Every Halloween, thousands of kids across the nation frequent "haunted" corn mazes looking for a good scare. But for a group of teenagers in rural Kansas, an innocent night out turns into a horrific ordeal. And it's up to one detective to solve the case and figure out what's really going on at the corn maze.

From the founder of a messianic congregation: A powerful call to fulfill America's destiny by breaking down the barriers between Jews and Gentiles.America, drifting away from God and in a grave moral crisis, stands at a major spiritual crossroads. The truth of how this nation was founded and what its founders believed is being suppressed. Is America a Christian nation? Were America's founders Christians? Does America have a prophetic destiny? If so, will America ful...

"There are frequent situations in which oral and maxillofacial surgeons find themselves in need of an immediate answer to a clinical problem. However, this can involve a time-consuming search for the appropriate reference source. This book continues the format of the previous edition by providing a single place to quickly find information on a diverse range of clinical topics, including dentoalveolar surgery, maxillofacial trauma, craniofacial anomalies, and oral pathology. All of the prev...

This is a book about science, religion, and being, yours and mine. The study of being is called Ontology. Our culture is dominated by a naturalist ontology. The question is: does ontology include a supernatural component? Or, is that idea a relic of our primeval past, sort of like appendix and adenoids, parts that can be excised from the body of our belief system? The author argues for the primacy of the transcendent (supernatural) ontology by means of two books: the book of nature, and th...

James McAvoy isn't the sort of kid that had grown up attending preparatory schools, learning the proper way to live in society. In fact, his transfer to the renowned Coopersmith Academy is a punishment for his delinquent behavior at public school. But even though he tries to turn things around, he soon finds himself in the office of the headmaster, Dr. Bakersfield. That's when everything changes.

Move confidently into your retirement planning years with financial advice from a bestselling personal finance advisorRetirement is lasting longer than it ever has. And a little bit of careful planning can ensure that you spend your retirement—and the years leading up to it—in comfort and financial security.In the latest edition of Personal Finance After 50 For Dummies, trusted personal finance author and advisor Eric Tyson delivers an up-to-date a...

This is the first book on creating and running a social enterprise to combine theoretical discussions with current cases from around the world, filling a huge gap in the literature. It serves as an eminently practical blueprint for those who wish to build, sustain, and grow social ventures.Building a Successful Social Venture draws on Eric Carlson's and James Koch's pioneering work with the Global Social Benefit Institute, cofounded by Koch at Santa Clara ...

Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management, Third Edition is an authoritative reference to this important discipline in medicine, dentistry, and surgery. Covering the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of a broad range of pathologies, this comprehensive textbook provides insight into every facet of diagnosis and treatment for all salivary gland pathologies, and offers a wealth of high-quality clinical images, detailed surgical illustrations, and video clips of actual surge...

Just the essentials you need to know to better manage your moneyMoney Management Essentials For Dummies is your cheat sheet on becoming financially secure, now and into the future. Small and value-priced for the budget conscious, this book offers strategies for anyone to say goodbye to excess debt and prepare to achieve their goals. You'll discover the easy steps you can start taking today to get to a place of stability with your money. Create an emergency...

This book presents progress in device processing and materials characterization of the wide-bandgap semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) and related materials for power electronics applications. The content of the book is based on the output of multiple well defined and actively managed programs from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The material is organized into eight parts with a total of 28 chapters contributed from invited experts that w...

Manage your finances in your golden years—enjoy your retirement!Numerous life changes come with the territory of getting older—as we're reminded every day by anti-aging campaigns—but one change the media doesn't often mention is the need for a shifting approach to personal financial management. Personal Finance For Seniors For Dummies, 2nd Edition offers the targeted information you need to make informed decisions regarding your investments, spending, and ...

The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society.Broad in scope, The Gilded Age brings together sixteen original essays that offer lively syntheses of modern scholarship while making their own interpretive arguments. These engaging pieces allow students to ...