Nelson Leland (38 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Stiff Blue Wraps. Condition: VG+. Lewis Research Center. 86pp. with charts, diagrams. illustrations, etc. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Writers Club Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 480 pp 8vo. Stack Hayward was born in 1918 and has spent much of his life entertaining people he meets everywhere with his tales of the "good old days". He finds humor in most of the events of his daily life. He has a special way of injecting a double dose of his "miracle medicine - humor" into the veins of friends or foes alike who find themselves out of humor and in need of a good uplift. His motto is - "Laughter is good for the soul". At age 15 he moved to Squatter Town write memories of his growing up years in Squatter Town, a southwestern section of Wichita, Kansas where he met the author's eventual husband as a child of two. The author blends together pertinent facts of Stack's life along with his tales of people and places. A clean pristine copy.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Previous owner's name inside. DJ has surface rubbing, edgewear, and several edge tears. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Former library book. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. DJ has surface rubbing, edgewear, and several edge tears. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Heavy (in spots) pencil underlining and markings. Ex-library. Slightly shaken. Slightly edge worn and rubbed boards with some fading. 541 pages. 541 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. minor dings, scuffing, nicks, and light dusting. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Badly faded due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. There Are No Marks Or Tears Inside The Book. The Binding Is Tight. The Jacket Looks New. There Are Stickers On The Spine Of The Jacket From A Previous Owner's Library.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Author signed copy. Not inscribed. Minimal use.

Hardcover. 255p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. Corners worn; tiny tears in jacket corners. The page edges are just barely beginning to tan. Text clean and binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third edtion. Pen mark back board. Pages clean. Binding good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Signed and inscribed by Author. No other markings. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated in black-and-white, reproducing artwork by Leland Bell, Lester Goldman, et al. 88pp. Wrappers. Spine lightly tanned, near fine. Poems by James Tate, Charles Simic, Nancy Williard, Henry H. Roth et al.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Why do schools look the way they do Why did monasteries become centers of learning Why did universities emerge, and why is artificial intelligence now challenging educational institutions that have existed for centuries The Evolution of Learning traces the 5,000-year journey of human education, from tribal storytelling around campfires to the rise of AI-powered tutors capable of delivering personalized instruction at global scale. Along the way, it explores how every educational system was shaped by the technological, economic, and social realities of its time.Rather than treating schools, universities, homeschooling, and AI as competing ideologies, this book examines them as evolutionary adaptations to changing conditions. Readers will discover how oral cultures preserved knowledge before writing, how monasteries became civilization's information vaults, how the printing press transformed literacy, why industrial-age schools were designed for mass societies, and how digital technology is reshaping learning once again.Combining history, systems thinking, economics, and personal experience, this book asks a deeper question: not simply how people learn, but how civilizations transfer knowledge from one generation to the next.Whether you are a parent, teacher, homeschooler, student, lifelong learner, or simply curious about the future of education, The Evolution of Learning offers a clear and thought-provoking framework for understanding where education came from, where it is today, and where it may be headed next.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Modern society already knows how to keep people alive at a basic level. It knows how to provide shelter, food, sanitation, security, routine, medical care, and work. The military can do it. Assisted living facilities can do it. Camps, ships, monasteries, disaster-response systems, and even prisons prove that human beings know how to organize basic survival when they decide to.So why does a wealthy society still tolerate sidewalks, parks, libraries, emergency rooms, jail cycles, and illegal encampments as the bottom layer of life The Civilizational Floor argues that the problem is not ability. The problem is friction: zoning, bureaucracy, politics, liability, medical billing, nonprofit complexity, neighborhood resistance, and systems that protect their own power.This book makes a practical case for a lawful basic floor beneath the market and above the street. Not luxury. Not equality. Not punishment. Not a prison camp. A floor.The civilizational floor could begin with military-strength tents, sanitation, security, food access, assigned spaces, and basic rules. From there, residents could move toward travel trailers, tiny homes, modest work, contribution, assisted care, treatment, court diversion, or exit into ordinary life.The argument is blunt: cheap shelter should be legal, public space should remain public, and different people need different kinds of help. The able-bodied poor, elderly, addicted, mentally ill, disabled, low-level criminal, and violent are not one group and should not be treated as one group.A humane society should not allow anyone to fall below basic survival. But society also should not be forced to absorb permanent public disorder.A floor is cheaper and more humane than chaos.This book is for readers interested in homelessness, poverty, public order, housing, mental illness, addiction, crime, bureaucracy, and the practical design of a society that still knows how to draw a line beneath collapse. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

2x volume set; very tidy ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.