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Haven't we all wondered why flat soda tastes sweeter than fresh, how Alka-Seltzer settles your stomach, or how copy machines work? Here are 52 experiments that focus on answering questions such as these, brought to you by the world-famous Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. read more

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In this handy guide you’ll find all you need to know to make a scientific expedition to the beach (or to a rocky shore, a salt marsh, and more). The author, science professor Elizabeth Lawlor, is completely practical: along with guidelines about what to take along in order to perform mini-scientific experiments right at the beach, she includes advice about how to dress and other ways you can be prepared for anything that might arise. read more

Many parents believe they can't homeschool because they lack some quality or skill successful homeschoolers have. But believe it or not, you don't have to be a certified teacher, a former academic whiz, or even a particularly well-organized person to homeschool well. The truth is that homeschooling can be done, and done well, by most ordinary people. In Homeschooling: Take a Deep Breath -- You Can Do This!, Terrie Lynn Bittner takes you by the hand and shows you how.

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Jam-packed with firsthand narratives, diary entries, personal letters, and patriotic songs and poems, the "Source-Readers in American History" series truly lives up to its ambitious title. Originally published at the turn of the century as a 4-volume set, here, back in print and available to Club members ONLY are volumes 3 & 4: How Our Grandfathers Lived and The Romance of the Civil War.

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There are plenty of guides to homeschooling available now, but it would be hard to find one as comprehensive as The Unofficial Guide to Homeschooling. It manages to cover virtually all the ground that other guides deal with piecemeal or not at all. And it gives you a refreshing new perspective on issues you may think you have completely covered — from a panel of experts including Maureen McCaffrey of Homeschooling Today magazine, Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute, and others who know homeschooling issues inside and out. read more

"The last few decades have seen a welcome revival of scholarly interest in how we should live. But in an age of relativism that asks us not to be judgmental, the idea that laughter signals inferiority will seem very old-fashioned. And so it is." With that unapologetic salvo, F. H. Buckley, in this entirely entertaining book on the serious subject of laughter, takes the side of the guardians of moral and aesthetic standards in the battle against the soulless forces of modernism.

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The Trivium is a rigorous and utterly delightful presentation of the three areas that form the basis for all learning: logic, grammar, and rhetoric. Sister Miriam Joseph Rauh, a professor of English at St. Mary's College for thirty years, helps you see the unity and harmony of these three areas as she gives you solid and easily-grasped explanations of even their most abstruse elements: not just general grammar, but also propositions, syllogisms, enthymemes, fallacies, poetics, figurative language, and metrical discourse! Attractively laid out to maximize clarity, this book is also packed with lively examples, exercises, and illustrations drawn from the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Plato, and others. The examples are so rich that they're a literary education in themselves. read more

The Confederate soldier was revered by Northerners and Southerners alike long after the war ended for what Philip A. Bruce calls “the high, the gallant, and the romantic aspects” of his character. Examples of character traits like these are rare in public life nowadays, but they abound on the pages of Brave Deeds of Confederate Soldiers. Bruce’s vivid account of numerous deeds of daring, bravado, cunning, and selfless courage by Confederate partisans during the great conflict will fire your children’s imaginations — and impress upon them the all-important lesson that some causes are worth risking everything to advance. read more

This volume ranks as a publishing feat, with 3,677 famous lines and short selections covering the whole sweep of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, arranged by subject for easy reference. Shakespeare had something to say, invariably something fresh and unexpected, on just about everything. read more

Modern conservatism begins with Edmund Burke and so does the Conservative Leadership Series, the Club’s exclusive library of the founding works of the Movement. Compiled, in this collector’s quality hardcover edition, is a collection of his most important writings and speeches – a must for every conservative library. read more

When Robert E. Lee died, the London Standard wrote that “A country that has given birth to men like him, and those who followed him, may look the chivalry of Europe in the face without shame; for [England and the American North] never produced a nobler soldier, gentleman, and Christian than Gen. Robert E. Lee.” read more

Syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer contends that American’s obsession with individual rights has led to a nation in turmoil – over immigration, non-citizen voting, and bilingualism. read more

With these two volumes of At Home with Science, you can satisfy young kids’ curiosity about the way things work — and give them an inviting introduction to basic science in the process. Guided by Archie the elephant, Frank the flamingo, Marie the monkey and Dot the kangaroo, your children will learn how to perform twenty-four easy experiments using household objects — experiments which will give them answers to everyday science questions that they’re probably already asking you! read more

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In this masterful, classic exposition of the original principles of American government, James Burnham takes a look at Congress in the American political tradition and the Congress of the 20th century. read more

The 5 months between Lincoln's election and the firing on Fort Sumter is one of the least understood and most passionately debated periods in American history. As Maury Klein puts it, it all boils down to the same stubborn question: "How could the oldest, deadliest, most divisive conflict of a proud nation come down, after decades of bitter strife, to a dispute over an insignificant fort squatting on a hunk of rock in the harbor of the South's oldest and most defiant city?" read more

Have your children ever wondered how the early settlers of America lived? Now they can discover what life was like before modern cities. 10 early settlements are highlighted with an in-depth look the lives of settlers. Each profile includes color photos, maps, and historical facts. read more

In this classic conservative work, Ludwig von Mises shows that economics cannot be isolated from man’s non-economic activities and that we have no freedom without economic freedom. read more

“A compelling and highly provocative analysis of the ills in our system of justice…Justice Overruled is must reading for all concerned citizens and those legal engineers seeking to make our criminal justice system function more effectively” -Vincent Bugliosi, former Charles Manson prosecutor read more