Authors:Barbara Land, Myrick Land,
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Keywords: second, vegas, las, history, short
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 087417564X
ISBN-13: 9780874175646

This best-selling and entertaining history of Las Vegas has been updated to reflect the city’s tremendous growth and change in recent years. Today’s Las Vegas welcomes 35 million visitors a year and reigns as the world’s premier gaming mecca. But it is much more than a gambling paradise. In A Short History of Las Vegas, Barbara and Myrick Land reveal a fascinating history beyond the mobsters, casinos, and showgirls. The Lands present a complete story, beginning with southern Nevada’s indigenous peoples and the earliest explorers to the first pioneers to settle in the area; from the

Author: Jack Myrick
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Keywords: merchant
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2006-09-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1884956475
ISBN-13: 9781884956478

Author: Herbert Myrick
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: states, united, system, credits, rural
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-08-20
List price: $28.99
ISBN-10: 0554928418
ISBN-13: 9780554928418

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your u

Author: David F. Myrick
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Keywords: survey, historical, railroads, mexico, new
Number of Pages: 298
Published: 1990-07-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0826311857
ISBN-13: 9780826311856

This is a railroad lover’s book. The steel, steam, and dreams of a century of railroading in New Mexico are captured in 200 photographs and a crisp text. From a bygone era of narrow-gauge lines to today’s Amtrak service, this book covers both the short lines and the branches feeding to main lines of major railroad systems. New Mexico, isolated until 1878 when the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad laid the first span of track in the territory, in just thirty months had over 1,000 miles of rail line. Soon trains of freight and passenger cars, the marvel of the industrial age, crisscros

Authors:Robert D. Myrick, Tom Erney,
Publisher: Educational Media Corporation
Keywords: facilitator, peer, becoming, sharing, caring
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-02
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0932796990
ISBN-13: 9780932796998

Authors:Florence Myrick, Olive Yonge,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: education, practice, connecting, preceptorship, nursing
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0781750652
ISBN-13: 9780781750653

Univ. of Alberta, Canada. Explores the goals and dimensions of preceptorship and the nature of the teaching-learning experience. Offers guidance to help define the preceptor’s responsibilities as educator, role model, facilitator, and guide. Covers the learning environment, effective communication, and more. Softcover. DNLM: Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate.

Author: Ray Land
Publisher: Open University Pre
Keywords: research, higher, education, society, practice, development, discourse, identity, educational
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2004-11-01
List price: $71.95
ISBN-10: 0335213286
ISBN-13: 9780335213283

What do educational developers see as the main issues to be tackled within their work? How does the educational context and culture in which they work affect the practice of educational developers? How do educational developers perceive change occurring within higher education organisations? In higher education institutions worldwide, issues relating to quality in teaching and learning have gained prominence over the last two decades as student numbers, and the need to be publicly accountable, have increased. During this time a sizeable community of educational developers has emerged whose wor