Based on Mark Kurlansky’s critically acclaimed bestseller Salt: A World History, this handsome picture book explores every aspect of salt: The many ways it’s gathered from the earth and sea; how ancient emperors in China, Egypt, and Rome used it to keep their subjects happy; Why salt was key to…

A terrible storm strands a Swiss pastor, with his wife and four sons, on a tropical island. Luckily, the Robinsons are optimistic and inventive, and with what they salvage from the wrecked ship, the island’s abundant fruits, plants, and animals, they soon adapt – each day discovering new dangers, skills…

A classic Beatrix Potter story of a tailor and some mice.

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal-winning tale.Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a…

Do you ever feel that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? Well, so did Johnny Town-Mouse and Timmy Willie. One was a town mouse and one was a country mouse, and when they end up in each other’s worlds they soon discover that they…

The original classic tale of Peter Rabbit.

A classic Beatrix Potter story about a small kitten named Tom and an old rat named Samuel Whiskers.

A classic Beatrix Potter story about Ribby the cat and Duchess the dog.

In the beautiful English countryside, nine-year-old Ruth lives with her brother Philip in their aunt’s cottage. Not far away, across the meadow, lies the secret, tangled woods where the children love to play. It’s a happy life – until Ruth’s temper and misbehavior threaten to get her sent away to…

The Top 500 Poems offers a vivid portrait of poetry in English, reproducing the most anthologized poems as tracked by the leading resource, the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. Chosen by critics, editors, poets, and general readers, these works speak across centuries, beginning with Chaucer’s resourceful inventions and moving through…

Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns. This book points to the need for the Christian vision to transform the world. 186 pp.

When Prof. William Waterman Sherman was found adrift in the Atlantic clinging to the debris of twenty-one balloons, all America was rocked with curiosity. . . . Dead-pan humor mingles extravaganza with the smallest practicalities.–The New York Times. Newbery Honor Book.

For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influential model of eight basic worldview questions, James Sire examines prominent worldviews that have shaped the Western world:theismdeismnaturalismMarxismnihilismexistentialismEastern monismNew Age philosophypostmodernismIslamIntertwined with this analysis, he presents an overview of intellectual…

The world, Satan, and our own desires draw us downward. The Lord calls us upward. This discipleship study will help you understand and answer God’s call, give direction in developing a servant heart, and show you how to handle common problems. Each of the twelve lessons includes a personal inventory…

One thirteen-year-old girl’s sailing journey across the Atlantic Ocean brings more adventure than just the battle of the open seas. This Newbery Honor favorite by acclaimed author Sharon Creech is repackaged with a beautiful new look!Thirteen-year-old Sophie is on a sailboat bound for England, with an unlikely crew of her three surly uncles…

What do you want from your employees? Loyalty? Excellence?If it’s greatness you want, it’s greatness you must give. Written as a heartwarming contemporary parable, this book points you beyond worn-out fads and flavor-of-the-month management techniques to the strategies that will make you a truly outstanding leader.

We’re facing an information overload. With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information – sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the lates Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier – but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult.In…

A collection of poems for Lent and Easter by a number of classical and contemporary poets.

We know the stories of the church’s beginnings from the book of Acts, but what was the world like when these stories happened? What did people eat? What businesses could you expect to find in a Roman city? How were letters (including the New Testament epistles) transported to their destinations?The…

The complete works of a Franciscan friar turned Anabaptist theologian and a founder of the Mennonite church.This book contains all the known writings of early Anabaptist leader Dirk Philips (1504-1568), translated into English from Philips’s original 1564 Dutch volume. Annotations and introductions make it useful to both general readers and scholars…

Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn’t have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.But…

The delightful story of a young Quaker girl who finds her place among her people.Paperback