Everyone has his or her own reasons for metal detecting and surely we all have fun at it, regardless what the motivation for it is. Treasure hunting is one reason for pursuing this hobby. The term treasure hunter is perhaps the most often one used to describe someone who uses a metal detector to seek metallic objects hidden in the ground. Others go for the gold when they go gold prospecting. Coin shooting is another widely used term—and reason. And many simply go out to a beach for some be...

Do castles bring out the child in you? Do the Middle Ages awaken your burning interest? Is history your thing? Then join me on a fascinating journey back to times long past, when castles, suits of armor, fables and damsels in distress were a part of everyday life.This book covers a select assortment of castles in central Germany, from the world famous Frankenstein castle to a completely rebuilt Roman fort. Their history is described as well as their present condition. Moreover, the ...

A Vandal patrol out in the desert intercepts a small group of Arabs. The leader of the patrol learns that these Arabs are an envoy task force from Sakakah. They were sent by the sultan to seek out the barbarians and to inform them that Geisarix is a captive of the sultan. Sultan Mejhem ibn El-Hashem wishes to conduct talks with the barbarians and so Geilamir, the father of Geisarix and the Vandal baron, sends a group of men to accompany the Arabs back to the city to hold talks there....

Ukrainian affairs have been major news items for more than two years. Although in recent times other events have pushed this Eastern European nation out of the headlines, namely Syria and Europe's immigration crisis, Ukraine should not be forgotten. The West in particular, must keep this country in focus. This is true for a number of important reasons. Ukraine, as a European nation, is politically, economically and culturally closely intertwined with the rest of the continent. It is a larg...

A new legend is born! COTTON FBI is a remake of a world famous cult series with more than one billion copies sold.EPISODE 8: KILLER APPS.Four mysterious mass murders. All of them occurring at more or less the same time in New York. The victims: a middle-class family, a wedding party, a school group, and a police station task force. The culprits: people with no previous criminal record. The G-Team is on the case. Agent Cotton has been looking for a common thread and finds an...

The new edition of Digital Learning: The Key Concepts is the perfect reference for anyone seeking to navigate the myriad of named concepts, approaches, issues and technologies associated with digital learning.Key terms are explained succinctly, making this book ideal to dip into for a quick answer, or to read from cover-to-cover, in order to gain a mastery of how digital concepts fit within the world of education. Fully updated to include important developments in digital ...

Ruta’s Closet tells the compelling Holocaust story of a Jewish family, imprisoned in the tiny Shavl ghetto in Lithuania.The Kron family survived the horror of the Nazi regime, thanks to the resourcefulness of Meyer and Gita Kron and the bravery of their rescuers. While Ruta’s Closet is based on fact, it reads like fiction. The drama of the events described and the richness of the characters make it a compelling work of narrative nonfiction—as intriguing as it is inspirational....

At a time when economics, banking and commerce are never out of the headlines, Theonomics asks if theology is capable of informing, shaping and penetrating all aspects of life, and especially economic life. Theonomics argues for the recovery of the classic virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice and humility as animators of a lively and Godly economy.Six key principles are offered to help those interested in integrating Christian ideas into the economic sphere: communit...

First published in 1984, Industrial Relations in the Future highlights probable developments in Britain’s system of industrial relations into the 1990s. It also provides a basis for further and detailed analysis and debate of issues central to the nation’s future. Written by distinguished scholars in their respective fields, the three main sections give reviews from three contrasting traditions- mainstream industrial relations, industrial sociology and management, and labour econo...

Volume II of the Golden Age of Science Fiction! Collecting stunning stories of stupendous sci-fi awesomeness! Warrior Race, by Robert Sheckley Advanced Chemistry, by Jack Huekels Spacewrecked on Venus, by Neil R. Jones The Martian, by A.R. Hilliard and Allen Glasser he Velvet Glove, by Harry Harrison Gambler’s World, by Keith Laumer Invasion, by Murray Leinster The Knights of Arthur, by Frederik Pohl The Missing Link, by Frank Herbert Sand Doom, by Murray Leinster

The capacity for reasonable argument about practical and political matters is important to our daily lives. Yet what does arguing really involve? Often, our very concept of what it is to argue seems systematically distorted. Practical, political arguing is too often stylized as hyper-cognitive, ending by treating people as objects rather than other selves — in ways that are fundamentally unreasonable.This book examines what follows from seeing people as deliberating and acting in wa...

There have been uncountable episodes in military history were rearguards, made up of merely a handful of brave and determined men, staved off superior enemy forces. The stories of most of them were soon forgotten, having been too small and insignificant to be noted in thick history books. But for the men who took part in them, these actions were momentous. They knew what likely fate awaited them. These measures were by their very nature usually desperate ones, and their outcome had almost ...