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#REDIRECT [[Delphi Schools#Heron Books]]
[[File:The Delphian School in Sheridan, Oregon.JPG|thumb|[[The Delphian School]] houses the offices of Heron Books]]
'''Heron Books, Inc.''' is an [[assumed business name]] of [[Delphi Schools|Delphi Schools Inc.]],<ref name="Oregon">[http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.login Oregon business registry search]</ref> under which the company [[publisher|publishes]] many [[paperback book]]s for [[teacher]]s, [[student]]s, and [[homeschooling|home schoolers]], as well as single-subject [[dictionaries]] for all grade levels. It is a [[trademark]] owned by ''Northwest Research, Inc.'',<ref>[http://www.elearnaid.com/heronbooks.html eLearnAid.com about Heron Books]</ref> which is another assumed business name of Delphi Schools Inc.<ref name="Oregon"/> Heron Books has its headquarters on the property of [[The Delphian School]] in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Yamhill County, Oregon|Yamhill County]], [[Oregon]], near [[Sheridan, Oregon|Sheridan]].<ref>"[http://www.heronbooks.com/contact.php How to Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207094059/http://www.heronbooks.com/contact.php |date=2010-12-07 }}." Heron Books. Retrieved on December 27, 2010. "Postal Address: Heron Books 20750 SW Rock Creek Road Sheridan, OR 97378 USA</ref><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4167050&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Sheridan city, Oregon]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on December 27, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.delphian.org/page.cfm?p=284 Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417054959/http://www.delphian.org/page.cfm?p=284 |date=2011-04-17 }}." [[The Delphian School]]. Retrieved on December 27, 2010. "Delphian School 20950 SW Rock Creek Road Sheridan, Oregon 97378"</ref>


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Several of Heron Books published works for students are based on the teachings of [[L. Ron Hubbard]], the founder of [[Scientology]]. The Heron Basics Program is listed on the website of the Delphi Academy as their basis of instruction. Delphi Schools is a private school system licensed by [[Applied Scholastics]], another Scientology-related entity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Private schools series|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|first=Julianne|last=Wu|date=October 29, 2000|page=20|location=[[Florida]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Villa Gesu will house teachers of group with Scientology link|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|date=March 21, 2002|first=Arthur |last=Charity |page=4}}</ref>
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Two other publishers have been called Heron Books, both based in London. One published faux-leather classics in the late 1960s and early 1970s<ref>http://www.hcbooksonline.com/blog/?page_id=12</ref> while the other published new fiction and nonfiction as an imprint of [[Quercus (publisher)|Quercus]] from 2011 to 2016.<ref>http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quercus-discontinues-heron-books-322058</ref>

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* [http://www.heronbooks.com/ Heron Books] official site

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