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Welcome to VirtualSalt, a site containing resources for learners of all kinds, and at all levels, from home schoolers, middle school, high school, college and university students, and people who want to find some useful information. The resources here are all free to use. I hope you’ll browse around and find some useful ideas. And I hope you will come back often to see what is new.
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Now you can enjoy some of Robert Harris’ Partial Books (books he didn’t quite have time to finish) absolutely free! Take your pick:
VirtualSalt Publishing
This Web site is also home to the VirtualSalt Publishing imprint, which has published several of my (Robert Harris’) books. Many are available in Kindle format as well as hard copy. Below are some of my currently available works, from VirtualSalt Publishing and from other publishers.
Read My Books
Click on the appropriate ad above to go right to the Amazon order page. Here is a brief description of each book.
The Million Dollar Girl is a novel set on a college campus and in Las Vegas, exploring the theme of what it means to be reasonable in a modern, postmodern, and sometimes insane environment. (By the way, I am not the British author of the same name who has written Enigma and a host of other novels.)
Marriage in a Nutshell contains more than 50 proverbs, Biblical and secular, about the marriage relationshiop. Each proverb is accompanied by a commentary. Many people have remarked that this is an excellent book for improving tense, conflicted marriages, as well as for tuning up happy marriages.
Seventy Stories and a Poem is a collection of short stories, some quite short. It’s the perfect purse book, allowing you to read a brief story while waiting for the doctor, the flight, the train, your lunch partner, and so on. Why let that time waitnig go to waste when you can make it profitable and fun?
The Integration of Faith and Learning: A Worldview Approach is designed for Christian college students, to help them understand the contexts of the learning they will be engaging at a secular college or university.
Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism, 5th Ed., provides college students with guidelines that help them quote and refernce sources and that help them avoid plagiarism. This new, 5th edition has a wealth of added materials, including help with researching , evaluating sources, using rhetoric appropriately, and planning a paper. Also included is discussion about writing using sythesis techniques, to help the writer move from “quilt writing” that patches one quotation after another, to “tapestry writing,” that focses on showing a dynamic interaction among sources, that advances “the great conversation.” Using Sources Effectively 5th Ed. is my most successful textbook–successful sales, popularity with students, and satisfaction by faculty who have adopted it. If you write researched papers that include quotations or references to other writers’ works, or if you teach such a course, give this book a serious look.
Glimmerings I and Glimmerings II are books of thoughts that I’ve had–my personal wisdom, so to speak. Glimmerings I includes my first 1000 ideas since I started writing them down at age 23, up through age 31. Glimmerings II presents the second 1000 ideas, through age 63.
Faithful Mind, Thoughtful Faith: Integrating Faith and Learning is my newest book on integration, offering practical, how to advice to faculty (and students) interested in faith-learning integration. Much has been written about this subject, but there has been little written about the practical, how-to of performing the process. This book is all about practical application.
The Life of Trester chronicles the suffering, delusions, and hallucinations of my brother, Trester, during his life. If you want to get a real feeling for what it’s like to be tortured by schizophrenia, this book will show you.
Writing with Clarity and Style: Classical Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers is now in its second edition. It is my most valued textbook, by students, teachers, and professional writers. If you want to make your writing more interesting and effective, this book is for you. Great for improving speeches as well as writing. Purchasers can download a free supplement, containing hundreds of Biblical examples of the devices described in the book
What's New
The newest item is a set of Scriptures, questions, and prayers for an Advent Calendar, or in pdf here: Advent calendar.
New pages
I’ve added three articles on Parkinson’s Disease
On the Benefits of Having Parkinson’s Disease
Three Things I Would Tell Someone Who Was Recently Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease
Ten Things Parkinson’s Disease Has Taught Me
New game
Double Up Word Game
Cross 3 Word Game
Axe-a-Word Word Game
WordCarom
General Interest
Called to Serve: Living the Christian Faith: A Partial Book
Save Your Marriage
How to Be a Good Husband
Respecting Your Husband
How to Be Successful in Life, Part 2
How to Be Successful in Life, Part 1
How to Be Successful in Life, Part 3
A Wedding Ceremony
How to Be a Good Wife
Games
Build A Word
Do Dot Hot Word Game
Double Up Word Game
Cross 3 Word Game
Extractor Word Game
Axe-a-Word Word Game
WordCarom
Claim a Word Game
Recipes
Angeled Eggs
Tasty Tofu Robaire
When Upscale Hot Dogs Go Wrong
Eggplant Robaire
Yummy Brussels Sprouts
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Articles
Internet Related Items
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Education-Related Web Sites
Find A Job Online
Resources for English Language and Literature
Gullibility Virus Warning
Miscellaneous Links
Internet Search Tips and Strategies
Articles Related to Literature
Is the Bible Literally True?
William Cowper, The Progress of Error
The Rambler, Number 4
The Vision of Theodore, The Hermit of Teneriffe, Found in His Cell
Elements of the Gothic Novel
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
Why Should We Read Old Books?
Is Studying Poetry Useless?
The Traditional Theory of Poetry
How to Write Better Poetry
A Glossary of Literary Terms
Literary Resources
Ideas for Analyzing Jane Eyre
Ideas for Analyzing Great Expectations
Ideas for Analyzing Northanger Abbey
Notes for Robinson Crusoe
Notes for Northanger Abbey
Ideas for Analyzing Frankenstein
Notes for Frankenstein
Notes for Great Expectations
Articles Related to Religion
Is the Bible Literally True?
Does God Answer Prayer?
Advent Calendar Scriptures and More
Bible Study Resources on the Web
No Hidden Sixes in the UPC Barcode
Some Thoughts on Prayer
Epistemological Similarities Between Science and Christianity
Why Christians Should Examine All the Wares in the Marketplace of Ideas
The Faithful Mind Project
Faith, Reason, and Knowledge: A Parable
What is God’s Will?
Resources for the Integration of Faith and Learning
Is the Bible Literally True?
The Integration of Faith and Learning
Learning Strategy 19: Learning Strategies Checklist
Resources for the Integration of Faith and Learning
Notes and Questions for The Idea of a Christian College
Reason and Faith
for Students Ideas
On the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education
Global Warming Paper Topic
Ideas for Enhancing Oral Reports
Learning Strategies 1: Mnemonics
Learning Strategy 2: Paraphrasing
Learning Strategy 3: Summarizing
Learning Strategy 4: Self Monitoring
Learning Strategy 5: Self Explanation
Learning Strategy 6: Mental Rehearsal
Learning Strategy 7: Self Assessment
Learning Strategy 8: The SQ3R Reading Method
Learning Strategy 9: Note Taking
Learning Strategy 10: The Leitner Flash Card System
Learning Strategy 11: Maintaining Interest
Learning Strategy 12: Conversation
Learning Strategy 13: Group Interaction
Learning Strategy 14: Idea Mapping
Learning Strategy 15: Drawing Pictures
Learning Strategy 16: Study Cycles
Learning Strategy 17: Sleep and Rest
Learning Strategy 18: Fluency / Automaticity
Learning Strategy 20: Asking Questions
Learning Strategy 21: Idea Linking
Learning Strategy 22: How to Use a Book
Learning Strategy 23: Active Listening
Learning Strategy 26: Power Thinking
Learning Strategy 27: Planning for Learning
The Two Secrets to Success in College
Articles about Parkinson's Disease
Ten Things Parkinson’s Disease Has Taught Me
Three Things I Would Tell Someone Who Was Recently Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease
On the Benefits of Having Parkinson’s Disease
A Parkinson’s Prayer
A Parkinson’s Prayer 2
Lemonade for Parkinson’s Disease
My Name Is Bob and I Don’t Have Parkinson’s
My Parkinson’s Disease Is Not Progressing
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