Enjoyable, fascinating, delightful, highly recommended, enlightening, and wonderful. These are the words readers are using to describe The Shining One: 100 Things You Only Thought Were in the Bible. Dr. Jeffry L. Smith challenges commonly held misconceptions about the Bible with grace and tact. Beginning students of the Bible and seasoned readers alike will find fascinating facts within its pages.

With American education facing an ever-widening gap between academic research and entrepreneurial self-help-let alone indifference-Jeffry Smith provides a practical way to bridge the gap in The Lost Tools of Learning.
Coaching for standardized testing, especially the SAT, has given rise to a new "industry" in American education for entrance into college. The Lost Tools of Learning describes an "old-new" alternative that can provide a better way. Dr. Smith demonstrates that the learning of so-called "dead" languages, especially Latin, teaches kids a disciplined way to learn which carries over...