A Dictionary of Colours and Pigments
by Peter J. Baker
Words of colour link us to all manners of things, all manners of endeavors and to our distant and near past. They are, however, afflicted with the “Humpty Dumpty” effect. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, “it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.” * This book is an exploration of the logical and illogical, the known and the unknown, the serious and the not so serious words that colour our language and our world. It is an endeavor to provide a semblance of order in this fascinating realm and, perhaps, gently encourage us toward agreement on what words mean.
* Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter J. Baker had early visions of a life in teaching but, overtaken by events, he ended up in practice as a country GP in Australia for almost twenty years. As well as seeing patients, delivering babies, and giving anesthetics, he undertook an extended period of rural locums in NSW and Queensland, with a short stint in England. Over the subsequent ten years, he became involved in management, graduated with a master’s degree in health administration, and assumed the role of Director of Clinical Services in Midwestern NSW. He is now involved in a manufacturing business in Melbourne, Australia.
He has a wife, three children, and an intense interest in words.
(2006, paperback, 274 pages)
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Words of colour link us to all manners of things, all manners of endeavors and to our distant and near past. They are, however, afflicted with the “Humpty Dumpty” effect. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, “it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.” * This book is an exploration of the logical and illogical, the known and the unknown, the serious and the not so serious words that colour our language and our world. It is an endeavor to provide a semblance of order in this fascinating realm and, perhaps, gently encourage us toward agreement on what words mean.
* Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter J. Baker had early visions of a life in teaching but, overtaken by events, he ended up in practice as a country GP in Australia for almost twenty years. As well as seeing patients, delivering babies, and giving anesthetics, he undertook an extended period of rural locums in NSW and Queensland, with a short stint in England. Over the subsequent ten years, he became involved in management, graduated with a master’s degree in health administration, and assumed the role of Director of Clinical Services in Midwestern NSW. He is now involved in a manufacturing business in Melbourne, Australia.
He has a wife, three children, and an intense interest in words.
(2006, paperback, 274 pages)
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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