Browse all books

Books with author John Nichol

  • Fishing for Islands: Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific

    John Nicholson

    Hardcover (Allen & Unwin, June 1, 2002)
    From bamboo rafts to the double-hulled voyaging canoe, this book is a celebration of the traditional boats of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. The people of these island countries depend on the sea, and their ships reflect their mastery of sailing and shipbuilding. Early sailors built simple dugout canoes, but the invention of the outrigger and the double-hulled canoe allowed the Polynesians to navigate rough waters and sail thousands of miles more than 1,000 years before the Greeks and Romans mastered the Mediterranean. From New Zealand to Hawaii to Indonesia, this book discusses fishing techniques, navigational methods, and boat building facts.
    R
  • Barron's AP Art History

    John Nici

    Paperback (Barron's Educational Series, Jan. 1, 2008)
    Barron's brand-new AP Art History test prep manual offers test takers a brush-up review of art history, starting with the earliest civilizations and extending to art of the present day. In addition to a thorough review of Western civilization art, separate chapters focus on non-European art traditions in India, China, Japan, Pre-Columbian Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Each chapter discusses the historical background, artistic innovations, and characteristic style of a given movement, presenting analyses of major paintings, sculpture, and architecture in each period. Major periods, each reviewed in separate chapters, include prehistoric art, Ancient Near Eastern art, Egyptian art, Aegean art, Greek art, Etruscan art, Roman art, Byzantine art, Islamic art, early medieval European art, art of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, Italian and Northern European Renaissance art, the Baroque Rococo, Neoclassical eras, and art of the late 19th and entire 20th centuries, leading to the art movements of today. A diagnostic exam precedes the chapters surveying art history, and two full-length AP practice exams are presented at the end of the book with answer keys, diagnostic charts, and answer explanations. The text is profusely illustrated.
  • The History of the Milwaukee Bucks

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Aug. 1, 2001)
    Features the history of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, including players Lew Alcindor, Jon McGlocklin, and Ervin Johnson.
    Y
  • Homemade Houses: Traditional Houses from Many Lands

    John Nicholson

    Paperback (Allen & Unwin, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Tents, yurts, igloos, mudhifs, fales, minkas, log houses, Queenslanders ...How are they made, and why? A fascinating look at how people from all around the world have used local materials to build houses that suit their particular environment and way of life. All the houses in this book are still in use today, but the traditional styles and methods are being replaced by standardised modern ones. Soon, many of these beautiful buildings will be gone for ever. This book celebrates the ingenuity and diversity of homemade houses.
  • The NHL: History and Heroes: The Story of the Boston Bruins

    John Nichols

    Paperback (Creative Paperbacks, Feb. 2, 2011)
    Presents the history, players, and accomplishments of the Boston Bruins.
  • The History of the Florida Marlins

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Co (Sd), Aug. 15, 1998)
    Highlights the history of the Florida Marlins, the Major League Baseball expansion team that came to play in Miami in 1993.
    W
  • The History of the Charlotte Sting

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Aug. 1, 1999)
    Describes the history of the Charlotte Sting professional women's basketball team and profiles some of their leading players
    W
  • The Nuffield History Project: Teaching Primary History

    John Fines, John Nichol

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books - Primary Division, Feb. 19, 1997)
    None
  • The History of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Co (Sd), Aug. 16, 1999)
    Hightlights the new major league baseball franchise that began play in Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1998.
    Y
  • The Story of the Toronto Raptors

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Education, Sept. 15, 2010)
    The history of the Toronto Raptors professional basketball team from its start in 1995 to today, spotlighting the franchises greatest players and reliving its most dramatic moments.
  • Chicago Bears

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Co, Aug. 1, 2000)
    Traces the history of the Chicago Bears from its beginnings through 1999.
    T
  • The History of the Chicago Bulls

    John Nichols

    Library Binding (Creative Co (Sd), Aug. 15, 2001)
    Book by Nichols, John