When seven-year-old Dave Lowell was camped out at his father’s mine in the hills of southern Arizona in 1935, he knew he had found his calling. “Life couldn’t get any better than this,” he recalls. “I didn’t know what science was, but wisps of scientific thought were already working into my plan.” So began the legendary career of the engineer, geologist, explorer, and international businessman whose life is recounted in his own words in this captivating book. An Arizona native with family roots in territorial times, Lowell grew from modest beginnings on a ranch near Nogales to become a major world figure in the fields of minerals, mining, and economic geology. He has personally discovered more copper than anyone in history and has developed multibillion-dollar gold and copper mines that have changed the economies of nations. And although he has consulted for corporations in the field of mining, he has largely operated as an independent agent and explorer, the architect of his own path and success. His life’s story unfolds in four stages: his early education in his field, on-the-job learning at sites in the United States and Mexico, development of exploration strategies, and finally, the launch of his own enterprises and companies. Recurring themes in Lowell’s life include the strict personal, ethical, and tactical policies he requires of his colleagues; his devotion to his family; and his distaste for being away from the field in a corporate office, even to this day. The magnitude of Lowell’s overall success is evident in his list of mine discoveries, as well as in his scientific achievements and the enormous respect his friends and colleagues have had for him throughout his lengthy career, which he continues to zealously pursue.

The intrepid explorer follows an everyday college student named Andy, and like every other starving student that tries to make ends meet, he gets mixed up with the wrong crowed to try for a quick buck, which turns his ever so burring life upside down, and Andy winds up being in the wrong place at the worse times and ultimately becomes a moving target by one of the city's biggest crime boss, who is very determined to make sure Andy is permanently quiet and out of sight.

Examines explorations on Earth and Moon in question and answer format.

Based on 10 years of research, this text provides a visual history which presents the names and stories of over 80 women explorers. It reveals the obstacles they overcame in their inspiring quest for new knowledge.

Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and tiresome tests? Wave goodbye to boring geograph lessons as you step into the wide world of globetrotting Intrepid Explorers.. o Marvel! as Ferdinand Magellan is first to sail around the world. o Shudder! as Mary Kingsley finds body bits in her jungle hut. o Shiver! as Captain Scott reaches the South Pole (only to find he's been beaten to it). And if that's not daring enough for you... find out how some intrepid explorers found their way without maps, why others always travelled in disguise, and what really happened on the expeditions in their secret diaries. It's earth-shatteringly exciting! Geography has never been so horrible!

Entertaining but authoritative, Bad History debunks a wealth of historical errors. In doing so, it exposes many falsehoods that have wrongly - and sometimes dangerously - influenced our understanding of the world's history.