Dive into the exhilarating world of metal detecting with "Unearthing Riches," your ultimate guide to turning curiosity into treasure and adventure. This captivating eBook invites you to uncover the secrets hidden beneath our very feet, transforming an intriguing hobby into an unforgettable journey. Begin your exploration with "The World Beneath Your Feet," where you'll discover the allure of treasure hunting, uncover riveting stories from the past, and learn how a casual hobby can evolve into a full-fledged adventure. Delve into "Understanding Metal Detecting" to grasp the fascinating technology behind those mysterious beeps and learn about the various types of metal detectors that will soon become your trusty companions. "Finding Your Niche" will guide you to your ideal hunts, whether you're drawn to historical relics, beachcombing for coastal treasures, or searching for modern collectibles. Step into "The Treasure Hunter's Paradise" by understanding why beaches hold boundless potential and learn key techniques for navigating these sandy shores. Equip yourself for success with "Tools of the Trade," covering everything from essential gear to advanced gadgets. Master the art of timing with strategies for optimal hunting, guided by seasonal insights and tide influences. Elevate your skills with techniques on sweep patterns, terrain reading, and ethical hunting. As you amass your treasures, "Taking Care of Your Finds" offers insight into preservation, cleaning, and cataloging, ensuring your collection is well-protected. Navigate the legal landscape to respect local laws and protect private property while enjoying your hobby responsibly. Connect with a vibrant community through clubs, forums, and group hunts, enriching your experience with shared stories and camaraderie. Relish "The Thrill of Discovery" and let each find inspire your next adventure. Whether you're setting out on your first hunt or expanding your horizons to international terrain, "Unearthing Riches" is your indispensable companion for the treasure hunter’s path. Embrace the journey, savor each find, and prepare for future adventures with renewed passion.

Dive into the ancient past with Fossil Hunting: Unearthing Prehistoric Treasures Around the World. This comprehensive guide takes you on a global journey to the most famous and rewarding fossil hunting destinations. Whether you’re exploring the dinosaur-rich grounds of North America, the historic fossil sites of Europe, or the unique prehistoric treasures of Africa, Asia, and beyond, this book provides everything you need to know to start your fossil hunting adventure. Discover the tools and techniques of the trade, learn about different types of fossils, and get inspired by the rich history and thrilling discoveries of paleontology. Perfect for both novice enthusiasts and seasoned fossil hunters, this book will ignite your passion for uncovering the secrets of the ancient world. Start your journey into prehistory today with Fossil Hunting: Unearthing Prehistoric Treasures Around the World.

The intriguing characters in these real family history mysteries include an agricultural labourer who left secrets behind in Somerset when he migrated to Manchester, a working-class woman who bafflingly lost ten of her fourteen children in infancy, a miner who purportedly went to live with the Red Indians and a merchant prince of the Empire who was rumoured to have two wives. This book shows how a variety of sources including birth, marriage and death certificates, censuses, newspaper reports, passports, recipe books, trade directories, diaries and passenger lists were all used to uncover more, and how much can be detected by setting the characters from your family tree in their proper historical backgrounds.This book is an updated edition of Ruth Symes previous book, titled Stories From Your Family Tree: Researching Ancestors Within Living Memory (2008).

Questions of national identity have long dominated China’s political, social, and cultural horizons. So in the early 1900s, when diverse groups in China began to covet foreign science in the name of new technology and modernization, questions of nationhood came to the fore. In Unearthing the Nation, Grace Yen Shen uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Shen shows that Chinese geologists—in battling growing Western and Japanese encroachment of Chinese sovereignty—faced two ongoing challenges: how to develop objective, internationally recognized scientific authority without effacing native identity, and how to serve China when China was still searching for a stable national form. Shen argues that Chinese geologists overcame these obstacles by experimenting with different ways to associate the subjects of their scientific study, the land and its features, with the object of their political and cultural loyalties. This, in turn, led them to link national survival with the establishment of scientific authority in Chinese society. The first major history of modern Chinese geology, Unearthing the Nation introduces the key figures in the rise of the field, as well as several key organizations, such as the Geological Society of China, and explains how they helped bring Chinese geology onto the world stage.

“Reading with all the innate and iconoclastic dramatic flair of a well scripted novel . . .an extraordinary story of modern archaeology.” —Midwest Book Review In October 336 BC, statues of the twelve Olympian Gods were paraded through the ancient capital of Macedon. Following them was a thirteenth, a statue of King Philip II who was deifying himself in front of the Greek world. Moments later Philip was stabbed to death; it was a world-shaking event that heralded in the reign of his son, Alexander the Great. Equally driven by a heroic lineage stretching back to gods and heroes, Alexander conquered the Persian Empire in eleven years but died mysteriously in Babylon. Some 2,300 years later, a cluster of subterranean tombs were unearthed in northern Greece containing the remains of the Macedonian royal line. This is the remarkable story of the quest to identify the family of Alexander the Great and the dynasty that changed the Graeco-Persian world forever. Written in close cooperation with the investigating archaeologists, anthropologists, and scientists, this book presents the revelations, mysteries and controversies in a charming, accessible style. Is this really the tomb of Philip II, Alexander’s father? And who was the warrior woman buried with weapons and armor beside him? “Impressively researched, Grant weaves an adventurous tale set in what reads like a travelogue of Greek history and folklore that makes Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great an important work for academics and anthropologists, but also for a wider audience, both for its important subject matter and excellent presentation. Highly recommended.” —Richard A. Gabriel, author of Great Generals of the Ancient World “Faultless ancient Greek history.” —Books Monthly

Confused about Demonetization? Not really sure what it was about? Do you have a vague idea but are not sure about certain aspects? Then this is the book for you. Discover the answers to all your queries here, as we explore: -Job prospects after demonetization -What demonetization means for you as a layman -Whether demonetization spells well for all economic classes -India's infrastructural support f or a digital economy -The reforms needed to support demonetization -Its impact on sectors as different as retail, real estate, telecom and banking The storm that swept away all your old currency may have settled down but the landscape it has left behind is a changed one. Inspiring not just a backlash and intense debates but new start-up opportunities, demonetization is still not ready to be relegated to the trash can of history.