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Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died this month. His writings exposed the Gulag, the Soviet labor camp system, to the world. Sentenced in 1945 for derogatory comments against Stalin, his labor camp experience formed the basis for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. His monumental Gulag Archipelago, based on his own experience and the testimony of 227 former prisoners, detailed Soviet interrogation procedures, prison camp culture, and the practice of internal exile... More
Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died this month. His writings exposed the Gulag, the Soviet labor camp system, to the world. Sentenced in 1945 for derogatory comments against Stalin, his labor camp experience formed the basis for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. His monumental Gulag Archipelago, based on his own experience and the testimony of 227 former prisoners, detailed Soviet interrogation procedures, prison camp culture, and the practice of internal exile... More| Title | Rank | Period | Level | Type |
| World War I by S. L. A. Marshall General Marshall drew on his firsthand experience as a soldier and lifetime of military service to pen this forthright history of what people once believed would be the last great war. Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.43 |  | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Hitler by Albert Marrin School Library Journal: Best Book of the Year Published by Beautiful Feet Books Adolf Hitler der Fuehrer rose from a childhood of... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $13.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| A Child's History of the World by V. M. Hillyer V. M. Hillyer is SO readable. My children continue to love reading his books. We have his geography, his art, and history of the world and... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $48.99 | | Ancient to Modern | Elem | General |
| Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley It's about time that someone wrote church history that tells about people, not just about "eras" and "ages." Church History in Plain... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $26.12 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
| A History of the American People by Paul Johnson "The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." Find it: Local Library Amazon $17.64 | | Colonial to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Ourselves by Charlotte Mason Charlotte Mason's character curriculum written to children to teach morals and self-control. Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.30 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| A History of US by Joy Hakim The ten volumes from pre-colonial times to present day. Chapters organized chronologically. Illustrations from the period, dates, key historical figures and geographical development of the country are included. Find it: Local Library Amazon $10.85 | | MiddleAges to Modern | Middle | General |
| The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $11.53 | | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Stalin by Albert Marrin When Joseph Djugashvili was born the son of a poor shoemaker, few suspected he would rise to become one of the twentieth century's most... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $13.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Generations of children have treasured the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines shes a princess in order to survive hard times... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe Michael J. Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University, presents here a scientific argument for the existence of God. Examining the... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $10.20 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| History of the English by Winston Churchill To most people Churchill is known as one of Britain's greatest statesmen. That overshadows his literary achievements. He begins his account... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $18.83 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon Anyone who can chronicle world history from 500,000 B.C. to present times--and do so in a lively, entertaining style--deserves a medal.... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $15.99 | | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $9.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| How To Read a Book by Mortimer Adler How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $10.88 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. A cloud is 90% water. A... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $22.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard J. Maybury In "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" Richard Maybury uses historical events from Ancient Rome to explain economic principles. This... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $13.45 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Birth of the Modern by Paul Johnson From the prizewinning author of Modern Times comes an extraordinary chronicle of the period that laid the foundations of the modern... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.97 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Western Civilization by Jackson Spielvogel Best-selling text, WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped over one million students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $8.99 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Lord Peter by Dorothy Sayers When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks:... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.12 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Peace Child by Don Richardson In 1962, Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to share the gospel with the Sawi people of New Guinea. Peace Child tells their... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $7.46 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| South by Sir Ernest Shackleton The Endurance Expedition 1914-1916. Sir Ernest Shackleton is considered by some authors as the greatest of all Antarctic explorers. Quite... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $14.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Whatever Happened to Justice? by Richard J. Maybury "Whatever Happened to Justice?" shows what's gone wrong with America's legal system and economy and how to fix it. It also contains lots of... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $16.15 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Landmark History of the American People by Daniel Boorstin Find it: Local Library Amazon $10.98 | | Colonial to Modern | Elem | General |
| The Bravest Dog Ever by Natalie Standiford Illus. in full color. Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Blue Willow by Doris Gates I began reading this book aloud to my daughters, ages 6 and 7. I was very impressed with the quality of writing, and the plot held the... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels, wrote only one children’s book—and it is a classic! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.39 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary When, in second grade, Leigh writes to an author to tell him how much he "licked" his book, he never suspects that he'll still be writing... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl In the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit The Enchanted Castle and Five Children and It, by Edith Nesbit, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Exploring Planet Earth by John Hudson Tiner A wonderful supplement to any homeschool curriculum, this book emphasizes the history of civilization from a biblical perspective with... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $9.95 | | Ancient to Modern | Elem | General |
| From Anna by Jean Little Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family. Somehow she can never do anything right! She bumps into tables, and she can't read the... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Gentle Ben by Walt Morey The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his brother. But Mark finds a friend named Ben,... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Meet Ginger Pye, the smartest dog you'll ever know. Jerry Pye and his sister, Rachel, feel pretty smart themselves for buying Ginger. It... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Something inside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. But when... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has been wildly popular with children and adults for over 50 years. Children adore her because she understands them--and... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill The pushcarts have declared war! New York City's streets are clogged with huge, rude trucks that park where they want, hold up traffic,... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting Doctor Dolittle doesn't understand people, but he can talk to animals. His very best friends include a duck, a dog, a pig, and a parrot,... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White Although he lacks a voice in the traditional "Ko-hoh!" sense, trumpeter swan Louis learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.45 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Twenty One Balloons by William Pene DuBois Find it: Local Library Amazon $0.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| The Arts by Hendrik Willem Van Loon Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.47 | | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner The highly-anticipated follow-up book to Exploring Planet Earth, this Christian and homeschool hit takes a look at medical practices from... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $11.19 | | Ancient to Modern | Elem | General |
| Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Mao Tse-Tung and His China by Albert Marrin Find it: Local Library Amazon $7.53 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| This Country of Ours by H. E. Marshall This Country of Ours is a classic work featuring details of United States history from settlement through the Woodrow administration.... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $16.19 | | Colonial to Modern | Middle | General |
| From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth Tucker A long-awaited revised edition of a highly acclaimed textbook on the history of Christian missions by one of the most respected... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $20.24 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| D-Day by Stephen Ambrose Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day: June 6, 1944 relies on over 1,400... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.45 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Victory in the Pacific by Albert Marrin Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $13.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Child's Geography of the World by V. M. Hillyer Hillyer's geography is a bit outdated for today, OK maybe a lot outdated for today. My children were amused when we read that "one day man... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $12.39 | | Ancient to Modern | Elem | General |
| The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright Into the Four-Story Mistake, an odd-looking house with a confused architectural history, move the Melendy family -- Mona, Rush, Randy,... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl Charlie and Willy Wonka are back, this time in a fantastic journey to outer space in their glass elevator. Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Henry Reed Inc. by Keith Robertson Henry Reed is an unforgettable character, a strange mix of can-do entrepreneurialism and good-hearted goofiness who would make any parent... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.93 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Kildee House by Rutherford George Montgomery Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.83 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright Meet the Melendys! The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Seventeenth Swap by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Eric Greene needs $17.99 fast. He whants to buy his young crippled friend Jimmy a pair of outrageus red cowboy boots that are on sale for... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $11.16 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright With Father in Washington and Cuffy, their housekeeper, away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendy kids left... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Way Things Work by David Macaulay "Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $9.56 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| History of Art for Young People by Anthony Janson For 40 years this widely praised work has remained unsurpassed as an introduction to art in the Western world. And now-with a more... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $33.98 | | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $40.19 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Biblical Philosophy of History by R. J. Rushdoony Find it: Local Library Amazon $14.90 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
| A Basic History of the United States by Clarence B. Carson Find it: Local Library Amazon $17.24 | | RenRef to Modern | Middle | General |
| The Story of Painting by H.W. Janson Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.84 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I.... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.79 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Story of Christianity by Michael Collins Providing a truly global view of Christianity across all denominations, The Story of Christianity covers the Old Testament to the present... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $12.12 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| How to Read Church History by Comby Introduction to early Christianity sets it in teh broader context of the poltical, social, and economic development in the wider world. Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $8.99 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose Stephen E. Ambrose combines history and journalism to describe how American GIs battled their way to the Rhineland. He focuses on the... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.45 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Victors by Stephen Ambrose The Victors is like a compilation of Stephen E. Ambrose's greatest hits, drawing heavily from his biography of General Dwight D. Eisenhower... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.46 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| A Question of Yams by Gloria Repp Other people crowded into the house, and Kuri heard them whispering. "Look what happened to him. Surely he is being punished." Kuri's... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.34 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginning of growing up--exciting things are... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| B is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood Carolyn Haywood's stories about her irrepressible character Betsy have never been out of print, and now, thanks to dynamic new covers, the... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary Can imaginative Emily make her biggest dream come true?Spunky Emily Bartlett lives in an old farmhouse in Pitchfork, Oregon'at a time when... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West by Marguerite Henry Horses were in Annie Bronn's blood. For as long as she could remember, she had been fascinated by the spirited wild mustangs that roamed... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| World War 1 by Zachary Kent Find it: Local Library Amazon $13.26 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt A simple, straightforward analysis of economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy. Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $11.16 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Flying Aces of World War I by Gene Gurney Find it: Local Library Amazon $5.65 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Sinking of the Bismarck by William L. Shirer The Bismark was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful and accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $4.74 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |
| Story of D-Day by Bruce Bliven June 6, 1944: The greatest amphibious invasion the world had ever seen was launched, involving thousands of ships, incredible planning and... Source: Amazon Find it: Local Library Amazon $6.95 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | General |