This book is a collection of essays, lectures, sermons, and more discussing the concept of church renewal. There is much for which to be thankful and excited about as the church moves forward into the twenty-first century. A healthy future of stimulated learning, excellent leadership, and lay ministry may develop.

"Dead Men Don't Have Sex. A Guy's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer" gives practical, been-there-done-that advice for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their families. It's written in a crisp, entertaining style that makes it a quick read for anyone touched by this disease. For men who are in a hurry to know the answers to a multitude of questions, many of them highly personal, the format of Dead Men Don't Have Sex is perfect. The table of contents will get the reader to what he or she needs to know in ten seconds or less, with such sub-headings as, "What surgery is really like" and...

Air abrasion technique has been in use since 1940s. It lost its popularity against the traditional dental drill as amalgam was the most popular restorative material then and air abrasion lacked the ability to prepare cavity margins accurately. With the emergence of Minimal intervention philosophy and introduction of adhesive restorative dental materials, air abrasion has experienced a rebirth. Air abrasion works on the principle of kinetic energy and utilizes alumina particles to abrade the surface. Alumina particles are effective in cutting but could be toxic if inhaled. Therefore this...

The Sparrowhawk Companion has become an indispensable reference book for readers of the Sparrowhawk series, containing, in addition to essays by the author and other contributors about the series and period in which it is set, a chronology of Acts of Parliament from 1650 onward up until the conclusion of the American Revolution, a glossary of 18th century terms encountered in the series, a handy list of the 375 characters that appear in the story, a list of all the naval and merchant vessels, and a selective bibliography of some of the author's sources. The Companion was originally published...