ZCLE-BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson from HarperCollins Family Stories for 7th-10th grade 1981 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.99 $3.00 (2 in stock)
	Learning Language Arts Through Literature - British Poetry Anthology for Gold Level from Common Sense Press for 9th-12th grade in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN) $8.00 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Life of Pi by Yann Martel from Harvest Books for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $7.00 (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) $16.99 $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Lost in a Good Book Thursday Next Book 2 by Jasper Fforde First American Edition from Viking Press for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton from Aladdin Paperbacks for 6th-10th grade 1975 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Macbeth Folger Shakespeare Library by William Shakespeare from Simon and Schuster for 9th-12th grade in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes from Harcourt Realistic Fiction for 7th-10th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $15.99 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Mary, Bloody Mary A Young Royals Book by Carolyn Meyer from Harcourt for 9th-12th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
	Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $3.00 $1.00 (9 in stock)
	Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare from Dover Publications for 10th grade-adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $1.50 $1.00 (3 in stock)
	Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers, with an introduction by Madeleine L'Engle from HarperCollins Christian Philosophy for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $17.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Miracle in the Hills by Mary T. Martin Sloop with Legette Blythe from McGraw-Hill for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.00 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff & James Normal Hall Book Club Edition from Little, Brown & Company Nautical Fiction for 9th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Odyssey - Instructional DVDs by Homer (translation by Samuel Butler), lectures by Sean Brooks from Memoria Press for 9th-Adult in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP) $38.50 (1 in stock)
	Odyssey - MP Student Book by Stephan Musick from Memoria Press for 9th-12th grade in Memoria Press Classical Studies (Location: HISCUR-MP) $13.60 $8.00 (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) $18.35 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Our Town A Play in Three Acts by Thornton Wilder from HarperCollins for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $14.99 $7.50 (4 in stock)
	Reading Between the Lines A Christian Guide to Literature by Gene Veith from Crossway Books for 10th-Adult in Literary Analysis & Reference (Location: LIR-LAR) $14.39 $5.60 (2 in stock)
	Restaurant At the End of the Universe Hitchhiker's Trilogy #2 by Douglas Adams Book Club Edition from Harmony Humorous Science Fiction for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell from Mariner Books for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard from Hickory Grove Press for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope from Sandpiper Books for 10th-12th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh from Hart Publishing Company Mystery for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Simon and Schuster Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Simon and Schuster Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox from Bradbury Press Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Slave Dancer by Paula Fox, illustrated by Eros Keith from Bradbury Press Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade 1974 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Hitchhiker's Trilogy #4 by Douglas Adams from Crown Publishers Humorous Science Fiction for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein from ACE Publishing Science Fiction for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $18.00 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Story of Philosophy The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers by Will Durant 2^nd edition from Pocket Books for 9th-Adult in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI) $9.99 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Study in Scarlet & The Sign of Four Dover Thrift Editions by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from Dover Publications Mystery for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00 $2.40 (1 in stock)
	Taming of the Shrew Dover Thrift Editions by William Shakespeare from Dover Publications Elizabethan Drama for 10th-Adult in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN) $4.00 $1.00 (28 in stock)
	The Crucible by Arthur Miller from Penguin Classics for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $16.00 $9.00 (3 in stock)
	Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe from Anchor Books for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $15.00 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe from Fawcett Books for 10th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Time Machine by H. G. Wells from Penguin Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Timetables of History by Bernard Grun, translator 4^th edition from Touchstone World History Reference for 9th-Adult in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $19.00 (2 in stock)
	To Destroy You Is No Loss The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family by Joan D. Criddle Updated from East/West Bridge for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Turn of the Screw by Henry James from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00 $2.00 (1 in stock)
	War of the Worlds Signet Classics by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95 $3.50 (1 in stock)
	William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Imperial Boxed Set Includes: Verily, a New Hope; The Empire Striketh Back; The Jedi Doth Return William Shakespeare Star Wars by Ian Doescher from Quirk Books for 4th-10th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX) $47.97 $32.00 (1 in stock)
	Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack Dover Thrift Editions by Benjamin Franklin from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 18th Century Literature (Location: LIT5-18) $4.00 $2.00 (3 in stock)
	With Pipe, Paddle and Song A Story of the French-Canadian Voyageurs Bethlehem Books Young Adult Bookshelf by Elizabeth Yates 2^nd edition from Bethlehem Books Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $23.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Worldliness Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World by C. J. Mahaney from Crossway Books for 10th-Adult in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP) $12.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht from Chronicle Books for 7th-Adult in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN) $10.00 (1 in stock)

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