Peter Bowler
Auteur de The Superior Person's Book of Words
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) This author is NOT to be combined with the historian of science, Peter J Bowler.
Crédit image: Courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
Séries
Œuvres de Peter Bowler
The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive and Downright Dangerous Language (2008) 29 exemplaires
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 16 Num 1 2 exemplaires
El eclipse del darwinismo : teors evolucionistas antidarwinistas en las dadas en torno a 1900 (1985) 2 exemplaires
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 14 Num 1 1 exemplaire
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 15 Num 2 1 exemplaire
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 15 Num 1 1 exemplaire
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 14 Num 2 1 exemplaire
Evolution, Revised Edition 1 exemplaire
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 13 Num 2 1 exemplaire
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 13 Num 1 1 exemplaire
Thr Superior Person's Book of Words 1 exemplaire
Superior person's little book of words^The superior person's book of words / Peter Bowler 1 exemplaire
Restoration and Management Notes vol. 16 Num 2 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1934-05-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Professions
- teacher
lexicographer - Organisations
- Order of St. John
Conference of Directors of Education in the South Pacific
Commonwealth of Nations Book Development Committee
National Training Council
Australian Apprenticeship Advisory Committee
Australian Council for Educational Research (tout afficher 9)
International Councils for Royal Military College and National Maritime College
International Council for Educational Media
National Office of Youth Affairs - Notice de désambigüisation
- This author is NOT to be combined with the historian of science, Peter J Bowler.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 27
- Membres
- 1,794
- Popularité
- #14,342
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 14
- ISBN
- 36
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 2
An example from just randomly opening a page:
Infundibular: a.: Why say 'funnel-shaped' when you can say 'infundibular'?
or
nugatory: a. Of no value, trifling, insubstantial, pointless. Unfavorable criticism of the present book could properly be so categorized.
or lastly:
ponophobia: n. A morbid dread of work. Think about it. A civil servant could get a whole lifetime's sick leave out of this.
These aren't even the best ones - just the first ones I found while writing this. It's fun, it's educational and it was a wonderful surprise on the sale table.… (plus d'informations)